The Thing of the Moment

Because Reworking It Is The Next Best Thing to Going Back.

2011-08-18T18:31:00.000-04:00

But you can always go back, Gentle Viewers.

I Am Forever Charmed By Women In Wide Brimmed Sun Hats.

2011-07-17T21:31:00.001-04:00

Just a 'thing'.

Faux Lunar Eclipse

2011-06-26T23:14:00.000-04:00

I found these shots tonight on a memory card. This was the same night of the lunar eclipse which had ended hours earlier in Asia but I got a nice view of it rising above an obscured cloud bank. Crazy moon.

Sophie

2011-06-18T13:51:00.001-04:00

IMG_1260, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

Before I loaded her up with loot.

Yesterday - Beatles Tribute Band

2011-06-06T01:46:00.001-04:00

A KwickieKollageKreation® Like most things..click to enlarge.

All Strobist On Your Ass

2011-06-06T00:32:00.001-04:00

As the sun was setting on this week's concert and I normally go home and listen to the clock tick because I can't shoot any longer, I used the new Canon 430EX Dos and held that bastard off camera like those flash bastards at Strobist.com and kept shooting away. The flash is triggered wirelessly on the Canon 60D. What did I learn? Hold it a little higher next time. But overall New Flash says Yes!

The Stone Doctors

2011-06-05T11:14:00.000-04:00

In stunning Lensbaby 3G. No glasses required.

Pinhole WIN!

2011-05-31T22:37:00.000-04:00

This long exposure photo taken with a pinhole camera I made using sugar packets, the salt and pepper shaker, a half empty narrow mouth bottle of ketchup and 2 spoons while waiting for my meal.

Oh, Summer Sky,

2011-05-30T23:30:00.001-04:00

HIP_328471306.889376, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

You Glorious Bastard.

Lilacs

2011-05-30T23:17:00.001-04:00

, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

As seen at Block and Gratwick's

And She Wonders Why She Won't Like Her Photo ID

2011-05-27T23:32:00.001-04:00

The lurvely Stef.

Triple Word Score!

2011-05-25T23:48:00.000-04:00

Bangor's Flatiron Building

2011-04-24T18:42:00.001-04:00

It's going to have to suffice for now.

Pixie

2011-04-24T14:25:00.001-04:00

Pixie, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

Still on the camera acquisition binge...

People at Work®: The Architects and Engineers

2011-04-14T20:21:00.001-04:00

IMG_3718, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

From an upcoming Thing of the Moment: People at Work® project.

The Real Reason I Always Wear Khaki and Tattersall.

2011-04-13T20:27:00.001-04:00

LLBean Spring 1937, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

That's all that's in the catalog!

I'm Paying For This Microphone! - Ronald Reagan

2011-04-11T11:24:00.001-04:00

I'm Paying For This Microphone! - Ronald Reagan, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

When Posting Single Images

2011-04-09T20:41:00.001-04:00

IMG_0095, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

Post from flickr

This is meta posting.

Squares are Bigger Than Rectangles

2011-04-09T20:32:00.002-04:00

, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

...when posted from flickr. So many quirks.

The First Rule of the Internet

2011-04-09T20:30:00.001-04:00

, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

No two things ever work the same way.

Hipstamatic Test Post

2011-04-07T22:49:00.001-04:00

HIP_323400501.127377, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

This may well be the shot that marries flickr to The Thing of the Moment and breathes new life into a Monumental and Majestic Work of Epic Proportions by your lowly and humble photographic servant.

Corea Harbor

2011-04-07T22:44:00.001-04:00

Untitled, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

Smile, Bitches!

2011-04-07T22:40:00.001-04:00

Smile, Bitches!, a photo by jkirlin on Flickr.

Test

AAAIIIEEEEE!

2011-03-19T20:04:00.000-04:00

News Item: The Moon is at its closest point in over 20 years.

20 years ago it broke the antenna off my car.

In Memorium EMW

2011-03-16T00:59:00.000-04:00

This Above All Else, Proves He Has The Kirlin Sports Gene

2011-02-26T19:00:00.000-05:00

L - R: gkirlin, other players interested in the game. :)

It's Not Hard to Make, It's Hard to Choose.

2011-02-19T16:16:00.000-05:00

I'll be out of this phase soon.

Wank, Wank, Wank...

2011-02-17T20:41:00.000-05:00

Bad habits die hard, Gentle Viewers.

Eons From Now When Future Scientists Drill Through The Ice

2011-02-13T19:33:00.000-05:00

To reach us, they will giggle at our fear of Global Warming.

Does this snowbank cut look like tiramisu to anyone else?

Find Something You Love

2011-02-12T23:05:00.002-05:00

And beat it to death. :)

Did Anyone Not See This Coming?

2011-02-12T20:02:00.000-05:00

I thought not.

If You Have Ever Wondered What I Am Effing Talking About

2011-02-11T23:16:00.000-05:00

THIS is what I'm effing talking about! These are the reason I fly to New York City on one day trips and why I bought a 300 dollar device to run a 2 dollar photo app. Yeah, baby!

Oh, Apple....

2011-02-11T00:02:00.003-05:00

Why do you come so close to giving us everything we want and didn't know it and THEN withold your love when we want it most? HOW did I ever become your gadget whore, Steve Jobs, HOW???

SnowHog's Day from the Observatory.

2011-02-02T12:57:00.000-05:00

Blech.

THAT'S FOR SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, PUNK!

2011-02-02T01:26:00.000-05:00

Aaah, the worst of The Thing of the Moment traditions continuuues.

People at Work: The On Air Talent of Blueberry Broadcasting

2011-01-21T09:23:00.000-05:00

Mike and Mike of Kiss 94.5

Paul and Kat of 104.7 The All New Bear.

Ric Tyler and George Hale of WVOM, The Voice of Maine.

Mike Dow, Paul DuPuis and I once rented apartments in the same building resulting in a friendship that has lasted over 20 years. They recently invited me to co-host their respective morning radio shows and while hanging around the station I accepted Ric Tyler's offer of doing another of my People at Work® series.

The flickr set can be seen here.

Best viewed as a slideshow.

I Want To Go On A Snow Plow Ride Along

2010-12-26T21:54:00.000-05:00

I'd be a great wing man. HONK HONK!

THIS.WILL.BE.YOUR.HOUSE!!!!

2010-12-26T16:46:00.000-05:00

Blizzard 2010!!! AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEE!

REINDEER TRACKS!

2010-12-25T12:05:00.000-05:00

The roof is pretty steep. The sleigh marks are on the other side.

Click to enlarge.

Tradition is Where You Find It.

2010-12-24T21:00:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas, Gentle Viewers.

Paul DuPuis of 104.7fm the all GNU Bear

2010-12-18T17:47:00.000-05:00

Paul can rarely just LOOK at a camera.

Practice shots for an upcoming photo project.

The Lamp in Question

2010-12-18T17:24:00.000-05:00

A weekend household project. Thank God for renting.

A Downtown Bangor Christmas TtV

2010-12-15T01:16:00.000-05:00

A collage only a monkey could love. Eee ee eee.

Paddy Murphy's

2010-12-13T22:50:00.000-05:00

In snowier times.

Christmas Stalking

2010-12-12T01:36:00.000-05:00

Hey, it's only fair. He's comes INTO MY HOUSE!

The Broadway Shopping Center SANTA HOUSE!

2010-11-27T20:50:00.001-05:00

From a vintage postcard. Bring your hankies. As always, click for the bigger image.

In Which Washington Orders a Sabrett

2010-11-09T21:50:00.000-05:00

Mike Dow of Kiss 94.5

2010-11-03T20:54:00.000-04:00

And his friend your lowly and humble photographic servant on 'Bring Your Friend To Work' Day.

If You Think The Wallpaper is Bad

2010-10-21T09:12:00.000-04:00

You should hear the ringtone.

Oh, This? The View from My Living Room?

2010-10-20T21:57:00.000-04:00

Meh. :)

Joe Catalano, One of NYCs Great Photographers

2010-10-17T23:26:00.000-04:00

And worst tourists. Joe agreed to meet up on a recent trip to New York because he incorrectly assumed it might be pleasant. My friend Cheryl and I dragged him through miles of Central Park because we didn't know where anything was and couldn't agree on what to see. We were mentioning different tourist things we had done, and Joe in true NY fashion had never been to any. He out lensbabied me and moves through a crowd like the wind once he finds his photographic targets.

Bird On My Head! YES!

2010-10-17T23:14:00.000-04:00

FTW!

The Facebook Effect

2010-10-12T20:14:00.000-04:00

For the past few years I have maintained this and another photoblog, as well as a cluttered flickr account that I have basically used as online storage. It's gotten some decentish traffic which I have been VERY appreciative of through word of mouth promotion, shared links, contest entries, and what have you. But I have never seen anything deliver traffic like "The Facebook." I posted and linked a set of untagged street portraits and look at the traffic spike.

Someone Mentioned Today That Baseball Season Was Coming to an End

2010-10-07T22:44:00.001-04:00

Yeah, right. Like that could ever happen.

She Knows Who She Is

2010-09-30T23:49:00.000-04:00

And always has.

But I told her to NOT do that AGAIN! :)

Caution: Your Desires Are Closer Than They Appear.

2010-09-28T22:16:00.000-04:00

And also in your rearview mirror.

I totally want one of these so I can travel the rails across America and solve small town crimes with my friend, Don Ross, who would keep me company because he is the greatest shotgun rider EVER!

This Is All Russ Schmidt's Fault

2010-09-25T14:02:00.000-04:00

And yes, if he showed me a bridge, I would jump, or buy it, whatever.

Son of Frankenmolar

2010-09-16T18:38:00.000-04:00

Because you are never too old for the dentist's treasure chest for good boys and girls.

Four Photos of Me Pretending to be a Photographer

2010-09-16T00:57:00.001-04:00

OKAY! OKAY! If You Are Going To Collect Them All In One Place Like This

2010-09-11T11:58:00.001-04:00

I am willing to admit that maybe I have an 'issue'. JEEZ!

WTC

2010-09-11T10:47:00.000-04:00

It looks like a pinhole camera shot but it was a film camera at 4am from a sailboat that I was crewing from Fort Lauderdale to Maine in August of 1992

I Only Take Photos

2010-09-08T23:27:00.000-04:00

Because I don't know how to draw.

MIND THE EFFING GAP!!

2010-09-08T22:53:00.000-04:00

This was moments before I was sucked under the train. Or pushed. My friend Cheryl who was BEHIND me claims 'sucked'.

42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal Station

2010-09-08T21:58:00.000-04:00

This is clearly in the 'Did Not Ask' category.

I'm Feeling It Again.

2010-09-08T01:05:00.000-04:00

It's Getting to Be That Tiiiiime.

If This Is Your Porch And This Is Your Backyard

2010-09-06T19:45:00.000-04:00

Yes, I totally trespassed all over your ass. Thank you.

JKirlin, Member of the Great Unwashed.

Busker Eric B and Bangor Daily News Photographer Kevin Bennett

2010-08-29T13:26:00.000-04:00

Still taken from the Eric B's smash hit video "10,000 Light Year From Home"

Fence Breaking News: Car Smashes Into Stephen King's Fence.

2010-08-29T10:37:00.000-04:00

Grief like this is why I am not a writer making 85 million per year. Do I need this? No, thank you.

To Get The Best Seats At The American Folk Festival

2010-08-27T22:59:00.001-04:00

Get there early!

The 2010 American Folk Festival Flickr Group can be found here.

This is Why I Still Carry my Canon XTi

2010-08-26T18:05:00.000-04:00

I'd love to retire it. I have the XSi and the T1i but they won't let me PHOTOGRAPH THE SUN! If the sun is in the frame at 10mm with the other camera I get a sky white out. All other settings on the cameras are the same. I've even tried reducing the exposure compensation. No go. But the XTi will let me get blue sky RIGHT TO THE CORONA! (Hee..ok..close enough.) Anyone? Anyone? That XTi is approaching almost half a million shots. It's not going to last forever. HELP!

Lara Hartley, You Are Awesome!

2010-08-25T21:59:00.000-04:00

Thanks!!!

The Muddy Rudder, Brewer, Maine.

2010-08-25T00:10:00.000-04:00

Please call for licensing because brown grass, low tide, and assorted domestic vehicles = AWESOME!

Jonesboro Grange Dinner Tickets

2010-08-15T17:28:00.000-04:00

I'm Going to be STUFFED!

I Didn't Say I Wasn't Going To Buy a New Camera

2010-08-15T12:37:00.000-04:00

I said I wasn't going to buy a NEW camera.

Kodak Baby Brownie Special, 127 film, 1939-1954

Does It Cheapen The Experience If I Do It Too Often, Gentle Viewers?

2010-08-09T22:51:00.000-04:00

More lightning portraits!

Find The Coffee Mug!

2010-08-07T11:55:00.000-04:00

I'll order anything.

Your lowly and humble photographic servant As Sneakily Photographed By his lowly and humble photographic father.

2010-08-06T22:29:00.000-04:00

Guest Photographer: jkirlin, the elder. (Different j)

The Central Track Club Bantam Relay Team

2010-08-06T10:05:00.000-04:00

aka The Running Rapscallions.

Latest Decal for the Folding PhotoBike®

2010-08-04T20:30:00.001-04:00

Thanks, Canon Bitches!

The Thing of the Moment's Guide to Lightning Photography O' The Day®

2010-08-04T01:42:00.001-04:00

It's pretty formulaic, actually.

10mm lens switched to manual focus after acquiring the autofocus to hold it + 6 second exposures + f/8 + burst mode + dry, comfortable place to stand (at my lowered living room window) + finger steady on the shutter = 5 of 272 shots.

It's collecting more the capturing.

More lightning shots can be seen here.

Totally Unauthorized Use

2010-08-03T20:33:00.000-04:00

Really, FBI? Permission is needed for this?

FBI to Wikipedia: Remove our seal!

Oh, THIS Lensbaby hat?

2010-08-02T19:22:00.000-04:00

Why, yes, as a matter of fact, it IS the last LENSBABY baseball cap available. Ever. Why do they still show them for sale on their website? I dunno. Crazy.

Mail Pr0n

2010-08-02T17:53:00.000-04:00

It was a good day at the jkirlin mailbox today!

Custom made sailboat pillow by Cindi Merle Hillerman at cmhdesigns.

Lensbaby® Composer® from the good people at Lensbaby®.

The image of the sailboat pillow is the first photo I took with the Lensbaby Composer and the images of the Lensbaby Composer is the first photo I took with the sailboat pillow. I'll say anyting for the sake of parallel construction.

In a totally unrelated aside, I have a new favorite hat. :)

It's Like I Almost Get It Then It Slips Through My Fingers

2010-08-01T21:40:00.000-04:00

I should have paid attention in elementary school art class.

Wait, did I even HAVE an elementary school art class?

Kayaking TtV

2010-07-31T17:17:00.001-04:00

Rar!

Guest photographer: Jenny Rainmaker

It Is a Great Friend Who Will Do Whatever You Say No Matter How Stupid.

2010-07-30T22:58:00.000-04:00

Click for the detail.

It Kinda Worked

2010-07-29T23:13:00.000-04:00

Sorta.

More practice with overlays needed.

The 2010 American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront

2010-07-28T21:07:00.007-04:00

I will be here all 3 days. Unless there is a chance of rain. That's a little American Folk Festival On the Bangor Waterfront joke there, son.

The flickr group is here. Join it. Stop being so selfish with your photos. You can post tiny thumbnails if you are so inclined. Just post SOMETHING.

The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront website is here.

Also, since I am in no way affiliated with the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront I can say "Make you suggestion donations and then some! It's 10 bucks per day! What else are you doing with your bottle and can money, Ringo? Shell it out!"

Past American and National Folk Festival sets are here.

Lego JKirlin's First Trip!

2010-07-28T00:47:00.001-04:00

Will be a hand carry to Stowe Vermont to be photographed at the Von Trapp Family Lodge and surroundings. Then to travel via the US Mails to Houston TX where he will be visiting various and sundry sights. If you would like to host Lego JKirlin (Much nicer than the real one) and photograph him let me know. He is tiny and quiet and comes equipped with Lego PhotoBike® and a Lego Canon® DSLR with Lego Lensbaby® ;) His toupee/helmet can also be removed but he hates that.

Lensbaby®: SEE IN A NEW WAY®

2010-07-26T19:28:00.000-04:00

The folding PhotoBike®'s first decal compliments of my friends (and yours) at Lensbaby®.

Canon® XTi®, Lensbaby® 3G®, Lensbaby® Star Aperture Disk®, Schwinn® Loop® 7

I just ®eally like using ®

The Nice Thing About Experimenting Is That There Is No 'Why'.

2010-07-25T13:23:00.001-04:00

Just because, Gentle Viewers.

Take Your Folding PhotoBike® To Work Day

2010-07-24T20:55:00.000-04:00

Oh, Alice, Jen, and I know how to have a fun time.

Street Festival Under The Chrysler Building

2010-07-24T10:08:00.000-04:00

Posted for Shutterday: Festivals

Bangor Photo - Worst.Service.Ever (A Classic Thing of the Moment Repost for a friend who will kill me if he/she does not remain anonymous)

2010-07-23T09:00:00.000-04:00

You Gentle Viewers are so lucky. You either live in a town that has a photo shop, or you don't, in which case, you send out. Easy.

We Brownie/Holga toting photographers in Bangor have one other option known as Bangor Photo. In case you don't recognize, the above tube, it is currently holding 2 length of negatives which were developed but were unable to be printed because even though they haughtily claim to print 120 film for EVERYONE in 6x4.5 or 6x6 they are unable to do it in 6x7 which, although there are millions of Holgas users and thousands of Kodak Brownie users, has never quite made it to Bangor, Maine. But the inability to print film that they develop isn't a problem.

So when I asked what people do who need 120 Film developed AND printed I was told 3 times to send it to 'Portland', when I foolishly asked 'Where?' They said louder 'PORTLAND', would you like their CARD?' and they handed me the card of a photo shop in Portland that did not have Portland in it's name

I'm certain it was years of dealing with snobby little photo shop employees who dislike when you enter the shop and need assistance because it cuts into their time talking to each other that made someone think "There has to be a better way."

So let's review Bangor Photo's services.

- They will develop your 35 mm film. (So will WalMart and Rite Aid)
- They will charge you full retail for photographic equipment. (Also carried by Circuit City and Best Buy and discounted)
- ~~They will offer quality assistance, make the photographer feel welcome and valued, and educate them to the types of tips and tricks that makes photography an art form rather than just a skill.~~ (No, they offer far less service than the minimum wage kid at WalMart and the photo people at Best Buy, unless you count mocking as a service)
- ~~They develop 120 film.~~ (In every format except the one you present them with.) Click for real 120 developing and printing.

You Gentle Viewers who decry the lack of personal service due to the Big Box store or the Internet and the demise of the local Mom and Pop places have never been to Bangor Photo.

Viva la digital revolucion! Viva la Big Box revolucion! Viva l'Internet revolucion!

Do I care about the 120 Film? Not at all.

Do I care about customer service? Yes. But only for you Gentle Viewers, only for you.

Update: Just called back to ask about the 120 film again and they were simply rude and dismissive. ~~Anyone who uses ANY of their services is a fool.~~ (Struck as per defense of 'Gentle Viewer "I ain't no fool, child." Anonymous' - See comments) Corrected to: *I* would be a fool to go back and use any of their services. Click here to see the website of the photographic rocket scientists at Bangor Photo

Love, jkirlin and The Thing of the Moment.

The PhotoBike® in the PhotoBike® Bag.

2010-07-22T01:02:00.000-04:00

It looks cool but is a heavy, awkward, pain in the ass.

Thus Begins The Saga Of the PhotoBike®

2010-07-21T20:26:00.000-04:00

IT UNFELD!

Lego, You Mocking Bastards!

2010-07-20T23:51:00.000-04:00

I will see you in court!

I Could Tell You, But I'd Have To Kill You

2010-07-18T20:52:00.000-04:00

A deserted sand beach, save one photographer-accosted family, on a beautiful Sunday in July.

Sometimes, No Matter How Close, Your Dreams Still Elude You.

2010-07-17T20:50:00.002-04:00

A life lesson in four parts for my friend, Donna, who loves a good pig chase.

More pig chasin' goodness here.

More Bradford Days images here.

You Want Americana, Punk?

2010-07-17T20:07:00.000-04:00

Two views of the entire Bradford (ME) Days Parade.