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Amores Perros
- IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/
- Language: Spanish
- Genre : Drama
- Plot: Love is a bitch. And the things that people do in the name of love.
- Starring :
- Direction/Writing: Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu
- Background: The world cinema group on facebook.
- Positives: Fascinating film. There are three stories that are interconnected through a horrible accident and all of them are love stories in their own way. The film shows pain, loss and hope without melodrama but with great detail. The title has "bitch" in it and the film has many dogs. That metaphor is taken seriously and is shown without making the stories and narration forced in any way! The camera work and background music are awesome as well.
- Negatives: I wish it was in English, I really do. But I don;t think I can imagine American characters in such a film! I wish they make a Kannada film remaking this.
- Favorite scenes: The scene where the homeless guy points his gun to the dog.
The scene where the model's new husband calls his wife out of desperation.
- My grade : B+

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Published on November 8th, 2011 | by Andrew Reynolds
The Doctor's Biography…
How would you write a biography of every one's favourite time lord? Would you sit back and let the details of the great man's life unfold - keeping a judicious, observant eye over the whole of his life span like the Time Lords themselves? Seems wrong…
Or would you dive head first into the beguiling madness that would grip any writer attempting to find the core of a man whose history was not only spread out across the universe but, due to the nature of time travel, constantly changing? It's not like you've got a name to go by either, just the legend; the Doctor.
Of course such a feat is beyond the realm of mere mortals (plus, apparently the Doctor is fictional, who knew?) but one man has just been charged with writing a bio-comic on the 'actors' who played the Doctor by Bluewater Comics.
That man is writer Paul J. Salamoff – film producer and the man behind such fare as Bobby, Starship Troopers 3 and Legion.
Salamoff told Science Fiction Zone:
"We decided on Matt Smith (The current incarnation), Paul McGann (The Eighth Doctor), Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor) and William Hartnell (the First Doctor) and there will also be a trade paperback expanded edition which will feature one more Doctor, but I will keep that a secret for now. No Spoilers!"
Salamoff, who has written several other bio-comics for Bluewater including one for Bo Obama – Barack Obama's Mutt-in-Chief – is a life long Doctor Who fan:
"When I grew up in Massachusetts I used to watch Doctor Who on WGBH, which was Channel 2.
"And my first memory was a black and white episode about the Silurians and it scared the crap out of me! However, my father got me into it, and, gradually I became obsessed with the show.
"I was so obsessed that I would buy all the toys or the books I could get my hands on. I even built my own life-size K-9. When I moved to Los Angeles in 1989, I still kept the torch alive."
For more on Salamoff's career, his chat with Doctor Who fan Steven Spielberg, and TARDIS ownership head over to Science Fiction Zone.
4 Responses to The Doctor's Biography…
Here is the nearest thing, done a couple fo years ago by John Peel and Pete Wallbank. very nice, but a few errors and glitches asdie, it was lovley.
I'm not a fan of the half-hearted approach. Why pick and choose the Doctors? There are 11 of them (12 if you count Cushing). So do 11 or 12 biographies.
Hey Alex,
If this first Issue is successful we're going to do 2 more that will include the rest of the Doctors.
Peter Cushing is already going to be included in the Trade Paperback Edition of the comic.
Very best,
Paul J. Salamoff
I agree with Alex. Half way is NO way. Bluewater comics—it's a mystery that they can stay in business anyway.


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Wow! And this made its way into PNAS and NYT.
Wow! And this made its way into PNAS and NYT.
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For the non-quant jocks: More explanation?
Never mind, I see the link to Andrew's blog.
Speaking of regression, Sydney Leathers suggests that her sexting with Anthony Weiner was in the nature of a science experiment:
For me, Anthony Weiner was a weird science experiment. I wanted to see how far it could go. How far could I push it? How long could it go on? Part of me wonders if his refusal to quit is his OWN science experiment.
Science! What can't it do?!
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Throughout the past few weeks, the media have poured out one story after another about Pope Benedict XVI's supposed "troubled handling" of child sex-abuse cases in the Catholic Church.
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Although these stories have attacked the Catholic Church in general, their major goal seems to be the destruction of Pope Benedict himself.
Recent charges hurled at the pope by the media have primarily cited four cases that involved then-Cardinal Ratzinger when he was prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The allegations are that Cardinal Ratzinger was instrumental in halting a canonical trial in one case and in stalling the laicization of "pedophile priests" in three other cases.
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The only exception to this occurred if the abuse was somehow related to the priest's act during the sacrament of penance, in which case the matter did fall under the CDF's purview. Two of the four cases mentioned above are related to this issue.
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Earlier this week, I had mentioned in my email newsletter that Nathan was embarrassed to let his friends know that he knits. Well, I got so many email responses from wonderful, supportive readers that I thought it would be great to post this on Steamy Kitchen and let Nathan read all the responses.
Last Thursday, we had a neurological check up for his epilepsy (which is now under control, thankfully) and he had to draw blood for routine analysis. Nathan is terrified of the needles (as am I) – we were in the waiting room for a good 20 minutes while he cringed in the corner. Every time the door opened and a nurse came out to call the next victim's name, Nathan would just have this dreadful look. Poor baby.
He tried so hard to convince me that the nurses were out to lunch already and maybe we should come back another day (didn't work). When they finally called his name, he took the tinest of baby steps, hoping that by the time he reached the evil blood sucking station, they'd forget about him (nope). Without any other excuse or stalling tactic in his pocket – he braved the needle. Surprisingly, no screams, no tears this time. He gave up, gritted his teeth and took it like a big boy.
We walked out and I said, "You were so awesome that I'm going to let you ditch school the rest of the day!" And so we partied the rest of the afternoon, frozen yogurt with 3 toppings, Barnes & Noble book spree, lunch at McDonalds and a visit to my local yarn store, The Good Yarn in Sarasota. Owner Susan and the ladies who work there are amazing – they've seen me through my beginner days when they sat patiently teaching me how to knit – and have watched me grow into a freaky speedy knitter who has trouble finishing projects because there's always something shiny new catching my eye (I know, I have issues).
My boys have always embraced arts and craft (though, what kid doesn't?!), so much that we built a 'craft room' in the back of the house, filled with markers of every shade, enough glitter to fill the swimming pool, crafty paper in pretty patterns and a massive square table to work on. This is also where I keep the yarn stash, I think we have enough yarn to knit a striped scarf from here to Texas.
Part of my yarn stash. Some of my needles. I keep the straight and double pointed needles in vintage blue glass mason jars. The rest of my yarn stash is hidden from my husband.
Normally, when I go to the yarn shop, the boys are with me and they LOVE helping wind the yarn, picking out colors with me and getting tons of attention from the ladies who come to sit around the table to knit. It's social hour every hour there at The Good Yarn.
A pillow I've got to finish up – based on The Beekeeper's Quilt by Tiny Owl Knits – knitting a giant quilt that takes a year to finish is too big of a project for me, but a pillow for the couch is perfect!
This particular afternoon, Nathan asked Amy, one of the ladies who works there, if she could teach him how to knit. A little boy asking to knit!? In a roomful of cheek pinching grandmothers!? It was as if angels overhead had started singing.
I've known Amy for a long time now – my first stitch that I casted on was 9 years ago, when I was pregnant with Andrew. Mimi (what my kids call Scott's mom) taught me the basic stitches and I took off from there, daydreaming about knitting baby booties and cuddly hats. Amy taught me the rest – complicated stitches, how to read patterns and walked several miles going around and around in the store looking for the perfect yarn for my project. She even knew me when I told her, "I think I want to start a food blog."
My boys looooove Amy. And so Nathan sat down with her and she began teaching him, step by step, stitch by stitch.
While at the shop, he finished a little knitted patch, Amy helped him bind off and they tied the two ends together to make it into a cool necklace which he proudly wore. He was so excited and proud of himself that he spent his own allowance to buy needles and a skein of bright green yarn.
On the way to school to pick up Andrew, he took off his necklace, put it in my purse and said to me, "Mommy, I took it off because I don't want my friends to laugh at me for knitting, okay?"
awwwwww….sobsobsob…..oh that's so sad. But I didn't say anything to him right then while I was driving….there really was nothing I could say that would change his mind at that time. It would take more than "mommy saying so." I needed references, support, physical proof that manly men knit, that knitting was cool, that the kids at school wouldn't make fun of him (or if they did, that it wouldn't matter.)
My winter yarn is at the bottom…you can tell summer is almost here by the happy colors on top!
After I sent out the email to my newsletter subscribers, reader Kathy emailed, "I thought you might like to know about Rosey Grier. He was a pro football player, whose hobby was knitting and needlepoint. He even wrote a book about needlepoint for men. You can't get more manly than that. You can Google him and read all about it."
Another reader, Faleen, pointed out that football great, Rosey Grier, wrote a book on needlepoint and loved to knit! I've just now found out that Laurence Fishburne, Ringo Star and Russell Crowe knit too.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and any special messages you have for Nathan – I'll be reading the responses to him!
I have a dear friend who also happens to be a semipro wrestler…like the guys in WWE and Impact Wrestling. He's been doing it the entire time I've known him. He's huge, he's super manly, and he crochets.
Yes, the man crochets. Keeps his mind busy when he has downtime. His grandmother taught him to crochet when he was a littleun'.
My son is 8 and had blood drawn yesterday at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. He is terrified of needles and I was prepared for a complete meltdown. But it turned out to be a fairly pleasant experience for not only my son, but for me. They sprayed something on his arm at the site of where the needle would go. This stuff froze (which numbed) the area. They said it was like holding a Popsicle on your skin. He didn't feel a thing. I held him and turned his head away from the blood draw and we all talked about Star Wars and Legos.
Have you heard of or seen the movie Dragon Hunters? The main character (male) is a huge dragon hunter, who also knits. It actually ends up being a very important part of the story, as his knitting needles save the day. I would suggest watching the movie with your son, or even better – inviting some of his friends over for a movie party to watch it together. Obviously you son enjoys knitting, it's the friends whose minds need to be changed!
Good for Nathan! I think that's terrific! And you are a good mom (of course) for encouraging him to do things that make him happy. All kids, well most everyone, enjoys crafts. Reading your post makes me miss my craft time Jaden. I used to scrapbook regularly and must get back to it. I used to needlepoint and loved it. Blogging has taken over my life. Must amend my schedule somehow. Last note, my previous husband once needlepointed me a pillow just to say he did it! He was the executive business type, and he'd take his little kit on the plane when he flew for business. The stories he could tell were a riot! The guys got weird, the gals all loved it. Go Nathan!
My kids attend a Waldorf school where all children learn to knit, as well as crochet, cook, and sew. My son is 7 and knitting is the thing he loves best (followed closely by needle-felting). He spends most of his time on the weekend knitting. He's never received a message that knitting is just for girls (or that anything related to girls is negative). He just experiences pure joy in it. He's so proud of himself every time he finishes a project. He even taught me to knit, and what a kick he got out of that! I love that he has this opportunity. I didn't learn ANY practical skills in school. I find it indescribably sad that anyone would find this cause for teasing.
Saw this through a friend's post on Facebook. I think the grand prize winner in the Lion Brand Yarn contest was a guy this year! So tell your son, yes, boys can knit. (My best friend's husband knits, too.)
One of my best friends in college (Noah!) knitted me a scarf that I still wear every winter. Go Nathan
I knit. I also arc weld.
If you want comfy wool socks, you either marry someone who'll knit them for you or learn to make them yourself. Stephanie (http://www.yarnharlot.ca/) is taken and my wife doesn't knit.
Really the whole notion that manly men don't do X is pretty bogus. Is it manly to stand around helplessly when a button comes off and you don't know how to sew it back on? Is it manly to live on canned soup and sardines because you never learned to cook? Manliness (and womanliness) is learning to set a goal and learning the skills needed to get there and if you can have fun at the same time, so much the better.
As for dealing with the vampires, stare at the ceiling and talk about something — what you had for lunch, why pandas have better PR agents than koalas, Keysian economic theory….
Kaffee Fassett is an international artist who knits, quilts, designs fabric, writes books – and is a man. He has made a very successful career out of this.
I believe George Lucas knits: http://geekisawesome.com/1770/george-lucas-knitting-at-starbucks/. How can it not be cool if the creator of Star Wars and other awesome movies does it?
How wonderful that you are learning to knit. My husband sews all of our curtains and is better than I am with the sewing machine. He also runs marathons and plays competive volleyball. It is alsways nice to do things you enjoy doing.
ravelry.com currently has Ravelry has 2,143,254 registered users, and about 1% of those are men. My husband actually bought himself a spinning wheel, so that he could spin yarn for me (since I knit him socks, hats, vests etc). He used to be a motorcycle mechanic, and loves wheels and thought a spinning wheel would be fun and a challenge.
Its okay to knit, there are many famous people in sports that knit,basketball players and football players and some wrestlers all knit, they say it helps them deal with stress and they say they enjoy it and relaxes them. So if its cool with them, knock yourself out,and don;t let peer pressure stop u if u like it. Think of it like cooking, some of the best cooks are men and if u like ,do it
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I love this quilt… is there an easy set of instructions… want to teach my granddaughters!
Men who knit are totally cool! There's even a book (someone else may have mentioned it- http://www.amazon.com/Knitting-With-Balls-Hands-On-Modern/dp/0756622891)
I am a male knitter myself. Most people know that I knit, and they usually think that its cool. Lots of friends want me to knit socks for them. It should also be pointed out that many martial arts masters take up knitting as a way to relax between matches.
Hi Jaden!
Few links!
http://www.krochetkids.org/who-we-are/our-story/ Some guys who started a non-profit helping people in Uganda and Peru by crocheting (still, a 'woman's" craft)
I heard a great podcast once on the history of knitting… Apparently, it's believed that men started the knitting tradition by making and repairing fishing and other nets. too bad i couldn't find the podcast again!
I learned how to knit from a lady whose grandchild I was babysitting. I always take my little projects home with me on my days off and would do some knitting at home. My younger brother, learned from watching me do it. I was greatly impressed by his ability to learn and very proud of him, indeed.
I have been knitting and crocheting and doing counted cross stitch since I was kid. My brother does amazing counted cross stitch and is currently trying to become a fireman. My boyfriend doesn't sew often, but he knows how to put on a button and fix small tears and rips in his clothes. Just because someone says "oh that's a girls thing" is no reason to stop doing it. Likely they have no idea what they are talking about, and are also often jealous that there is a skill they do not possess and are too afraid to ask how. I constantly have my guy friends asking me to teach them how to knit or crochet because they want to make something for their mom or girlfriends. The larger variety of skills you have the more well rounded a person you are. So I say keep going and learn what skills you want to learn, to heck with what anyone else says, you are a better person for it.
Your son Nathan shouldn't be ashamed at all. In fact, I think some kids might think he's cool because he knits.
Case in point, my little brother (also named Nathan) has always been crafty. First it was origami, for which other boys at school tried to make fun of him about until he folded up an origami dragon. He also made dollar bills into ninja stars, and so everyone was coming to him to fold up their cash. Origami flowers were very popular with the girls.
Then I taught him to knit a slouchy beanie and fingerless gloves. The kids at school didn't make fun of him, they were amazed (or in disbelief) that he made those things and would ask him to make them a pair too. He doesn't exactly have the resources to make everyone knitted things but generally his classmates think he's awesome and talented for it.
If that isn't enough, let's look to actors:
David Arquette knits! Ryan Gosling knits!
Oh, and the manliest of them all– My boyfriend knits!
I taught him over a year ago and he has made me the best knitted accessories ever and I love him for it.
all boys should learn to knit with their mama's. I think it's beautiful and sweet that he wants to.
encourage him! tell him it's a chick magnet! tee hee. good skill to have later!!
Oh, this post makes me so happy! I know a Nathan who is a knitter as well, and he is also very embarrassed about it. I keep trying to get him to come to our local knitters guild with me, but he refuses to do it. My mom tried to teach me how to knit when I was growing up, and I had a really hard time knitting on the slick metal needles. My stitches kept falling off, and eventually I gave up. After college, though, I bought a pair of bamboo needles (not quite as slick as the metal ones) and I haven't stopped knitting since!
A friend of mine who teaches high school English told me that several of his students (boys and girls) knit or crochet their own hats. It's totally THE thing to do at his school, and apparently all of the varsity wrestlers make their own hats.
Hi Nathan! You are growing up SO fast! I think it's really cool that you are learning to knit. I wish that I knew how to knit, in fact I think you have inspired me to try and learn.
I know that sometimes kids at school can say hurtful things and that's really hard. Sometimes it's because they really wish they could do what you do, sometimes it's just because they're mean. You are an amazing kid and if you feel good about knitting and proud of the things you make, don't let teasing keep you from doing it.
I won't say that no one will tease you, because I can't promise that. But I know a lot of really manly guys (some play in rock bands, some are professional hunters, some are professional athletes, even a police man and a firefighter) who knit, and almost everyone thinks it's cool. If anyone does tease you about it, you have really awesome parents to talk to about it and they can help you know what to do.
I hope that helps. You are one cool kid and I hope to get to see you again soon!
Hello Nathan,
I think it's really cool that you've learned how to knit. Throughout your life there will always be people who don't think the things you do are cool. That's okay. If those things make you happy then that's what's important. When I was young, people used to make fun of me because I dressed funny and listened to weird music and liked to make my own clothes (knitting and sewing). Now, I work in the fashion industry and get to make clothes everyday! Nobody makes fun of me anymore. They all think what I do is really cool – and I didn't change at all!
Sometimes you just have to stick with what makes you happy and when your friends see that you're happy they will be happy for you, too.
Well, Nathan, Do you know that back in history in Europe, MEN were the only ones that knit! Women weren't allowed to cuz it was seen as a men's chore (because it took so much time and women had a lot of housework to do). Fishing nets were knit and had to be mended by the fishermen. Soldiers in most of the wars would knit their socks while they were chillin' in the trenches. Let's not forget all the men today who knit…I know this might not mean much coming from a girl….but many men knit to calm their nerves. I have personally been approached by many grown men on the bus and train(the CTA here in Chicago) who knit. One man carried around pictures of all his work in a picture book. Everything he knit was white! He knit sweaters, blankets, socks, and baby things. He told me that his wife didn't knit but he started when he got back from serving in the military.
I can tell you of many men who frequent my local yarn store who knit the most amazing lace shawls! Let's not forget Franklin Habit! There are quite a few male knitters who blog, you should look them up. I personally have a good knitting friend who is male. Well, mostly he crochets….but I'll throw him a bone! He's been crocheting since he was 5!
Rock on with your bad self! There is nothing harder than being yourself but it totally pays off in the end. Think of what you could be doing in 10 years if you stick with it! Who knows, someday, you may be an editor of a famous knitting magazine!
Hi Jaden,
One of my coworkers forwarded to me your blog as she found that I would find it interesting.
Being and avid knitter and crocheter for over 30 years, I can safely say that knitting and crocheting has enhanced my life. Learning to crochet wasn't an easy task, I had the enthusiasm and my mom crocheted on a daily basis, however, she refused to teach me, because she said that my father would be upset. Every day, I begged for her to teach me, when one day, she tossed a ball of yarn my way and told me to "have at it". Not having a crochet hook, I taught myself to crochet using my fingers. My mom seeing my project the next day eventually gave me a crochet hook and taught me the finer points of crochet. Eventually, I began to knit also (something that my mom still does not know how to do). The tables have turned and my mom asks me for assistance with learning a new pattern or a new stitch. I am now 40 years old and I'm an avid fiber enthusiasts. Please let Nathan know that there were times when I was afraid to knit on Chicago's Public Transit system and that now I freely knit wherever I am. Please also let him know that I am a Marathon Coach and that I have played recreational softball for years. Also, let him know that my son has had epileptic seizures and overtime it will get better and that less shots will be necessary. I've included a link to a recent segment I was in for WGN News I'm the guy in the black baseball cap http://www.wgntv.com/videogallery/67064046/Food/Around-Town:-Evil-Squirrel-Comics#pl-62806755
Happy Knitting
I've been knitting for over 45 years and am definitely of the male persuasion. Although my wife taught me, at this point she often comes to me for advice. Men have always knit (see "War and Peace"). I also sew. Just have the courage to be yourself.
I love that pillow! I need to learn to knit….
Anyway, years ago my dad casually mentioned that he wanted to learn to knit. At the time, he was in his early 50's, a Washington state mountain man–a big guy with a bushy beard and a deep, deep voice. I bought him knitting stuff for Christmas and he took off! He would go to the local knitting store and sit with the old ladies and they loved him. He knit us hats (one of my favorite snow hats), booties for the kids, and lots of other cool stuff.
Also, Waldorf Schools are advocates of knitting for both sexes and you will regularly see Waldorf kids knitting. I think knitting would be great for my son–he needs that calming influence.
Keep Knitting Andrew!
Oops! Correction to the above comment. Keep knitting Nathan!
Hi Nathan,
I'm so glad you are doing well and have found interest in knitting. Just remember, do whatever that makes you happy
Knitting is not easy and isn't for everyone — you are so talented and cool
So proud of you!!!
One of my favorite "men who knit" stories…very romantic. NYC guy learns to knit so he can meet the owner of the knitting shop…and they lived happily ever after (I hope so, anyway)
Yeah, see, a lot of people don't know that a big hurdle left in feminism and gender equality is de-stigmatizing "girl" things so that EVERYONE can enjoy them!
If you haven't encountered it, look for the menwhoknit.com website.
Ever since my son was a wee tot, he embraced arts and crafts to its fullest and knitting, crocheting, and embroidery was no exception. One day I asked why he pursued these particular interests and he said he liked giving unique gifts to his friends. Personally, I have been the lucky recipient of knitted scarves which come in handy for Bay Area CA weather. Yet, one of my concerns as a parent was how my son was coping with teasing or name calling from his peers (like golf alpha yankee or foxtrot alpha golf) and my son nonchalantly responded that "yes, it happens". Although the name calling ceased in high school, I did take the time to explain to my son that when people see things that they are not familiar with or find something confusing, they sometimes have a knee jerk reaction (like name calling) as a way to deal with their confusion or fear. During my son's elementary summer school years, he volunteered as an art and knitting teacher's assistant. One of the benefits of these jobs was that my son was able to obtain glowing recommendations for a paid job he applied for in high school and for private college applications. I'd say that knitting (and machine embroidery, too) has served him well. Nathan, pursue your passion and ignore the naysayers.
My 14 year old son knits…. He started a year ago. My daughter 23 taught him last Summer. He is very good and cranks out great Christmas presents! We went to a knitting group late last Summer, he was a little embarrassed at the beginning. As the ladies that were there talked about their sons and husbands that knit, and how much better they are at knitting, he felt more comfortable. It is not unusual to see my son laying on the sofa watching TV and knitting. I think it is pretty darn cool!
Early Vikings did a form of knitting/crochet to make nets to catch food. My grandpa knit his own socks during World War I…it was either that or not have socks. Knitting improves hand/eye coordination, and it's just plain COOL.
I've been a knitter for FIVE years now. It relaxes me when I'm stressed, and my scarves are the envy of anyone who sees them. Knitting is COMPLETELY cool, and I applaud Nathan for taking up such a historical and TOTALLY manly past time!!
Nathan, I love that you're knitting! I want you to learn how to knit a blanket so you can teach me the next time I see you, okay?
Hey Nathan! Yes, Manly Men Knit. And Crochet. And Sew. And Cook. And Paint or Scuplt or do Woodworking . All kinds of men – firemen, doctors, teachers, sports players, businessmen, and even young men like you – do all kinds of things for hobbies. Some men even do them as thier main job.
You are learning to knit, and it is something that you should be proud of. It is a skill that lets you use your hands and your mind to create useful things to wear or use around the house, and that's good.
I'm a guy who started crocheting when I was about 7 or 8, sewing about high school age, and now I also knit. I like to make hats that go to the homeless people here in S.F., and I think that's good too. I feel good helping other people.
Whoever you are, boy or girl, man or woman, you should feel good about learning new things, and being creative. Congratulations on learning to knit.
Nathan, I think it is so cool that you learned how to knit in one afternoon. I've taken lessons and keep trying, but I'm not very good yet. Please ask your mom to post photos of your projects. It will keep me motivated to keep trying and not give up.
Nathan, I am so jealous! I've been trying to learn to knit for years, but I get too impatient and feel too intimidated, so I give up. You've inspired me to dust off my knitting needles and start learning again.
That is so cool that Nathan can knit! My girls just signed up for a class, and they're so excited.
Dear Nathan,
What a special talent you have! Knitting takes a lot of time and patience plus it develops good hand/eye coordination. Your friends probably spend a lot of their time playing video games. When the video game is over, they have nothing to show for it but a whole bunch of wasted time. With your knitting, you can see your progress plus you wind up with a lovely gift for someone to treasure. Don't give up, Nathan. Knit away!
I'm ashamed to say I didn't teach my son's to knit when they were young, but there is always hope for the future! They are 27 and 30 now and I think the reason I didn't get around to teaching them to knit is that we were living in the Florida Keys and it was hot, too hot to knit, also I was busy going to school myself. They did learn to latch hook rugs, needlepoint and sew tho! And a trip to the craft store was as welcome as to the book store, they did all kinds of crafts. They also both took ballet and tap dance for many years, even taking their tap shoes to school for show and tell. One is in the movie making business and surfs and the other is in the Army reserves and plays ice hockey. Both of them have attracted wonderful wives, is it because they assist with one's jewelry making business and surprises with tickets to the ballet with having to be asked?! All boys should have the opportunity to play with dolls and all girls should be able to play sports. Doing things a little different from the norm or the rest of the guys, and being open about it, teaches tolerance. It teaches them tolerance and reinforces it with you. Tolerance of everybody's wishes/desires makes the world go round. When somebody says you can't by virtue of your gender, and you believe them, the world becomes a smaller place and your life has restrictions from fun. Invite all your friends for a knitting party, why let girls have all the fun?!
Nathan – a blogger-guy I know is busy this weekend at a Men's Knitting Retreat with lots of other guys. He signed up early enough that he will also be learning how to spin with a spinning wheel: http://www.vanwaffle.com/2012/05/18/mens-spring-knitting-retreat-joins-community/
It's great that you're learning how to do something that is fun and useful, too = you will always be able to make cool gifts for people.
I know how to crochet, but haven't learned how to knit yet, so you're ahead of me! Have fun & be your own guy,
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I wish I could remember his name, but one night when I was watching boxing, one of the fighters talked about his mom having taught him to sew and that he made money during high school by sewing prom dresses for his classmates. I think it's absolutely marvelous that Nathan is knitting. Wish I could!
My son knits as well, and our local yarn shoppe even has a guys version of a stitch and bitch. Big props to Nathan for learning how to knit:)
I hope that Nathan has found his comfort zone with knitting. It will be very relaxing for him and the nice thing about it is that he has results that he can enjoy for quite a while.
We need more guys who knit! I met my husband at my friend's yarn shop -http://blog.mlive.com/runningwithneedles/2009/02/eastown_couples_hearts_are_kni.html.
My father crocheted when I was growing up and made beautiful blankets we snuggled up with in the winter. Some men have made great careers out of knitting and fiber arts. One of my favorite knitting designers is Jared Flood aka Brooklyn Tweed.
There are all sorts of cool things you can knit like monsters and animals. Keep knitting, you won't be sorry.
When I was about Nathan's age, my mum taught sis to knit, and when I said I want to learn too mum taught me as well.
But dad did not really seemed pleased about it! LOL.
In the end, I gave up myself because mum keeps asking me to unpick! Not up to her standard. Sigh.
Well, it's crochet rather than knitting, but close enough – two really cool snowboarders here in Sweden had a lot of leftover time when travelling between meets, and decided to start crocheting their own hats. They now have a super-successful hat company – http://www.kaskofsweden.com/


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Kristen J. (Burke) Galante, 37, of Norton, formerly of N. Attleboro and Taunton, passed away Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.
She was the wife of Richard J. Galante Jr.
Born in Brockton on March 8, 1975, Kristen was the daughter of Robert K. and Claire V. (Testa) Burke of Middleborough.
She grew up and was educated in both Brockton and Smithfield, RI. She was a graduate of Smithfield High School where was a member of, and also served as president for two years of the schools SADD Chapter. Kristen furthered her studies, attending Fisher Junior College in Attleboro.
A Norton resident for the past 7 years, she had been employed as a Portfolio Analyst for State Street Corporation in Quincy. Kristen was a communicant of St. Mary's Church in Mansfield where she was wed to her husband Richard on Nov. 5, 2006.
Kristen enjoyed crafts, scrapbooking, cooking and baking. Her favorite times spent were those in the presence of her family and trips with her husband to York Beach in Maine.
In addition to her husband and parents, Kristen is survived by her daughter, Abigail E. Galante of Norton; her mother and father-in-law Teresa Galante and Richard Sr. of Norton; as well as several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her brother Kevin R. Burke.
Her Funeral Mass, to which relatives and friends are invited to attend, will be celebrated Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 9 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, 330 Pratt St. (Route 106) Mansfield. Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery, W. Bridgewater. Visiting hours will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18 4 to 7 p.m. at Sherman & Jackson Funeral Home, 55 N. Main St., Mansfield.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Kristen's memory may be made to the Jimmy Fund, care of Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168 or the National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, NY 10016.


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Which Recent Plays Deserve New Productions?
Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get super enthusiastic about things.
This week, Stages editor Mark Blankenship geeks out (via email) with his friend Christie Evangelisto, the Literary Director of Signature Theatre Company.
Today's Topic: Which recent plays deserve another production in New York?
MARK BLANKENSHIP: So Christie… I was psyched to hear that Signature is this year's winner of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, not least because you guys produce such a lively mix of new plays and slightly older works by the playwrights in your Residency One program. And as much as I love the new stuff, sometimes I'm grateful for the chance to revisit something from the past. Like… you're reviving Chuck Mee's Big Love next year, and I will never forget seeing that play in Atlanta when I was in college. I loved it, but since it didn't win a Pulitzer Prize or become a movie or dazzle a Broadway crowd, I figured I would never see another professional production of the show.
That happens to a lot of plays, you know? After they get that one New York production and maybe some regional premieres, they disappear forever. So I'm glad that a company like Signature or Second Stage will occasionally step in and bring something back to our attention here in New York.
CHRISTIE EVANGELISTO: Yes, the Tony has been really exciting for us, especially since this is the first year that New York-based theatres were eligible. And because there's been so much transition at Signature lately, between our fancy new building and the introduction of the Residency Five program, it's nice to come out on the other side of all of that and be recognized with an award.
And you're right, what happens to plays after that first production is something we talk and think about constantly. When putting together a Residency One season, we're always on the lookout for the play that got short shrift the first time around, or the play that feels as fresh and timely now as it did then, and deserves a new audience. Some of my favorite experiences at Signature have involved working on new productions of plays that warranted another look… like Edward Albee's The Lady From Dubuque, David Henry Hwang's Golden Child, Horton Foote's The Old Friends. You know I love me some new plays, but dusting off a magnificent play like Lady From Dubuque that very few people even knew existed feels really good.
MARK: With that in mind, I was hoping you'd join me in nominating some "lost recent classics" that deserve another look. And just for sanity's sake, let's stick to plays (not musicals) that premiered after 2000.
My first nominee is Christopher Shinn's On the Mountain, which I distinctly remember discussing with you in front of a Gray's Papaya almost a decade ago. (If you need, you can pause to wipe a tear at that beautiful memory.)
Way back in 2005, I just randomly happened to see it at Playwrights Horizons because the show next door, Shockheaded Peter, was sold out. And then… boom. The play transported me. It's ostensibly about a rock fan who's trying to gather info about a dead, Kurt Cobain-esque musician, so he insinuates himself into the life of NotKurt's ex-girlfriend and her daughter. But what I really remember is how smart the play was about technology. At the time, you couldn't open a window without hearing somebody insist that the internet was going to alienate everyone from each other, turning us into hopeless, lonely monsters. But On the Mountain had a much more sensitive understanding of how modern technology can both push us apart and pull us together. And I remember being so grateful that this play just got that. That it had something to say about the connected world that didn't default to the terrified certainty that machines would devour our souls.
And I'd love to see the play again, now that our relationship to online technology has evolved even further. What might we hear in Shinn's script this time that we couldn't before? Do you know what I mean? Do you remember this show and/or have feelings about it?
June 3, 2014 14 Comments
Drawing on Divas of the Past
In showstopping performances, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Adriane Lenox evoke the legends of jazz and blues
Welcome to Building Character, TDF's ongoing series on actors and how they create their roles
There isn't a cigarette girl or a cigar in sight, but you can almost imagine spectral blue smoke surrounding the two Tony Award-winning actresses currently evoking a bygone era of African-American nightclub culture on separate stages in New York City. In Broadway's After Midnight and Off-Broadway's Lady Day, Adriane Lenox and Dee Dee Bridgewater, respectively, exist in an atmosphere so thick with moody jazz and hazy blues that their stages seem set for the conjuring of spirits.
In Lady Day, writer-director Stephen Stahl's backstage musical about tragic blues singer Billie Holiday, Bridgewater (who won her Tony for playing Glinda in The Wiz) makes her star entrance through the stage door of a London theatre where Billie is rehearsing in a bid for a 1954 comeback. Thunder, rain, and lightning accompany her into the space, eerily suggesting the emotional tumult to come. In between songs (the score includes "Lady Sings the Blues," "Strange Fruit," "All of Me," and 23 others), Billie loses herself in scenes that recount her broken childhood.
Does Bridgewater (pictured above right) feel Billie's presence at the Little Shubert Theatre, or does the actress not go there?
"Oh, I go there," Bridgewater says. "When I'm getting ready to go on, I say, 'OK, Billie, let's go.' My deal with Billie this time is that she can share my body, not take it over."
In the 1980s, Bridgewater played an earlier version of the show in Paris (in French, no less!) and London. The actress explains, "In London, she kind of took over. Toward the end of my run at the Picadilly, I was getting fan mail addressed to Billie Holiday. People who had seen her or knew her would come backstage and say, 'I did not see you, I saw Billie.' That was pretty traumatic. Now I try to leave her at the theatre and join her at the theatre when I go into my dressing room."
Bridgewater's turn is part of her career-long commitment to exploring the heritage of jazz singers. She won a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee, and an earlier Ella Fitzgerald tribute disc was also Grammy-anointed.
Still, Bridgewater admits that when she first heard Holiday's gravelly voice on LPs, many years ago, the sound turned her off. "I thought her voice was small, too nasal," she recalls. "I was of the impression that if you're gonna be a jazz singer you have to know how to scat, and she didn't scat."
But then Bridgewater stumbled across Holiday's autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. She admits, "I was really struck by her life and…I could identify with a lot of the pain that she had gone through. That's what grabbed me. [When] I was asked to do Lady Day in Paris, I did a lot of investigative work. She's been in me since then, been a part of me." [Read more →]
October 29, 2013 No Comments
Sheldon Harnick and Margery Harnick
Sheldon Harnick and Margery Gray Harnick create a book about the city
Margery Gray Harnick's photographs offer three visions of New York at the same time.
There's the city as a landscape, packed with buildings and treelines and sky; there's the city as a community, full of tourists and natives hustling on their way; and there's the city as a private story, brimming with details that have shaped Harnick's life.
Those overlapping identities define The Outdoor Museum, a collection of Harnick's photographs paired with poems by her husband, Sheldon Harnick. Taken together, the words and images ask us to reexamine how we look at the city. A mannequin, say, can be more than just a figure in a window. It can change how we see the people walking past it. Even a grimy puddle on the street can reflect a nearby building, making it look like a wavering mirage.
April 25, 2013 No Comments
Dancing For Your Votes
Why Warren Carlyle makes the dancing in "Drood" accessible
In the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, currently at Studio 54 in a revival from the Roundabout, it's crucial for the audience to have a good time. After all, they're the ones writing the ending.
The premise is this: A troupe of actors greets the audience, thrilled to share the most ambitious project of their careers—a retelling of Dickens' unfinished murder-mystery, which centers on the disappearance of a man named Edwin Drood. After watching Dickens' incomplete story, the audience chooses how the mystery ends. Librettist-composer Rupert Holmes has written dozens of final scenes, and the cast is prepared to perform any of them, depending on whom the audience votes for.
When it clicks, Drood crackles with mischief, and that's what hooked Warren Carlyle, who choreographs the current revival. "I responded to the humor of this show," he says. "And the involvement of the audience in the actual plot is so special. The audience is almost another character, and that felt original to me."
January 30, 2013 1 Comment
VIDEO: Inside Our Tony-Honored Open Doors Program
This Saturday, the American Theatre Wing will recognize Theatre Development Fund's groundbreaking Open Doors program with a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre. (Tony Honors are given to individuals and organizations that aren't eligible in competitive Tony categories.)
We are thrilled and humbled by this award for the program, which pairs small groups of local high school students with professional theatre mentors. Along with a teacher and a TDF rep, the students and their mentors see plays, musicals, and dance performances and then discuss them over pizza. Through those conversations, the students not only learn more about the performing arts, but also learn to express themselves in a deeper way.
To see how Open Doors works, just watch this short video, which follows a group mentored by the actress Kathleen Chalfant. In a small way, it captures the unique spirit of this special program.
June 5, 2012 1 Comment


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[APP][ICS] Walkman (sony music player) OLDSo when portability was on a new high with mobile phones, Sony Ericsson had a brilliant series of Walkman phones that was hugely popular as well. The Walkman revolutionized the way people listened to music when it came out in the late 70's. For the first time, people could easily enjoy their favorite tunes on the go thanks to a portable battery powered gizmo. Now that Walkman Personal Stereos are way past their time, the brand name lives only in the form of digital media players and an aging line of cell phones built by Sony Ericsson.
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Blurring is the comon practice of people who don't know any better. Don't do it, it's a bad trend and it says I have photoshop but I'm lazy. Dodge and burn is time consuming but it's the best way. Frequency separation for blemish removal is another option. Often people do it too much and make it look bad. If nothing else, I remove blemishes and leave the skin alone most of the time.
I would say its a Mayhem trend more than an industry trend. Lol
As the lawyers say, "Asked and answered." (Go out back and set up a target, run fifty rounds through your 9 mm, and have a snort or two of good bourbon. You'll feel better.)
It's all about your aspirations.
Those "blurry" people present their work to the ignorant bunch, and would experience no benefit or praise by doing a good job.
People who are trying to make progress, on the other hand, are presenting their work to an educated public; quality is a must, and consistency and innovation are what puts them on top.
How did you reach your conclusion that an "educated public" reads the slick glamour magazines? Share a little of your empirical data with us, if you please.
And kindly set Natalia straight while you're at it:
I think jakov meant the brands advertising in the magazine and the magazine editors when he said educated public, not the buyers of the magazine
Anyone can own a magazine. Anyone can own great art(you know those news of people discovering that that dusty old picture they used to jam under the door to keep it open is worth millions...). It isn't worth a thing to them.
Because not everyone will appreciate it for what it is. And style is nothing more than the right measure of things, yet it takes time to build your critical opinion, and the process is never done.
So, YES I MEANT editors, selectors, publishers, curators, art directors, collectors... because they're the authority figures, and their authority is derived from your faith in their vision of style.
But if, as Natalia says, the end users -- the customers who buy the magazines -- are a bunch of clueless dolts who can't tell visionary art from a snapshot from a point-and-shoot, then what's the point? You're just slaving over images that the consumers are incapable of appreciating. Casting pearls before swine.
Seems like a stupendous waste of time and effort to me ... but, hey, it's your time and effort. It certainly won't be mine.
And that's why there are so few great magazines, and so few great products and art in general. IT TAKES AN EFFORT both to appreciate it and create it. Because most people know no difference. They're not stupid, they just know no better.
So your under the illusion the end customer actually choses what it buys? Cute
A lot of elitist photographers and retouchers make the assumptions that people that blur things are noobs or have no idea what they are doing
but there is a truth in that some people are actually portraying what they intended to portray.
a lot of people have shit vision. then their camera records something much clearer and frozen on a crystal clear screen.
so they correct it to portray what they are more likely to see and envision when they set out to make a photo
so: a lot of people have shit vision and want to portray that shit
You got your answer and you chose to ignore it.
Why create a forum post if you're already convinced of your own pov?
Because I'm not convinced of my own POV. In an aesthetic medium, everything is open to interpretation really, and I'm always willing to accept that what I currently believe is wrong.
If I'm right, fine. If I'm wrong, I'd like to know what degree to which I am wrong. That's what this follow up post is for. I suppose this could go into critique, but I'm more interested in knowing about trends than personal critiques.
Okay... the general consensus here is that blurring is bad. Glad to feel exonerated. However, that does nothing to change the fact that most of the ports I've looked at here on MM seem (from my humble perspective) overworked, and I'm trying to understand why. If the preferred style these days is to work the pores right out of the skin, and unskilled retouchers are using blur to get that look quickly, then that means I'm still wrong and would like to know to that.
Let's say: Blurred = bad, but pore-less = glamourous.
Ok. I know how to come to that look without compromising image quality, but I'd like to know to what extent retouched becomes overworked.
Let's say: Blurred and/or pore-less = bad. Natural look is in.
Cool. That means I can carry on as normal.
Let's say: Pore-less is more important than image quality (ruled out already, I know)
Well, my job just got a heck of a lot easier.
On the contrary, I don't think they reflect much at all about what they buy.
My point was that "high end" retouchers sweat over details that only they and a few middlemen (editors, etc.) pretentiously regard as "art." If you imagine that one of your L'Oreal ads deserves to hang in an art museum, you're the one under an illusion.
You've never shot a wedding or retail portrait, have you?
Their clients are what you call "the ignorant bunch, and you're correct: they would experience no benefit or praise by using a time-consuming method, and they would either have to raise their rates substantially or go out of business.
Mock them if you wish, but they're operating appropriately for their market. Failure to recognize the difference in markets is a serious flaw.
See above. Who do you think is buying current wedding photos and family portraits? Some art director in some other city? A curator at a museum?
I've wondered that myself, but a lot of people do it. Often putting other people down when they don't agree 100% with their (limited) view of the world.
That's WHY it's called high end.
It doesn't hang in a museum it gets you paid and doing those brands puts you in contact with the people doing photography worth hanging.
It not that hard.
We are not talking about weddings
This is a model forum. Not an event or journalism forum.
I don't put people down because they don't agree with me, I'm firm in my words because I'm not merely responding to the person but to anyone reading.
I had a hard time finding the right techniques and standards for the high end markets so I make sure that, at least when they are reading me, they get consistent information.
Why would I speak about another field of retouching other than the one I'm in?
Why would I speak about wedding or family portraits?
Why would I speak about anything other than what I do?
That would be an empty opinion.
I don't usually argue from outside with those in the field.
I respect that. But, I will add that excellence exists in all those fields.
So, yes there are bad wedding photographers, and then there are amazing wedding photographers.
They're speaking to the different market, but just like only few wear Dior Couture, only select few are hiring those great photographers.
To make progress and be any good, you follow the best. Why would anyone be pleased just because there are clueless people out there. There will always be someone better and worse than you. It's your aspiration and dedication that determines the scale.
But I wouldn't know what you need to be an excellent wedding photographer/retoucher
So I wouldn't argue with people already doing it.
The question is: preferred by whom?
I'd disagree with that unless you're doing fantasy work or glamour/boudoir
Depends on what you call "natural"
If this is what you want to hear, yes. You can make a million images in a month at $1 each and be a millionaire.
The sample image you posted is not a good example, it's badly lit and out of focus.
Maybe you should define your desired/ideal market and we can establish the standards for that market instead of comparing pears to apples.
I think the answer is that you're looking at portfolios from people who are, for the most part, not professional retouchers; that is to say, they don't make their living by retouching alone. And if they're not having a photographer or art/creative director or photo editor bouncing their work back, it's expected that some will go too far. Learning when to stop, when it's very easy to make huge changes, is a learned skill.
I suppose the broadest spectrum of clientele. I wasn't expecting to do this long-term, since I don't really do retouching anymore, but I'm starting to enjoy the work again, and want to find other clients.
Mkay. So pore-less has a demographic, but only for specific image types. Duly noted.
The middle example in my image link is what I'd call natural.
The only thing I'm really interested in hearing is professional opinions: which I'm receiving in abundance. Thank you all for your feedback on this, btw.
Lol, Studio LaRouge is my only client at the moment, and I got it because she called in a favor. I'd consider myself to be a mediocre retoucher, whose experience (dated though it may be) makes up for my education in the field. Good to great photographers won't really benefit from a retoucher like me, but new to mediocre photographers will probably find my work to be the right balance of price and quality. Otherwise, I'd be charging more per hour.
My ideal market would actually be the broadest spectrum of clientele I can get. But that's probably an entirely different subject- and a lengthy and nebular one at that. In short, I just wanted to get my fingers back on the pulse of client trends. I think I've gotten the answers I need.
Again, thanks to all for the professional feedback!
You don't get poreless images in P.S. I mean you do if someone is doing a bad job.
You reduce the appearance of pores through lighting and make up. Than you "finish off" the image with retouching.
If you don't have a clearly defined concept from the start that you'll stick to, the whole point of your work is lost. Everyone in the chain of command has to be involved in order to get relevant result.
You don't start painting a hand, then you think it's not turning out well, so you smudge it and make it look like flower, because flower is easier. That's not a good approach to anything.
+You can do anything with a computer today, but you'll never arrive if you don't know where you're going. That's why client input is important, and if someone has no idea what they want, they won't help develop your skills.
Naturally. But even though client input is important, there is naturally going to be a large group of people who want similar things. This was a question about trends, not about specific client tastes. I've worked with clients who have extremely dramatic tastes: high saturations, burnt colors and psychedelic digital effects. And I've worked with clients who have reserved tastes, like the client I have now. And I've had some that want a juxtaposition of both: dramatic realism... for instance a life-like reenactment of Jesus walking on water, using nothing but a client-owned picture of an actor dressed like Catholic Jesus, and some stock footage of the Mediterranean Sea. While client input will certainly affect how I edit photos, there will always be a mass majority of clients who are looking for a certain general style, and my perception (at the beginning of this post anyway) was that blurry was the current popular style.
Once again, this post was an inquiry about trends... not specific tastes.
We are not talking about weddings
That's obvious, as the advice given is flat-out incorrect for that. Yet the advice given is provided as an absolute, without any exceptions even implied, other than being ignorant, don't know better, clueless noobs.
To a certain extent, an assertion made earlier, that "it's a result of incompetence" is correct--but not as intended. The individuals claiming One True Way across-the-board are either unaware/ignorant of , or unwilling/incapable of accepting a reality that they don't work in, no matter how many other professional photographers and retouchers occupy it.
I don't put people down because they don't agree with me, I'm firm in my words because I'm not merely responding to the person but to anyone reading.
See above, though I'm curious as to why you felt it necessary put yourself into that category.
As do most, alas, for the techniques are trivial. What is not is the time required to gain mastery of the execution of the techniques, and finding the time to actually execute them in a high volume environment.
I don't know.
Review many posts, however, and you'll see that it's very common for people to claim universal status for a great many bits of advice, techniques, approaches, solutions, etc which are NOT universal, and in fact may only make sense for a very small group of individuals. (That small group, to be honest, absolutely does need to know them.)
Absolutely. There's zero chance of it being anything else. No genre could accept it; no market could accept it; nobody competent could ever accept it.
Well, except the myriad professionals who disagree, and are making their living doing exactly what is being railed against.
Examine the width of the brush you are making such broad stroke with, lest you, too, paint someone with colors that do not apply to them.
Because this is NOT an event site
This is NOT a journalism photography site
This is a MODEL site, there for including the Wedding or family portrait market is not necessary.
We are not claiming One True Way across-the-board - We are claiming that in model related photography:
Editorial Portrait
Glamour/Man magazines (I excluded this market, since SOME TIMES in lower quality magazines, they do that)
The look is NEVER blurred (with very few exceptions such as "artistic intention" and usually is in camera blur)
Why not? Someone needs to do it, there's a lot of people working in this field, yet very few sharing the insides of the industry, maybe the pros working in the high end industry just stop sharing in forums because they have to deal with people arguing FROM OTHER FIELDS
It's not, it's impossible to find the time to execute them in high volume environments, they are not meant for that.
But you make it sound as if you don't have a choice. YOU CHOOSE to work in high volume environments, you choose to do weddings or senior portraits.
For those who choose another path, this information is useful.
That small group had to START as well. I wish someone was doing what I'm doing back when I was trying to learn. It would have taken me 6 months instead of 2 years to learn the skills and about the market.
Blurring being accepted in the wedding/senior,family portrait genre is not because it's a valid style, it's because people don't know any better. Not to mention, they couldn't afford it
It is still valid to claim BLURRING is a result of incompetence - Not on the hands of the photographer/retoucher necessarily but of the client.
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