This past week I decided to check out the Society6 artist’s community/storefront. I have been shopping around for an online print and frame service for some of my photography anyway, so I decided, why not try a service that also connects artists together, similar to how the Blurb DIY book service does? So far, I [...]]]>

This past week I decided to check out the Society6 artist’s community/storefront. I have been shopping around for an online print and frame service for some of my photography anyway, so I decided, why not try a service that also connects artists together, similar to how the Blurb DIY book service does? So far, I really dig the simple interface, all the great printing options and the community sharing. Some folks have even stopped by to show me some support…(I suspect many of them are fellow VW Microbus fans). I did order a framed photo print and I’m eagerly awaiting to see how it comes out. For a 26′x22′ custom framed print I found it to be very affordable. I should be seeing it in the next couple of weeks. I’ll report back on the print and frame quality. Stay tuned…

About Society6:

“The artwork on Society6 is created by thousands of artists from around the world. When you buy a product from Society6, we produce it using only the highest quality materials, and ship it to you on behalf of the artist.”

Visit -> http://society6.com/JHSINDESIGN

Berlin based photographer and designer Matthias Heiderich is a master at minimalism and at setting a distinct melodramatic mood with his photography. I personally enjoy the muted palette that he achieves with his photo processing and his ability to balance his subject matter vs. the void. Brilliant work, more to see beyond the links below.

Visit -> http://www.behance.net/massju

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Berlin based photographer and designer Matthias Heiderich is a master at minimalism and at setting a distinct melodramatic mood with his photography. I personally enjoy the muted palette that he achieves with his photo processing and his ability to balance his subject matter vs. the void. Brilliant work, more to see beyond the links below.

Visit -> http://www.behance.net/massju

Visit -> http://www.matthias-heiderich.de/photos/

NYC based photographer Steph Goralnick never fails to impress with her ability to capture seasonal events in a robust way. The photos above from a recent Summer camping/rafting trip are totally fun. Here in Seattle, we’ve been lucky to even approach 80°, so these images really make me long for Summer. I last posted in [...]]]>

NYC based photographer Steph Goralnick never fails to impress with her ability to capture seasonal events in a robust way. The photos above from a recent Summer camping/rafting trip are totally fun. Here in Seattle, we’ve been lucky to even approach 80°, so these images really make me long for Summer. I last posted in regard to her work last winter when NYC was hit with extreme wintry weather. Here Flickr stream is loaded with great stuff.

View -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgoralnick/

Past Winter Post -> http://circuitbreaks.com/2011

I’m having a lot of fun keeping up with Flickr contact and SoCal based designer Dirk Dallas lately on his photo stream. The majority of his colorful and atmospheric shots were taken with his iPhone and modified with various apps. He’s got a ton of fresh photos to check out. Nice way to discover apps [...]]]>

I’m having a lot of fun keeping up with Flickr contact and SoCal based designer Dirk Dallas lately on his photo stream. The majority of his colorful and atmospheric shots were taken with his iPhone and modified with various apps. He’s got a ton of fresh photos to check out. Nice way to discover apps also, just read his tags…

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkdallas/

The peculiar works above are photography composites of various structures assembled by Belgium based artist Filip Dujardin. His special attention to light and shadow really amplify the illusion of these being actual physical realities, making them a pleasure to browse through. There are many more creations like these to be found on his portfolio site [...]]]>

The peculiar works above are photography composites of various structures assembled by Belgium based artist Filip Dujardin. His special attention to light and shadow really amplify the illusion of these being actual physical realities, making them a pleasure to browse through. There are many more creations like these to be found on his portfolio site via the link below.

Vitis -> http://www.filipdujardin.be/

Most of my skiing experience prior to this year has come from the east coast. So, as you can guess I’ve been very excited to get in on the pacific northwest flavor of the sport. The best part about living in Seattle is that big mountain access is only a couple short hours away by [...]]]>

Most of my skiing experience prior to this year has come from the east coast. So, as you can guess I’ve been very excited to get in on the pacific northwest flavor of the sport. The best part about living in Seattle is that big mountain access is only a couple short hours away by car, especially compared to the 5+ hour drive up to Vermont that I used to endure while living in NYC back in the day. Lately, I’ve been having a lot of fun skiing at Stevens Pass with my wife, and I’ve brought along my compact Canon G10 to get a few photos as well. I’m still working up to the idea of bringing up the 7D… There are a few more to check out on my Flickr photo stream via the link below.

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsindesign/

Visit -> http://www.stevenspass.com/

I first heard news of these fascinating and newly discovered stereo photographs this morning on the local news while getting ready to head off to work. Taken to be viewed through a stereo-optic viewer, these images were captured by color photography pioneer Frederick Eugene Ives in 1906, about six months after the massively destructive ‘Great Quake’ [...]]]>

I first heard news of these fascinating and newly discovered stereo photographs this morning on the local news while getting ready to head off to work. Taken to be viewed through a stereo-optic viewer, these images were captured by color photography pioneer Frederick Eugene Ives in 1906, about six months after the massively destructive ‘Great Quake’ in San Francisco. I’m amazed by the overall clarity and color accuracy. 1906! Think about that!

Larger view -> MSNBC

I love these photos by Finland based Marko Junttila. I saw them posted on twitter the other day, I don’t know much about this artist or his work. I do know that he’s taken some amazing photography. Very inspiring. More beyond the link.

Visit -> http://markotapio.deviantart.com/

Visit -> http://www.markojunttila.net/

I’ve been following Brooklyn, NY based photographer Steph Goralnick on Flickr for a while now. Her photos are always amazingly candid, full of style and stand-out personality. Recently she posted an unbelievable collection of monotone night captures taken during one of New York’s unusually harsh winter storms… so nice! Many more to be found on her Flickr [...]]]>

I’ve been following Brooklyn, NY based photographer Steph Goralnick on Flickr for a while now. Her photos are always amazingly candid, full of style and stand-out personality. Recently she posted an unbelievable collection of monotone night captures taken during one of New York’s unusually harsh winter storms… so nice! Many more to be found on her Flickr stream via the link below.

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgoralnick/

Over the holidays I took some time away from blogging, reading twitter updates and checking in with Facebook… pretty much all of my usual online activity was reduced to a minimum. It was nice. I spent Christmas with family in San Francisco at my sister’s place, ate WAY too much food, chased my nephews around [...]]]>

Over the holidays I took some time away from blogging, reading twitter updates and checking in with Facebook… pretty much all of my usual online activity was reduced to a minimum. It was nice. I spent Christmas with family in San Francisco at my sister’s place, ate WAY too much food, chased my nephews around with Nerf guns and took a bunch of photos. Above are a few shots from the trip (top one is a composite of three separate photos). I plan to process and post more this week. I hope you all enjoyed the holidays as well. Happy 2011!

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsindesign/

My Pummelvision from James Schneider on Vimeo.

My Pummelvision from James Schneider on Vimeo.

Today I was very happy to discover a service called ‘Pummelvision’, and used it to make a video of my Facebook (top vid) and flickr photos (bottom vid). What a fun way to share your Flickr and Facebook photos in video format on [...]]]>

My Pummelvision from James Schneider on Vimeo.

My Pummelvision from James Schneider on Vimeo.

Today I was very happy to discover a service called ‘Pummelvision’, and used it to make a video of my Facebook (top vid) and flickr photos (bottom vid). What a fun way to share your Flickr and Facebook photos in video format on either YouTube or Vimeo. The service atuomagically generates an upbeat presentation of your photos in a simple 3 step process. It’s like having your life flash before your eyes, only without the life threatening part of the experience… Expect to see a lot of these videos on the social nets.

Make your own -> http://pummelvision.com/

Recently, I’ve been having a lot of fun posting to my ‘Chris Kalani’ themed Tumblr blog (Chris Kalani is the designer and creator of yayeveryday.com). For the most part I use the blog to post daily pics from my iPhone or some of my shots from my Canon 7D. Halloween is one of my favorite [...]]]>

Recently, I’ve been having a lot of fun posting to my ‘Chris Kalani’ themed Tumblr blog (Chris Kalani is the designer and creator of yayeveryday.com). For the most part I use the blog to post daily pics from my iPhone or some of my shots from my Canon 7D. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so as one might guess, my iPhone pics have been a little on the creepy side of the subject matter spectrum lately. I figured it would be fun and appropriate to share some of them, Happy Halloween!

Visit -> http://jhsindesign.tumblr.com/

Here are some recent highlights from my ‘So Far Seattle’ photo set on Flickr. The city of Seattle continues to throw me amazing photo opportunities. I’ve been sticking to mostly urban shots lately but I plan to broaden my subject matter this summer by venturing into some of the amazing mountain parks and shoreline areas.  I’ll keep [...]]]>

Here are some recent highlights from my ‘So Far Seattle’ photo set on Flickr. The city of Seattle continues to throw me amazing photo opportunities. I’ve been sticking to mostly urban shots lately but I plan to broaden my subject matter this summer by venturing into some of the amazing mountain parks and shoreline areas.  I’ll keep you posted. More pics beyond the link below.

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsindesign

Oakland based computer programmer Eric Fischer has a very interesting photo set on his Flickr stream called ‘Locals and Tourists’. The set contains visualizations of various cities (seen above are NYC, San Francisco and London) photo activity of locals and tourists. The geotagging data is represented by different colors, blue = locals, red = tourists [...]]]>

Oakland based computer programmer Eric Fischer has a very interesting photo set on his Flickr stream called ‘Locals and Tourists’. The set contains visualizations of various cities (seen above are NYC, San Francisco and London) photo activity of locals and tourists. The geotagging data is represented by different colors, blue = locals, red = tourists and the yellow = photos that are undefined (The info is pulled from public Flickr and Picasa search APIs). I find these infographics to be really interesting, I’ll be sure to go to all the blue areas the next time I travel to a new city/destination, and… I find it to be be no surprise that Hoboken is almost completely blue except for a little spec of red at the Stevens College lookout, which, in my opinion is the world’s best view of Manhattan.

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/

Above are a few of my favorite pics from this past week that I took with my iPhone 3Gs. I used the ‘Plastic Bullet’ app from software company ‘Red Giant’ to add the interesting border effects and vignette treatment. ‘Plastic Bullet’ has quickly become my favorite filtering tool over ‘hipstamatic’ because I think the overall look [...]]]>

Above are a few of my favorite pics from this past week that I took with my iPhone 3Gs. I used the ‘Plastic Bullet’ app from software company ‘Red Giant’ to add the interesting border effects and vignette treatment. ‘Plastic Bullet’ has quickly become my favorite filtering tool over ‘hipstamatic’ because I think the overall look of the export is better quality and the app does not interfere with how I choose to upload my photos, the way the hipstamatic app does. I can use ‘Plastic Bullet’ more like a utility, and it does not try to sponsor or tag what I create with it’s branding and marketing. A great photo editing app for $1.99.

Visit -> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plastic-bullet/

My iPhone pics -> http://jhsindesign.posterous.com/

I was pretty busy over the weekend, trying to make some headway on my photography book project that I’m calling ‘So Far Seattle’. A few weeks ago I previewed a test print of the book and received a lot of positive response, feedback and tips on how to go about producing a more refined version. [...]]]>

I was pretty busy over the weekend, trying to make some headway on my photography book project that I’m calling ‘So Far Seattle’. A few weeks ago I previewed a test print of the book and received a lot of positive response, feedback and tips on how to go about producing a more refined version. After some trial and error I decided to try out a service called ‘blurb’ and their bookmaking application called ‘BookSmart’. Thanks again for the recommendation Katie! Above are a few spreads + the cover/back/sleeve (shown in the ‘BookSmart’ work environment) that I’ve completed so far, the hard bound book is going to be 80 pages total. I’m not sure how many I plan to print yet… I’ll probably do another test print and see how people react to it before I send out for more. Let me know what you think! There is a low-res 15 page preview available via the link below:

Preview 15 Pages -> http://www.blurb.com/books/1377158

Old Test Print -> http://circuitbreaks.com/2010/

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsindesign

If you frequent my blog, which is wishful thinking on my part, you may have noticed the radio silence over the last few days. A couple of times a year I actually get to see my parents in person. This past weekend they were able to come out for a visit and it was their [...]]]>

If you frequent my blog, which is wishful thinking on my part, you may have noticed the radio silence over the last few days. A couple of times a year I actually get to see my parents in person. This past weekend they were able to come out for a visit and it was their first time in Seattle, so, as you can imagine I wanted to show them around a bit. As we walked the various neighborhoods of Seattle I happened across a bunch of great looking camper vans to add to my collection.

More Camper Vans -> http://circuitbreaks.com/2010/04/12

On Flickr -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsindesign

It’s been almost 6 months since I moved to Seattle, I’ve taken a lot of pictures of this amazing city so far. Two weeks ago I realized that I had almost 100 Seattle photos up on Flickr already, so I decided to test print an 84 page photo book to see how it would come [...]]]>

It’s been almost 6 months since I moved to Seattle, I’ve taken a lot of pictures of this amazing city so far. Two weeks ago I realized that I had almost 100 Seattle photos up on Flickr already, so I decided to test print an 84 page photo book to see how it would come out. I decided to check out Qoop for the first try, the service easily taps into my Flickr photo stream and the quality is pretty decent for the soft cover. Pretty much standard magazine quality. I’m looking to test a couple more services, iPhoto and Snapfish, before possibly printing a batch to sell via some local book stores. Being new to all this print business, if anyone has any other quality/solid printing tips/services that I should try out, please let me know. You can view some of the pics I plan to print on my Flickr stream below.

Visit -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsindesign

Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg (founders of: http://flowingmedia.com/) used a clever algorithm that they developed for the WIRED Anniversary visualization and a collection of photographs from the Boston Common Flickr stream to create the stunning graphic visualization above. In the short description, their software calculated the relative proportions of different colors from various photos taken [...]]]>

Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg (founders of: http://flowingmedia.com/) used a clever algorithm that they developed for the WIRED Anniversary visualization and a collection of photographs from the Boston Common Flickr stream to create the stunning graphic visualization above. In the short description, their software calculated the relative proportions of different colors from various photos taken in each month of the year, and rendered them on a wheel. I like the end result, to me it resembles the tiny razor sharp folds of the iris of one’s eye. Check out more of their work via the link below:

Visit -> http://hint.fm/

Buy a print -> http://www.imagekind.com

Check out -> older Flickr visualization posts

Being a new resident of the pacific northwest, I’ve started to discover a number of interesting cultural subtleties that are different from the east coast and the midwest where I have lived in the past. One of the little granular details that has caught my eye is the local love for the mini camper van. [...]]]>

Being a new resident of the pacific northwest, I’ve started to discover a number of interesting cultural subtleties that are different from the east coast and the midwest where I have lived in the past. One of the little granular details that has caught my eye is the local love for the mini camper van. In my Seattle neighborhood of Queen Anne you can find these vans sprinkled along the side streets in surprising numbers. I would say that in most Seattle neighborhoods they are a pretty common sight. With all the beautiful wilderness to explore in the Pac NW it makes perfect sense as to why there are so many camper vans around. I like them, I think they add a lot of character to the area and I plan to shoot as many of them as I come across in hope of building up a decent collection. I’ll keep posting them to my iPhone pic posterous site, enjoy.

Visit -> http://jhsindesign.posterous.com/

More van related posts:

Visit -> vans-and-the-places-where-they-were-joe-stevens/

Van Paintings -> kevin-cyr-circuitbreaks-post