http://journal.kevinthom.com keyboard confessional Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:20:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to see Jully Black tonight at the Hamilton Place Studio Theatre. What a great show. The venue was small and intimate, with tables set up on the floor. I didn't know what to expect, since I don't know much about her music. I went because Laura bought tickets. ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/07/25/jully-black/ A couple of things... I was researching some new articles I'm writing, and went back to one of my favorite essays, Ken Rockwell's The Seven Levels of Photographers for inspiration. I noticed that he recently added a level 0 to this, having found a new level below level 1, The ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/07/18/armchair-photographers/ Here's something new and interesting. Swurl aggregates all of your social networking Web 2.0 goodness into one place. You can add your blog(s) 8-), Flickr, Twitter, Facebook status updates, etc. into one big RSS feed so that people can keep the hell up with what you're doing. It's very easy ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/07/08/aggregated-assault/ Maple Leaf has a brand of factory-made pre-packaged foods called "Simply Fresh." I don't get it. http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/07/06/fresh/ I had a meeting yesterday with an art director who designs several local magazines. They're pretty classy magazines, and nicely designed, so I'd love the chance to shoot for them. Anyway, I wanted to leave him with some examples of my work, so I designed this little one-off sell sheet ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/07/03/sell-sheet/ I was back in Montreal for the long weekend. It was a bit weird being there as a visitor, instead of as a resident. We stayed in the Intercontinental, at the bottom of Bleury. It is right on the fringe of Old Montreal, which meant I got to see a ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/07/03/montreal-deja-vu/ Bill Gates left Microsoft today, to pursue his philanthropic causes. I have to say that I really admire Bill Gates. I say this with all seriousness: it's not easy to be on top. When you are number one at anything, you are the target of all the haters everywhere. Just ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/06/27/see-ya-bill/ I have never seen an omelette made with chicken in it. Is it wrong to mix the adult animal with its ovum? It strikes me as odd, yet also logical. http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/06/22/is-it-wrong/ I shot a photo the other night for the organization Heterosexuals for Same Sex Equality. The campaign is called Straight Not Narrow. They'd asked me to include the words "Straight Not Narrow" in the photo, but after much thought, I couldn't come up with a concept that included the words. ... http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/06/18/straight-not-narrow/ I was hired to shoot a few full days for Mazda Canada, producing images of accessories for their website and brochures. That was fun. I finally found a use for that 24mm macro lens that I bought about 6 years ago. Hero shots! :P http://journal.kevinthom.com/2008/06/17/accessory-to-the-crime/