by Kevin Thom | Sep 29, 2008 | Photography
Well, I’m a little sad to see that Vivitar has gone the way of the dodo bird. I credit Vivitar with giving me the first tantalizing taste of studio lighting. I started out with one ancient Vivitar 280 flash that my uncle gave me. Using a weird little proprietary...
by Kevin Thom | Sep 24, 2008 | Photography, Random Thoughts
Here’s the latest new thing. It’s a camera made from the skull of a 13 year-old girl. It couldn’t make this stuff up, folks. Expect to see photos from this thing in the top favs of dA any minute now.
by Kevin Thom | Sep 23, 2008 | Personal
I’m not sure if I mentioned it before, but I’ve been taking Chinese lessons. So far, I’ve had five lessons. I’ve hired a tutor to teach me once per week for an hour. At first, I was wondering if an hour would be enough, but by the end of each...
by Kevin Thom | Sep 19, 2008 | Philosophy
I’ve been thinking a lot about improv lately, and how it has changed my life since I started in November 2002. Improv made a lot of sense to me at the time, and continues to do so today. So many of the lessons I’ve learned in improv, I’ve been able...
by Kevin Thom | Sep 19, 2008 | Beginner, Intermediate, Philosophy, Tips
I’m a firm believer that there are rules that need to be broken, in art especially. I think it’s important that you should know what the rules are first, live by them when it suits you, and fold, spindle and mutilate the hell out of them when it suits you...
