Mnml Beach Redux
Seeing as the pervious minimal beach shots were so popular I went back to photos of that day at the beach in Korea and dug up a few more images for everyone. While I was not too happy with them overall I think there are plenty of you out there who may enjoy some cloudy day beach photos. We could use a reminder that the ocean should be big, blue and beautiful considering the sad mess down in the gulf. Not too much to say outside of that this time around, simply wanted to take the chance to get these up for everyone to enjoy.
To download the full resolution files simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download a zip that also contains the iPad and iPhone wallpapers of these . Please, respect the terms of use and if you decide to feature them on your own blog or website I request you link back to this post, thanks so much for that and enjoy!
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The Daily Grind
Well, I am slowly coming down from this weird poison ivy/oak setback and feeling a bit better. The problem I was having with it was it was really hard to concentrate on anything when my arms felt so unbearably itchy, not to mention my fingers and other odd spots around on my body. Thankfully the steroids I am on seem to be having at least some effect and the symptoms are slowly fading. So personal chatter aside, I have a few images around that I have been waiting to toss up as desktops and I thought I would start simple with this one here, an easy quick shot from a market in Seoul. I would also like to mention, at risk of repeating myself, that I am still working hard at getting the new site design and features underway. It’s been slow moving but I am doing my best to fit it all into my life between other work.
I would like to take a second and say that I really appreciate everyone who has left comments and written me these past few weeks and if I have not gotten back to you yet, don’t worry I will, I promise! I just need to find a nice free day to get caught up with messages and mails. I hate falling behind on that because I love my readers, you guys are the reason I keep pushing forward with all of this.
To download the little zip of wallpapers and terms of use simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE. I would like to quickly point out something interesting I have noticed lately and that is seeing my images pop up on at least a dozen or so odd new iPad wallpaper sites that have popped up out of the blue. People mulling about taking the best of the wallpaper images out there and putting them into blogs and collections to make it easy to discover great new imagery while hitching a bit of profit from ads. It was unexpected to see the sudden wave of these sights pop up and use my images but its getting hard to keep track of where they are popping up so I ask this of all you bloggers and image collectors redistributing my images around:
Thanks for the support, I really greatly appreciate it! I ask that if you feature one of my images on your site that you always link back here, ideally link directly to the post here from the thumbnails on your pages rather than re-hosting the images on your servers or worse yet, linking straight to the full res jpg’s I post here. I try my best to keep all this in good fun and free for everyone but I am also doing my best to build up readership in the process so I can hopefully move the site into new and exciting areas in the coming months. Again, thanks for the support, I am flattered that you enjoy my modest perch here on the web and hope you continue to do so!
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Going Home
I thought I would go ahead and spread some more wallpaper joy into the world and post another couple of images for everyone. I have actually posted another shot of this way back in the twistedsun days for those of you who have followed through the years, you may recognize it. I know they are really similar but as I often do around here I put up a couple of versions for those of you with different needs or taste. Also, I hope you guys enjoy these somewhat classic 50ft type shots, I know many of you really enjoy the more nature leaning imagery and I am happy to help out with your secret nature lust desires.
To download these images simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download the high res images as well as ipad and iphone cropped images. Oh, and the terms of use which will let you know all about how you shouldn’t be using these images for any commercial use without my permission.
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For You
I went out to my favorite lake nearby for the first time in a while with the intention of shooting around for new images to post and came back with a little more than I had expected. The next day I discovered that, for the first time in my life, I had come down with a bit of poison ivy rash, on my forehead and arm of all places. I guess crawling around in the plants and dirt to get those low angle shots I like to get at times finally came back to bite me. Maybe its time I invest in one of those handy right angle viewfinder adaptors that lets me look down from above the camera rather than sticking my face in the ground.
At any rate, I wanted to shoot a few shots for all of you minimal image lovers out there as it seems to be a wave of people looking for such imagery for their wallpapering needs. I feel like I have always taken a pretty minimal approach to composing images for desktop wallpapers which has affected my approach to photography in general over the years, not in a bad way really, just in a way that lead me to be fairly minimal minded when I compose a shot. I try to give the subject as much breathing room as I can. I know its a pretty singular approach that is not always appropriate but its something that everyone seems to enjoy so I have stuck with it over the years. At least with my photography geared toward wallpaper use that is.
In other news, sorry for the lack of updates lately, I have plenty to post around, just have not found the time to get new images up. I hope to get a good amount of work done on the design/coding part of the new layout here on 50ft today and tomorrow while I have free time without work, I don’t much feel like going anywhere anyways what with this itchy face and all haha…
To download these images as high res desktop downloads simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download a zip containing not only the desktop versions but the iPad and iPhone crops as well as the terms of use which clearly state that redistributing these images or using them for commercial profit is not allowed without my permission.
Direct access for iPad users: ONE TWO THREE
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(Also: I ended up writing out some basic ideas for any new photographers that may be reading and are interested in some simple ideas on approach and method while shooting. Its really not too elaborate or detailed and may be boring for my average reader or anyone who already knows plenty about photography. I have, however gotten a number of readers asking about learning more about photography and how to better themselves as photographers so I thought it may be appropriate to talk a little about it. Follow the read more link for more.)
Hasselblad Sunset
I have spent my day recovering from a weekend that felt all too long cleaning up a few things, getting caught up with a few emails here and there, and messing about with my iPad by reading up on some leica M series history. Its been a cool rainy day which is a welcome thing in my opinion and I wanted to take a few minutes to post a new wallpaper for everyone. I am still pulling from images taken while I was in Seoul and I was looking forward to getting this one up to share. For the inner camera geek in all of you. In the next day or two I hope to get around to posting a few more “mnml” beach photos for all of you who seemed to love those so very much so keep an eye out for that. Things are still slowly moving along on the 50ft updates here on the site and hopefully I will be able to roll out some great new things by the end of the month. I hope everyone has been doing well and till next time….
Download the hi-res desktop, iPad, and iPhone versions all at once simply by CLICKING OR RIGHT CLICKING HERE to grab a zip containing all of them as well as the handy terms of use. Please be patient with me when it comes to emails, I do my best to reply within a couple of days but sometimes things get busy and I get distracted but I will write back!
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Still Waiting
I have noticed a few shots with my 35mm a hint of Chromatic Abrasion which I did not have on my previous copy of the lens, a little frustrating at times but I have been able to manage it so far. Thinking of sending the lens off at some point to get it calibrated and see if that helps. Anyways, here is another shot from Seoul, a lonely bike waiting to be used again. No idea why the plastic bag on the seat because there was no sign of rain that day and while I wish the car behind the bike wasn’t parked there I still like the shot a lot and I am happy to share it with you as a wallpaper. In other news, the 50ft site refresh is about to enter the coding phase, one step closer to launch. I have a lot of work to do for it and have plenty of fun things yet to come so stick around for that.
To download a zip containing the desktop, iPad, and iPhone versions of this image simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download. The zip also contains the terms of use which is a brief explanation of the allowed use of the image.
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Random little update: here is a shot of me taking this photo.
Written On The Sky
Once again pulling my title from something already written, this is the title of a song by Max Richter and the music seemed to fit the image all to well. There was a huge metal wall in Seoul that was painted like a sky and I could not help but see a great wallpaper image hiding inside of it. That and a perfect place for a portrait. To download the image in its high resolution wallpaper size simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download the zip which also happens to contain the iPad and iPhone versions as well as the terms of use.
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Perfect Speed
“You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.“ – From Jonathan Livingston Seagull
To download the high res wallpaper simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to get a zip file containing the desktop version, iPad version and iPhone version as well as the handy terms of use to let you know all about what you are agreeing to when you download my imagery. I would appreciate any one who posts images from 50ft to please link back here directly to the site, no re-hosting of my imagery is allowed. Thanks for understanding and enjoy!
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