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shapelike 07-28-08 02:43 PM

Nair party!!!

2wheelsgood 07-28-08 02:46 PM


Originally Posted by Herbie_Glick (Post 7150758)
A friend of mine was in that work safe commercial where the chef slips and drops the bioling water on herself. She said the stunt double had to go through an insane amount of retakes until she said she couldn't as she was really going to get hurt. Crazy.

strangely enough i also worked on that commercial. your friend is right, for a stunt we did a lot of takes. the director wanted to get a close up shot of the back of the girls head hitting the corner of the counter and she just couldn't get close enough (i don't blame her). the day after that we shot a guy getting blown up by an acetylene gas tank(notice dude in flames):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...44fae7bb3c.jpg

2wheelsgood 07-28-08 02:48 PM


Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 7151029)
Speaking of "haunts my dreams" ... you just made me remember this commercial:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0GN9dANKe_Y

i was just talking about this the other day! one of the best public service announcements ever made

shapelike 07-28-08 02:53 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7153173)
strangely enough i also worked on that commercial. your friend is right, for a stunt we did a lot of takes. the director wanted to get a close up shot of the back of the girls head hitting the corner of the counter and she just couldn't get close enough (i don't blame her). the day after that we shot a guy getting blown up by an acetylene gas tank(notice dude in flames):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...44fae7bb3c.jpg

Wait, what do you do for a job? That seems like a good photo but I didn't know anyone worked as a stills photographer on shoots for commercials ...

Danhalen 07-28-08 03:01 PM


Originally Posted by iherald (Post 7151285)
Hey Dan, you guys having a BBQ or anything to celebrate Sastre? I heard on the radio today "Spanish rider wins Tour on a Canadian bike". I immediately started thinking of Sastre on a CCM.

I am no longer a Cervelo employee, as my seasonal contract expired a week and a half ago. I would imagine anything happening on this end may wait, as many of the full time employees are still on holiday after the company trip to France. I'm a big fan of Sastre and the Schlecks so this year was awesome. What a close race for so much of it.

Did anyone else see Jens Voigt's saddle break off of his seatpost on the last stage? That certainly made Cervelo look bad! I wonder if it was the saddle or the seatpost that failed? Over-tightened clamp maybe... I hope it wasn't the seatpost because his post was the proprietary Soloist Carbon seatpost that I will soon be riding myself!

Herbie_Glick 07-28-08 03:02 PM

I think we should have a caption contest for this pic, I'll start:

"Last time I try to smoke while takin a crap..."

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...44fae7bb3c.jpg[/QUOTE]

wasted weasel 07-28-08 03:08 PM


Originally Posted by Danhalen (Post 7153288)
Did anyone else see Jens Voigt's saddle break off of his seatpost on the last stage? That certainly made Cervelo look bad! I wonder if it was the saddle or the seatpost that failed? Over-tightened clamp maybe... I hope it wasn't the seatpost because his post was the proprietary Soloist Carbon seatpost that I will soon be riding myself!

I was watching it on a 50" screen yesterday, it looked very much like the seat failed....I think I could still see the busted rails poking out of both ends of the clamp

jeremywhitehorn 07-28-08 03:08 PM


Originally Posted by Herbie_Glick (Post 7153290)
I think we should have a caption contest for this pic

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...44fae7bb3c.jpg

[/QUOTE]


this gum's flavour is explosive!

whhhaaaa-whaaaa...

2wheelsgood 07-28-08 03:16 PM


Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 7153214)
Wait, what do you do for a job? That seems like a good photo but I didn't know anyone worked as a stills photographer on shoots for commercials ...

I'm a camera assistant(i put motion picture cameras together, load film, change lenses, make sure everything works, act as a scapegoat for blame, etc.). Most of the time they have a stills photographer on movie sets but rarely on commercials. I just always have my camera with me in case we do anything interesting.

shapelike 07-28-08 03:21 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7153383)
I'm a camera assistant(i put motion picture cameras together, load film, change lenses, make sure everything works, act as a scapegoat for blame, etc.). Most of the time they have a stills photographer on movie sets but rarely on commercials. I just always have my camera with me in case we do anything interesting.

Gotcha, I used to do that in the photography industry.

iherald 07-28-08 03:43 PM

Am I the the only one who checked out the bike websites today half expecting to hear that Sastre was caught cheating after that incredible TT? I'm watching it live thinking "wow, he's riding well....but so did Vinikorov last year..." I'm glad that he was riding 'clean'.

2wheelsgood 07-28-08 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 7153411)
Gotcha, I used to do that in the photography industry.

o rly? then suggest a brand of pola to buy. and talk me out of/into buying a canon 24mmf1.4L lens with my next paycheque.

oh yeah, bike stuff. to replace the one the thieving *******s took i bought a floor pump today. and my GF bought a cruiser on the weekend. i rode it and now i also want one. and a road bike. and a mtn. bike. and touring bike. and a...


i have a problem

jeremywhitehorn 07-28-08 04:12 PM

i don't think you have a problem. then again, this is practically a bikeaholics support group here...

zippered 07-28-08 04:26 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7153635)
i rode it and now i also want one. and a road bike. and a mtn. bike. and touring bike. and a...

check.
check.
check and ought to ride more.
check, but needs work.
aaaaand check!

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...IMG_0097-1.jpg

here's about half of the pile...

shapelike 07-28-08 05:45 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7153635)
o rly? then suggest a brand of pola to buy. and talk me out of/into buying a canon 24mmf1.4L lens with my next paycheque.

oh yeah, bike stuff. to replace the one the thieving *******s took i bought a floor pump today. and my GF bought a cruiser on the weekend. i rode it and now i also want one. and a road bike. and a mtn. bike. and touring bike. and a...


i have a problem

I haven't shot film in ages ... skip the polaroids and by yourself a used Phase One back. And I could never talk someone out of buying a good lens so I'm no help there either. ;)

kylehutton 07-28-08 05:54 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7153635)
o rly? then suggest a brand of pola to buy.


I would wait for a bit to see who is going to take over making instant film, and whether or not they are going to keep the same formats that are currently available.

I know the original HolgaRoid backs use a type of film that is getting REALLY hard to find except from http://www.unsaleable.com

as for the L prime.... you can never go wrong if it is a focal length that you will use.

i'm trying to decide if i should pull the trigger on a tilt/shift lens.

shapelike 07-28-08 06:16 PM


Originally Posted by kylehutton (Post 7154410)
i'm trying to decide if i should pull the trigger on a tilt/shift lens.

I think for something like that you might be able to get away with just renting occasionally from Headshots or Vistek.

kylehutton 07-28-08 06:36 PM


Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 7154532)
I think for something like that you might be able to get away with just renting occasionally from Headshots or Vistek.

there's a russian made one on ebay for $200 new.

80mm 2.8

would be amazing for portraits

and then rent a wider one if necessary.

I've got a russian fisheye i'm happy with, as it was 1/10th of what the canon one costs.

2wheelsgood 07-28-08 06:53 PM

i meant polarizer, not polaroid.

shapelike 07-28-08 06:59 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7154763)
i meant polarizer, not polaroid.

In that case, B+W: http://www.vistek.ca/results/CameraF...s/Results.aspx

I_bRAD 07-28-08 07:30 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 7149603)
my record is on a KFC commercial when they made the actor do 53 takes of taking a bite out of a chicken burger and then saying "man, that is hot!" they wanted a different variation. 53 times!

I've said "jiminy jillikers" so many times the words have lost all meaning!

2wheelsgood 07-28-08 07:48 PM


Originally Posted by I_bRAD (Post 7155022)
I've said "jiminy jillikers" so many times the words have lost all meaning!

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

~Stuart~ 07-28-08 07:53 PM

what were there original meaning?

operator 07-28-08 07:58 PM

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...88918_2774.jpg

freecycle 07-28-08 08:41 PM


Originally Posted by Herbie_Glick (Post 7153290)
I think we should have a caption contest for this pic, I'll start:

"Last time I try to smoke while takin a crap..."

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/...44fae7bb3c.jpg

[/QUOTE]

"Tom realised too late that Mavis had indeed left the gas on as she had suspected earlier that day, and for once he regretted ignoring her constant paranoid text messages. As the cat narrowly missed his skull he wryly remembered the boy who cried wolf, and wondered briefly who picked up after that thing before the ground came swiftly to meet him."

And 2wheelsgood, seven pairs of two is even better.

My stable is at three, and it includces the unmentioned category of folding bike, along with the more pedestrian mountain and road.


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