My friend Mo sent me a link to Pop Candy regarding a blog post about the film above. She read the title and thought the article was about me, nope but it is pretty cool anyway. This was the winning film at Tropfest this year. I had no idea what Tropfest is but apparently it is a short film festival/competition where the winner gets a trip to Sydney Australia and $20,000. The winning film above was shot entirely on a cell phone and cost $57.00. It is much better than my winning piece for the Nokia Productions Movie but give me more than one day to work on something and I’ll show you what I can do. I subscribed to the Tropfest newsletter so maybe I will enter next year. I’ve always wanted to go to Australia.

I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon.com. If you do please buy through our links and help support BenSpark.com. Thank you.

Copyright (c) 2010 Blog Consultant, Photo-A-Day Photographer & Daddy Blogger - BenSpark.com - Everyday Pictures... Every... Day

Mankind Is No Island

Today I was asked to bring in my camera to take some pictures for work. I was at a different building than the one where I usually work and I sat at someone else’s desk. I like toys, You should see what my desk looks like. And when someone has a toy on their desk I am drawn to it.

This desk had one of those Slinkys that you get from a Trade show. I looked at it and its multicolored coolness. I then through to myself, I wonder what it would look like if I put one end of the slinky over my lens and the other end on the floor. Let me tell you, if you want to screw with your camera’s automatic focus try taking a picture of a slinky through one end. The dang thing wouldn’t stop moving and so the focus went nuts. I switched to manual focus and then took a few pictures. I put a black backed mouse pad on the floor to get that dark tunnel effect.

Here is s a bonus shot,
I am posting bonus images to my Flickr Pro account from now on.

Allison made a blog post today about some really creative jewelery. She finds some really cool stuff and forwards it to me. I always tell her, “you should blog about this hon.” today she did. Allison is a very good writer (she corrects half my stuff) and has some great insight into the Internet. Please visit her at Sparky’s View.

I never thought that a picture of a well cooked steak would generate so many comments. Thank you so much everyone for commenting on yesterday’s PAD.

And Speaking of Photo-a-Day. Did you know that I am up for a Blogger’s Choice Award. I am in 6th place at the moment with 100 votes. The top spot has 222 votes. So that means if you haven’t gone and voted then you really should. It is very easy. Click this button.

Click sign up in the top right of the screen. Here you need to enter your name, location and e-mail address. You should also need to pick a user name and password. Then submit the form, check your e-mail for the confirmation e-mail and you are ready to go and vote. Return to The Blogger’s Choice Awards Page, see that you are signed in and then choose Best Photography Blog from the left side of the screen. You should see my blog The BenSpark listed at #6. We want to see that listed at number one, it makes it easier for people to find it. If you enjoy Photo-A-Day please be sure to vote, thanks.

I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon.com. If you do please buy through our links and help support BenSpark.com. Thank you.

Copyright (c) 2010 Blog Consultant, Photo-A-Day Photographer & Daddy Blogger - BenSpark.com - Everyday Pictures... Every... Day

Photo-A-Day #747 04/25/07

Well, I was tagged by Kevin at FuelMyBlog’s Blog. I noticed that he tagged me on Twitter. Are you folks using Twitter? It is interesting for mini blogging.

About the MEME: I need to pick 7 CD’s or music tracks that I am listening to right now. 5 from CD player at home and two from the car. Here’s the deal, because I now have an iPod I hardly ever use my CD player in the car. I never really used it much to begin with but for now I listen to many podcasts. So I will mention the podcasts I am listening to as well as the music on the home CD/Alarm Clock.

Home.
1. A classical Christmas church album – (I don’t know the name)
2. Ellis Paul – Summertime 1st demo.
3. Jack Johnson – On and On
4. Mark Erelli – Hope & Other Casualties
5. Chris O’Brien – Rosa
6. The Offical LOST Podcast
7. Pop Candy Podcast

And now I tag some friends…
Allison – Sparky’s View
Mo – We’re In A Fight
Autumn – Autumn Indigo
Christine – Tales From the Ball Park

I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon.com. If you do please buy through our links and help support BenSpark.com. Thank you.

Copyright (c) 2010 Blog Consultant, Photo-A-Day Photographer & Daddy Blogger - BenSpark.com - Everyday Pictures... Every... Day

Music Related MEME…

I was chosen by Zenny of Blogtopicz as one of his first blogs for Blog of the Week. He got a screenshot of this blog on the day I went to Benihana. Zenny is picking 5 blogs each week to list as his Blog ‘O The Week on Blogtopicz.

Thanks for picking my blog Zenny.

Zenny found me through SpicyPage. Do you have a SpicyPage widget? Pick one up and meet new people and vote for blogs. Mine is on the sidebar. I wouldn’t mind it if you gave me a vote on SpicyPage. Thanks

I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon.com. If you do please buy through our links and help support BenSpark.com. Thank you.

Copyright (c) 2010 Blog Consultant, Photo-A-Day Photographer & Daddy Blogger - BenSpark.com - Everyday Pictures... Every... Day

Blogtopicz

Tonight I went to Benihana for dinner. I had never been to a Benihana before and the experience was delicious. However, I would have really liked to have gone with a group of people. That would have been much more fun. Now, I know that both Mo and my wife, Allison, are probably thinking about that episode of The Office but I can assure you both that I did not have any reason to be looking for a sharpie marker. If you saw the “A Benihana Christmas” episode of the office that would be hilarious to you right now. And if you haven’t seen it, why not? The show is a riot. Allison and Mo and I talk about it each week on The BenSpark Forum.

If you haven’t joined The BenSpark Forum then I encourage you to sign up and talk about movies, television and my Photo-A-Day project. Allison has even got a topic all about Bare Essentials make-up.

I have internet access today and will be doing a lot of work tonight on moving my old posts to this new blog. I’ll also be looking into adding some more of my links from the old blog. I’d like to get the web comics links up and over here soon.

I used my favorite new invention, the QuikPod, to take today’s picture.

I buy a ton of stuff from Amazon.com. If you do please buy through our links and help support BenSpark.com. Thank you.

Copyright (c) 2010 Blog Consultant, Photo-A-Day Photographer & Daddy Blogger - BenSpark.com - Everyday Pictures... Every... Day

Photo-A-Day #712 03/21/07