tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76624848532317089792024-03-13T10:31:38.379-04:00Shades of PlayJ. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-58059355485820364242008-04-24T19:51:00.005-04:002008-04-24T20:04:44.311-04:00recline and review<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/4707391/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4707391_ef348c6c1d_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0028_1" /></a><br /><br />It really shouldn't have been this difficult to find a photograph of a girl with glasses for <a href="http://shutterday.com/">Shutterday's</a> "Girls with Glasses" prompt. Heck, <i>I am</i> a girl with glasses! But I'm really not one for portraits, so unfortunately, you'll have to make do with a photo of a girl... with glasses hanging off her sweater. And her boyfriend who's doing the same thing.<br /><br />At least it's the <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MoMA</a>! The MoMA makes everything better.<br /><br /><br />[New York City, NY | April 2008 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-35306921086721615002008-03-19T16:35:00.003-04:002008-03-19T16:41:01.618-04:00unlock<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/4517235/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4517235_60d79d9d44_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0008_1" /></a><br /><br />I almost titled this "KEY TO HER HEART" or something equally cheesy, but I thought better of it.<br /><br />By the way, this is ISO 200. If you're considering buying a new compact camera and you're looking at the Fuji S700, look elsewhere if noise is a concern of yours.<br /><br /><br />[Ocean, NJ | March 2008 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-4551542688649543382008-03-18T10:23:00.003-04:002008-03-18T10:28:07.569-04:00coney island<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/4509994/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4509994_3a06c72e31_o.jpg" width="700" height="523" alt="DSCF0027_1" /></a><br /><br />The relatively new and fabulous Coney Island F-Line stop, marvelously overexposed in all the wrong places (and underexposed everywhere else). Grrr.<br /><br /><br />[New York City, NY | March 2008 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-53728488916650300092008-03-11T14:55:00.002-04:002008-03-11T14:59:44.876-04:00mirror world<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/4424344/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4424344_cc7b7585a1_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="MirrorWorld" /></a><br /><br />No caption for this one. Just revel in its awesomeness.<br /><br />[Long Branch, NJ | January 2008 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-70923901230676328372008-03-06T22:47:00.001-04:002008-03-06T22:50:30.575-04:00dead end<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/4424341/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4424341_0d1363c561_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DeadEndBW" /></a><br /><br />Yup. That cemetery sure does look like an end that is dead.<br /><br /><br />[Poughkeepsie, NY | January 2008 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-40726812845569713072008-02-07T10:53:00.000-04:002008-02-07T10:58:48.822-04:00jetty<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/4241051/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4241051_12dc2b204d_o.jpg" width="700" height="524" alt="DSCF0001" /></a><br /><br />My passing fancy with horizontally-oriented black-and-white photographs has, well, passed. I don't use this blog much anymore. But it still irks me that none of the photos are showing up. (I use Zooomr for my photo storage, and they're essentially offline for the MONTH. They're shipping hard drives to Japan or something. Which means my photos are on a boat somewhere. Which means THEY'RE NOT HERE. So you have nothing to look at but a thumbnail archive full of "Sorry, this photo is currently unavailable.")<br /><br /><br />[Deal, NJ | January 2008 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-35544837000016330312008-01-27T17:47:00.000-04:002008-01-27T17:50:41.865-04:00aftermath<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3949846/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3949846_b45c06c5f6_o.jpg" width="700" height="524" alt="DSCN3673" /></a><br /><br />This was supposed to be a Nor'easter.<br /><br />Oh well. A little rain is better than nothing.<br /><br /><br />[Ocean Township, NJ | December 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-10860316323782069182007-10-11T10:17:00.000-04:002007-10-11T10:21:17.322-04:00freshly pressed<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3484395/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3484395_dbaa83de56_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0037" /></a><br /><br />I wish I could take the credit for these dangling irons, but this is a sculpture in Monmouth University's sculpture garden.<br /><br /><br />[West Long Branch, NJ | October 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-86267107439005169352007-10-11T09:44:00.000-04:002007-10-11T09:52:53.924-04:00bookworm<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3484139/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3484139_0d8c15a0f3_o.jpg" width="700" height="467" alt="DSCF0017" /></a><br /><br />Back when I was less fearless about photographing strangers...<br /><br /><br />[West Long Branch, NJ | February 2002 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-11022917802828146042007-10-01T01:25:00.000-04:002007-10-01T01:30:06.243-04:00spokes<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3407485/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3407485_97c1cea02d_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="Ferris2" /></a><br /><br />I don't quite know what I was thinking, but now I've post-processed it (badly) for an hour and a half (instead of studying for a test tomorrow), I might as well post it here.<br /><br /><br />[Freehold, NJ | July 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-31104838630989462492007-09-30T12:21:00.000-04:002007-10-02T12:29:26.960-04:00morning coffee<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3418441/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3418441_c06daac4cb_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0026" /></a><br /><br />Created for the <a href="http://selfportraitchallenge.net/">Self Portrait Challenge</a> prompt "food and me."<br /><br />(The food, of course, is hidden inside the coffee mug.)<br /><br />I think this is the clearest photograph of myself that I've put on this site.<br /><br />(By "clear," of course, I mean "showing the most of my face," because there's an intentional blur to the whole image.)<br /><br /><br />[October 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-39915951164484317502007-09-24T21:32:00.000-04:002007-09-24T21:37:09.277-04:00light<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3357780/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3357780_db8d67a915_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0017" /></a><br /><br />Sunlight on the counter, as seen through a water glass. Is this refraction, or is there another name for it?<br /><br /><br />[September 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-24353433896648017012007-09-23T10:55:00.000-04:002007-09-23T11:13:26.938-04:00circles<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3342282/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3342282_dda156a6c0_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0023" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes, when I was small, the family would come home at night from a day-long road trip, which usually left me groggy and unwilling to get out of the car right away. As I came to, I'd notice blurry little circles in the corner of my eye, seemingly caused by some interaction of the floodlight on the garage, my glasses, and my own eyeball. These circles would dart left and right as I darted my own eye; they flattened as I squinted my eye; the little granules inside the circles swam about like magnified bacteria. I would play with these circles and listen to the <i>think think think</i> of the old station wagon as it cooled down before I eventually got bored and went inside the house.<br /><br />...Point being, the circles in the photo above look exactly like the ones I played with in my childhood.J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-75799407887831566372007-09-23T10:48:00.000-04:002007-09-23T10:52:54.565-04:00rough<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3342278/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3342278_428183a1f6_o.jpg" width="700" height="524" alt="DSCF0022" /></a><br /><br />Electron micrograph of cells sloughing off the back of a rare asturian bottle-headed beetle?<br />...Or grainy slices of wheat bread?<br /><br />YOU DECIDE.<br /><br /><br />[September 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-7033027408681354462007-09-16T08:49:00.000-04:002007-09-16T08:51:47.188-04:00spatulae<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3258403/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3258403_36eece287c_o.jpg" width="700" height="467" alt="Spatulae" /></a><br /><br />Money may not grow on trees, but spatulas do.<br /><br /><br />[Ocean, NJ | July 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-18283474222021647402007-09-15T12:15:00.000-04:002007-10-10T08:47:30.543-04:00tick<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3258400/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3258400_42e86bc10c_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0016" /></a><br /><br />This clock has been nonfunctional for as long as I can remember. Once, when I was small, I tried to cajole this clock into working by pushing its hands around the face. It actually ticked for a few hours. But I think that's why the minute hand is bent at a strange angle.<br /><br />(I <i>just</i> entered this for one Photosharks challenge [clock], and now I'm entering it for ANOTHER [analog]. Shame on me.)<br /><br /><br />[Fuji S700 | September 2007]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-60282443343828978552007-09-07T11:41:00.000-04:002007-09-12T01:17:36.251-04:00dance<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3163516/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3163516_d1082dc4fb_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="dance" /></a><br /><br />Submitted for <a href="http://shutterday.com">Shutterday's</a> prompt.<br /><br /><br />[September 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-42228675405992151402007-09-06T10:29:00.000-04:002007-09-10T09:40:56.940-04:00turtle!<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/3162690/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3162690_2949cd8b49_o.jpg" width="700" height="525" alt="DSCF0029" /></a><br /><br />There was a box turtle in my driveway this morning. Hello Box Turtle!<br /><br />[Ocean, NJ | September 2007 | Fuji S700]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-83236251232184609582007-08-21T00:43:00.000-04:002007-08-21T01:05:53.688-04:00grate<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2992899/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2992899_a3192836fb_o.jpg" width="700" height="466" alt="grate" /></a><br /><br />Submitted to <a href="http://selfportraitchallenge.net/">Self Portrait Challenge</a> for a second week of patterns.<br /><br />Well, technically, I think this is their third or fourth week, but it's my second submission.<br /><br />I'll get out of this 35mm thing soon.<br /><br /><br />[Lincroft, NJ | August 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-75642929151702009692007-08-21T00:37:00.000-04:002007-08-21T00:40:25.570-04:00star<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2975529/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2975529_9784b82010_o.jpg" width="700" height="466" alt="watermeter" /></a><br /><br />My teacher seemed to love all my "using-up-film" shots. I'm unimpressed with this one partially because I've been photographing manholes for 8 months, so a water meter is hardly anything novel.<br /><br />[Ocean, NJ | July 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-91251227459211937742007-08-19T15:13:00.000-04:002007-08-19T15:24:53.015-04:00looking out<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2975543/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2975543_f45f886573_o.jpg" width="700" height="482" alt="DSCF0037" /></a><br /><br />A blustery day on the boardwalk.<br /><br />Just in case you're wondering, the squiggles in the upper right are kites. I could've cloned them out, but I like them.<br /><br />[Ocean Grove, NJ | August 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-39228316221281990092007-08-17T20:13:00.000-04:002007-08-17T20:16:41.809-04:00reach<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2975531/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2975531_ec8b5d1b04_o.jpg" width="700" height="466" alt="statue" /></a><br /><br />This was a "oh shit I need to develop my film in 5 minutes what can I take a picture of" thing. Everyone in my class loved this photo. I don't get it.<br /><br />[Lincroft, NJ | July 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-45516846297112258862007-08-17T20:02:00.000-04:002007-08-17T20:11:31.851-04:00sto<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2975542/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2975542_b4ab2f47d8_o.jpg" width="700" height="466" alt="DSCF0026" /></a><br /><br />If you look at letters long enough, they stop looking like words and start looking like shapes.<br /><br /><br />[Ocean, NJ | July 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-63158597993595914602007-08-14T13:18:00.000-04:002007-08-14T13:24:33.376-04:00feetbones<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2909763/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2909763_0f6596f398_o.jpg" width="700" height="466" alt="feetbones" /></a><br /><br />The phalange is connected to the- metatarsal;<br />the metarsal is connected to the- medial cuneiform;<br />the medial cuneiform's connected to the- navicular;<br />the navicular's conected to the- talus;<br />the talus is connected to the- tibia;<br />the tibia's connected to the- patella;<br />the patella is connected to the- femur.......J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662484853231708979.post-83244625921643250992007-08-13T12:15:00.000-04:002007-09-16T09:04:41.036-04:00figure<a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/josconklin/2927198/"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/2927198_7c0fb3b6a4_o.jpg" width="700" height="466" alt="lightdrawing" /></a><br /><br />IT'S COMING TO GET YOUUUUUUUU<br /><br />I know this whole "painting with light" thing is fairly popular now, but it still always makes me think of Gjon Mili's photograph of <a href="http://home.pacbell.net/imm/Pages/picassomr.html">Pablo Picasso light-painting a centaur</a>.<br /><br />(I used a small flashlight and a 15-second exposure.)<br /><br />[August 2007 | Canon Rebel 2000]J. Conklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855964583756329641noreply@blogger.com1