tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post1579946701491215967..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: A Day With Tom b. !Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-35840629314496409092011-01-17T23:47:57.779+01:002011-01-17T23:47:57.779+01:00So, you are not the only one looking for and lovin...So, you are not the only one looking for and loving these odd old things! Nice to see you both at "work"! <br />(The picture of Tom on the sofa - which actually looks fairly OK - is really great!) :-)PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-82954302958650283992011-01-17T03:52:41.416+01:002011-01-17T03:52:41.416+01:00Hello to ToMBHello to ToMBmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032929369430507113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-10816248847440783992011-01-16T10:27:17.127+01:002011-01-16T10:27:17.127+01:00Je propose que la Photographie soit inscrite dans ...Je propose que la Photographie soit inscrite dans les disciplines Olympiques !<br /><br />Quelle gymnastique pour un cadrage ! Je ne fais pas mieux … M'accroupir ça va … mais grimper, c'est parfois périlleux (enfin quand je réalise que je dois redescendre !)<br /><br />J'aime bien celle dans le camion … On y retrouve le sourire de l'enfance ;-)<br /><br />Ai-je souhaité une bonne année ? Dans la négative, Happy New Year 2011 ainsi qu'au Femme Club !Sar@hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861476412769481985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-8049745495759558712011-01-15T13:06:55.770+01:002011-01-15T13:06:55.770+01:00Great post, Owen!Great post, Owen!Dee Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610598460257919321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-72417288296073234702011-01-15T04:36:57.163+01:002011-01-15T04:36:57.163+01:00Roxana...
We had tons of fun, can't tell you h...Roxana...<br />We had tons of fun, can't tell you how much I enjoyed talking with him... a pleasure from start to finish, we were really laughing a lot it seems to me out of the pure joy of discovery and thrills... More photos to come from that day...<br /><br />Hugs to you Roxana, loved your last post there, so dark and towering and brooding... pure poetry in visions.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-25106168123001847612011-01-15T04:33:21.731+01:002011-01-15T04:33:21.731+01:00Hi Scotty !
A big pleasure indeed to hear from you...Hi Scotty !<br />A big pleasure indeed to hear from you, really appreciate you reaching out here... I know how hard it is to make time for blogging. And I can see you are a very busy guy with a ton of irons in the fire, so I doubly appreciate your visit. I really admire your work, I've looked through quite a bit of the past posts, and still have more to go, but am really just stunned by many many of your images. Great stuff !<br /><br />Best wishes to you (and your lovely family, another thing we have in common it seems is we both have two daughters with our foreign wives) for an excellent 2011, rich in photos, rich in life..Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-50692948525493412442011-01-15T04:28:13.364+01:002011-01-15T04:28:13.364+01:00Bonjour Karine,
Of course je te pardonnerai, toujo...Bonjour Karine,<br />Of course je te pardonnerai, toujours, toujours !<br />:-)<br />J'imagine que tu as plein de projets, et c'est sûr, ce n'est pas toujours facile pour trouver le temps de tout faire, et le blog ça prend du temps... mais pour ton blog, j'aurai toujours le temps.<br /><br />Je te souhaite une année 2011 fabuleuse, avec une multitude de choses qui travaillent toutes ensemble pour t'apporter que du bonheur... sur le canapé...<br /><br />Bisoux !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-85246752229283705112011-01-15T04:24:46.252+01:002011-01-15T04:24:46.252+01:00Alberto,
You are very welcome my friend ! And &quo...Alberto,<br />You are very welcome my friend ! And "Photo Sapiens" what an excellent idea... I like it. Although thanks to you, I've just discovered that there is a web site called photosapiens.com, dedicated to photographers and photography. Will have to look more at it... but yes indeed, I'm sure photo sapiens is a separate species, and is following an evolutionary path toward having a digital sensor in our brains, and a USB plug just behind the ear, so we can take a picture of anything we look at, and then download them to a machine... yes, that would be great, right ? The human eye is still far better than most camera lenses, except the really extreme ones which let a satellite read a license plate from way up above the earth...<br /><br />Be well...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-16049366095661461082011-01-14T13:31:07.333+01:002011-01-14T13:31:07.333+01:00this is indeed a very good series, and i can imagi...this is indeed a very good series, and i can imagine you also had a lot of fun during that day, not only intense work work work :-)<br />Tom is indeed fabulous, i have just come back from his page and i am very impressed, thank you for another great discovery...Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-46727050043927966012011-01-14T06:50:46.615+01:002011-01-14T06:50:46.615+01:00Owen....I don't get the time, often, to visit ...Owen....I don't get the time, often, to visit blogs, but after all your comments in my blog, I to make a visit. I LOVE this post...AND what a cool place to shoot in..I too, would have gone crazy there...<br /><br />Anyway...very nice photos you have here. We have a lot in common, both expats living in our host country for 17 years!!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />ScottyScotty Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124661023773389950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-26302547663466421432011-01-13T11:49:23.402+01:002011-01-13T11:49:23.402+01:00bonjour mon owen adoré !
me pardonneras-tu de ven...bonjour mon owen adoré !<br /><br />me pardonneras-tu de venir si tard pour t'embrasser en cette nouvelle année ?<br /><br />je suis au ralenti pour tout en ce moment, je me prélasse et je prends le temps pour tout mais je ne t'oublie pas ni même les mots si tendres que tu m'as écris.<br /><br />merci pour cette rencontre avec tom b (presque le mot "tombe" en français, celles que tu photographie toujours avec délicatesse) !<br />ma préférée est celle où il est assis généreusement sur le canapé, elle me convient parfaitement :-)<br />se lover dans un canapé, bien au chaud avec mon fils au creux de mes bras et mon chat carat !<br />le bonheur quoi !<br /><br />merveilleuse année owen:: Karine ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/14136116349598940204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-71349488524101901302011-01-13T11:47:40.310+01:002011-01-13T11:47:40.310+01:00Hey !! a new specie has born,, Photo Sapiens, a c...Hey !! a new specie has born,, Photo Sapiens, a creature who feeds on light and stills and whose representative tool wont be the wheel or a bone, but a top edge reflex equipment attached to the arms of the individual but also with interaction with his brain. and able to realize the most unbelievable contorsions in order to achieve his pray, or what is the same, the subject of his phot interest!!<br />It will be interesting to see and follow the evolution of such outstanding creature =) =)<br />Regards amazing Owen !!<br />=D<br />Oh!! and thanks for all the wonderful thoughts and wishes!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-70489656044248994642011-01-13T04:41:30.319+01:002011-01-13T04:41:30.319+01:00Hi Tatty, he is a bit of a contortionist, yes ? In...Hi Tatty, he is a bit of a contortionist, yes ? In any case, a most strenuous approach... but it is so totally important to establish a solid, strong base for the camera, to avoid any body movement that could contribute to blurring the image, and Tom makes it look so graceful...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-55752315578183125932011-01-13T04:38:29.550+01:002011-01-13T04:38:29.550+01:00Lynne,
Yes, yes, karmic, truckmic, sofamic bliss, ...Lynne,<br />Yes, yes, karmic, truckmic, sofamic bliss, even crushed bicyclic bliss, absolutely, one must meditate long and hard on the abandoned riches of industrial society, sprawled out there in in all their glory... oh yes, but there will be more pictures to come to assist with such meditations, and I just know the ravenous hordes of blog readers are champing at the bits for those images to be published, I'm going to have to go underground soon there were papparazzi hanging out in my street last night, and the site meter has been spinning right off the the scales...<br />:-)<br />Oh, herrrumph, said the toad, galumphing off, must have been dreaming again...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-54082365234441587492011-01-13T04:33:32.047+01:002011-01-13T04:33:32.047+01:00Chère Pastelle,
Tu as osé regardé pendant que nous...Chère Pastelle,<br />Tu as osé regardé pendant que nous étions en plein dans notre rite de male bonding ?? (noter que j'ai bien dit bonding et non pas bondage)<br />:-)<br />Ah ces voyeurs et voyeuses qu'il y a dans ce monde...<br />:-)<br />Non, toute betise à part, suis content si ce petit reportage t'a plu, si cela t'a donné une vision sur la vie et travail de certains photographes passionnés par les bâtiments en ruine. Si tu connais des sites ici en France, n'hésites pas à me les signaler...<br /><br />En esperant que mon français écrit est moins mauvais et rigolo que ce qui se passe à travers le traducteur...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-6066007332926968712011-01-13T04:27:24.165+01:002011-01-13T04:27:24.165+01:00Dear Distracted, Absolutely ! Man Heaven ! That...Dear Distracted, Absolutely ! Man Heaven ! That's exactly it...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-83830955412623070642011-01-13T04:26:37.184+01:002011-01-13T04:26:37.184+01:00Hi Olga,
Commercial dead zones, as you say, are th...Hi Olga,<br />Commercial dead zones, as you say, are thoroughly fascinating to me, they offer telling commentary on where our society is heading. And you are right, considerable care must be taken on every level when visiting such places... they are often full of pitfalls. And a few ghosts as well...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-6088151276983453662011-01-13T04:23:58.778+01:002011-01-13T04:23:58.778+01:00Hey Tom, there you are ! I was wondering what that...Hey Tom, there you are ! I was wondering what that red glow on the western horizon was, at first I thought it was just the night lights of Paris on the horizon, but now I see it was you blushing...<br /><br />Someday I sincerely hope to be able to thank you more properly. It was a great day. And the coal breaker was a total trip as well... so very simply, thanks again...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-80750939506496373662011-01-13T04:20:37.594+01:002011-01-13T04:20:37.594+01:00Hi James,
Well I hope you can get up to see these ...Hi James,<br />Well I hope you can get up to see these places before they get razed, that is always the risk, that an abandoned site becomes a bulldozed site. Over in Delaware County there was a sprawling state mental hospital site at Haverford which was sitting abandoned for years, but in September when I was back I saw where all the old buildings are gone, and houses are going up. Not sure I'd want one of those houses. A lot of history there.<br /><br />You can see more photos of the sites touched on here if you go through Tom b.'s blogspot blog and linking to Mark Kyle's Flickr pages. And I'll be posting more soon too. They may whet your appetite some more...<br /><br />Glad you liked the Invisible Man photo from Philly, I'm sure it's the same guy !<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-48511395396021267582011-01-13T04:15:01.884+01:002011-01-13T04:15:01.884+01:00Hi Nevine !
Funny how we crossed paths in the nigh...Hi Nevine !<br />Funny how we crossed paths in the night like that... in fact I was up late, but that is often the case as I work a late night job, and sleep in the morning, after a bit of dinner and blogging to unwind of course... although tea with you would be fine too !<br /><br />For sure, it was absolutely wonderful to get to meet Tom and go on an adventure with him, sort of a male bonding day kind of thing I guess. I don't know how many members of the fairer sex would want to come along on such a mission, with all the inherent risks and grime and grease and all manner of pitfalls to beware, but I can honestly say it was one of the very finest days I've had in years... up in the top ten anyway... and Tom was simply excellent company. I can't believe how much he knows about these places...<br /><br />So, drop by for tea or coffee anytime, I'm often up at this hour...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-80398916767735474022011-01-13T04:08:45.503+01:002011-01-13T04:08:45.503+01:00Hi Catherine,
That sofa appeared at just the righ...Hi Catherine, <br />That sofa appeared at just the right moment when we needed a little break... <br /><br />And indeed, indeed, I've been very lucky to date to be able to meet a few fellow bloggers, where there is a will, there's a way, although finding time is not always easy these days... But each time the meetings have been fascinating and fun, I'm beginning to think that bloggers are a rare and wonderful kind of human... based on only a small number of data of course...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-7096021081043666582011-01-13T04:05:19.171+01:002011-01-13T04:05:19.171+01:00Robert, one could easily see Tom as a highly skill...Robert, one could easily see Tom as a highly skilled surgeon, in fact, you can see in one of the photos here he is getting ready to put on his blue surgeons gloves before operating !<br />Thank you sir, and a fine end of the week to you...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-82370887890222749612011-01-13T04:03:38.339+01:002011-01-13T04:03:38.339+01:00Dear Lorrene,
The knack of finding castaway couche...Dear Lorrene,<br />The knack of finding castaway couches is an exttremely rare gift which I was handed at birth, and the gene which compels me to photograph them is an even more rare asset, so rare that scientists world wide are still trying to identify it. I keep running from them when they come after me with scalpels saying they need tissue samples...<br />:-)<br /><br />I'm very happy if you are enjoying some of these ramblings here...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-53540318745416784512011-01-13T04:00:34.393+01:002011-01-13T04:00:34.393+01:00Dear Stick Up, you are more than welcome not only ...Dear Stick Up, you are more than welcome not only to follow in footsteps, but to walk right alongside, if you like, to visit some marvellous abandoned property somewhere. The attraction of the abandoned is strong for a certain strata of photographers, and some of the work they are producing imho is just mind bogglingly good... take a look at the Opacity site, for example, or any of the other UrbEx, Urban Exploration sites which can be found on the web. In Tom b.'s blogspot blog, follow the link to Mark's site on Flickr; which in turn links through to other Flickr groups where there are literally thousands and thousands of sites explored and photos... treasure troves to a junkie like me...<br />:-)<br />Thanks in any case for you ever so kind comments. I do hope we'll be able to meet up somewhere, sometime... you'll have to twist Sgt T's arm to into believing that your future happiness depends on a trip to Paris...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-51362753104034544502011-01-12T21:32:27.716+01:002011-01-12T21:32:27.716+01:00Alistair, I think there must be a factory somewher...Alistair, I think there must be a factory somewhere churning out sofas to be abandoned... or maybe they just spontaneously appear there... I don't know. Could be a trend though. Some further research is needed by the blogging community. With all the day of the week photo memes, maybe someone could start a Sunday Sofa theme...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.com