Jonathan Poritsky

In the past I have driz­zled praise all over Pixar, specif­i­cally the fantasy-realist films that Brad Bird has made with them. There are many rea­sons to heap lau­rels on the Disney-owned ani­ma­tion stu­dio: its inno­va­tion in the field of com­puter ani­ma­tion before such a thing even existed, its cre­ative use of all avail­able tools at any given point in their his­tory, its abil­ity to cap­ti­vate the minds and pocket books of chil­dren and adults alike. “Wall•E”, how­ever, is some­thing dif­fer­ent, some­thing more than any of us thought these imag­i­neers were capa­ble of.
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Ahhh, inter­net fame has come my way at last. I made it into this week’s Gizmodo Photoshop Contest Hall of Champions. I get noth­ing for my efforts, but it was fun any­way. Though I didn’t snag one of the top three titles, I did man­age to make it into the post’s main graphic TWICE! Check it out here, and you can see my “win­ning” pho­tos here and here in glo­ri­ous Gizmodo immor­tal­ity, or click the read link to see all the crap I made instead of doing use­ful things. Read on…

This is a test of the word­press iPhone app. Now I can blog from the subway!

NYC in Clouds
Originally uploaded by porit­sky

I’m still tak­ing pic­tures in case any­one out there was won­der­ing. My awe­some office win­dow view pro­vided another great cityscape, this time with an iPhone. I opted, as I often do, to leave the cam­era gear at home today and lug the lap­top in so I could catch up on web­site busi­ness. The clouds gath­ered over the city and I pulled the ol’ iPhone out to grab it. It still takes pretty awe­some pics eve though it gets abused in my pock­ets. I’ll keep the pics flow­ing for you all to ogle. Check out my photo gallery while you’re at it. Enjoy.

Jayson Werth crosses the plate after his homer gave the Phils a 3–0 lead. (John Heller/AP)

As I’ve been hon­ing my pho­to­graphic skills, I’ve started to notice the great pho­tog­ra­phy that sur­rounds us more and more. While perus­ing the Phillies web­site today, I noticed this crop of Jayson Werth. I love grain in pho­tos. While film grain is my true love, dig­i­tal grain has found a place in my heart recently. A clean chip and a nice lens will let you make some really nice crops, and this one is no excep­tion. Read on…