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Night Corner - iPhone Panoramas

Panorama shot on my iPhone 4S. I *did* replace the sound of police helicopters and gunshots, with a more pleasant ambient sound. Just kidding. Or am I?

The footprint of the mount was left in on urpose. You know, for the techies.

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Night Corner : Hi Resolution IPhone Panorama

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

Also, check out this panorama, shot several years ago on the original iPhone 2G. You can read about this first in the world project, including the making of the multi row iPhone panorama head for it � here.

The World's First Hires Multirow iPhone Panorama

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Polar Bear Plunge 2008-2012

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Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge 2012

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The Occupation Party : Times Square, New York

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Old and Young : Occupation Party, October 15 2011

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Sparklers : Occupation Party, October 15, 2011

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Greatest Smallest Band with Members of the Hungry March Band

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False Profits: Occupation Party, October 15, 2011

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Occupy Wall Street : Occupation Party, October 15, 2011

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The Octopus : Occupation Party, October 15, 2011

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Molly Crabapple's 'Week in Hell'

Molly Crabapple locked herself in a hotel room for 5 days and, having wallpapered the walls, she covered those with her art from floor to ceiling. All, as an experiment in pushing one's artistic limits to extents never before and into zones outside of one's comfort.

Part of her birthday celebrations, the effort was financed through Kickstarter, raising over 5x the targeted amount, in exchange for live video feed of her daily progress, bits of the finished artwork, signed pens she used and the ability to suggest her what to draw, or - as it turned out - what music to play to draw to.

I caught a glimpse into the morning after the project was completed, and - clearly - celebrated with a vengeance the night before. Go full screen, zoom in and loose yourself in the world of Molly's creatures.

Happy Birthday, Molly Crabapple.

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Molly Crabapple's 'Week in Hell'

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Molly Crabapple's 'Week in Hell'

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Sziget Festival 2011

The Wardens

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Eastern European Funfair

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ToyBoyz

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Girls, Vegetables, Condoms

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From the Archives : VaVOOM

photographed May 8, 2010 at Sonar, Baltimore
� Lucha VaVOOM

Burlesque and lucha libre. Combined, your entertainment value is guaranteed to double, at the very least.

So it's only fitting that you get several views of a number from the event, so keep on spinning to discover all of them.

NEW! - View it on your iPad, iPhone and/or iPod. Complete with the special effect!

Lucha VaVOOM at Sonar

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Building Down

I actually worked in this building for some time. Sad sight, but there's something awesome about the destruction as well.

It's a Virtual Tour of five panoramas, hotspotted with the added bonus of a scrolling scene selector along the bottom and full feature compatibility with mobile/iOS as well. (Not much scrolling with only five panoramas, but keep an eye out for a loaded example coming soon.)

If using Flash, social network and email sharing is available for added bonus. The coolest thing about that is, that it will also share the exact view of the panorama you are posting.

Like this: http://bit.ly/p1345j.

So go find your sweet spot in any of the five panoramas and post/send the very view to/with your friends. Brilliant, if I say so myself. iOS support for this latter feature is on its way.

Building Down

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The World's First 360 degree Stop Motion Animation Short

Check out Leftovers (2006), a panoramic animation short I photographed a few years back. It is viewable interactively, or as a regular 45 sec animation.

Leftovers (2006)

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(1)
panorama from a single frame of the movie at its original resolution:
http://surroundcinema.com/panos/yummy.html

(2)
a dozen more panoramas, hiRes and outtakes:
http://surroundcinema.com/panoramas.html

(3)
the interactive version (you pan the movie like a panoramic still) ~16MB:
http://surroundcinema.com/interactive.html

(4)
tons of 'making of' still and timelapse outtakes:
http://surroundcinema.com/gallery.html

(5)
view the interactive short film on your iphone:
http://surroundcinema.com/iphone.html

Thanks for checking it out!

Ward Closed

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Ward Closed [1]

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Ward Closed [3]

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Ward Closed [4]

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Ward Closed [5]

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Ward Closed [6]

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Ward Closed [8]

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Ward Closed [2]
This one was lit only by a cell phone, in otherwise total darkness.

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Ward Closed [beer]

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Pillow Fight Day 2011 : NYC

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Union Square
One on One | Moon Hooch | Nixon | Girl

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Sziget Festival 2010

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Sziget Festival 2010 ended today in Budapest, Hungary.

The Specials

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Buena Vista Social Club

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International Pillow Fight Day, 2010 - New York

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The 3rd annual International Pillow Fight Day took place on a beautiful spring day on Union Square. It was the 5th annual overall, but the in its first two years, the event did not enjoy participation from around the globe.

If the turnout was smaller than expected, that must have been due to the crowds splitting their priorities between the pillow fight and being among the first to pick up their iPad, released on the same day . . . .

International Pillow Fight Day - New York

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Non-Stop Trucking by John W. Brown

Just as the city began its painfully slow recovery from the snowstorm over the weekend, Wednesday morning brought on more snow and some trecherous winds with speeds of up to 50 mph. Local bus services were cancelled and drivers were discouraged to drive by the threat of hefty penalties.

In the meantime, on the cusp of the city's industrial underbelly, not far below the slowly awakening neighbourhood bars of Canton, Clinton Street was bustling with trucks under the watchful eyes of John W. Brown.

Non-Stop Trucking by John W. Brown

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Mi Casa es Su Casa

Baltimore snow storm 2010.

There was snow. It needed to be transformed into either a pile on the edge of the sidewalk or . . .

Mi Casa es Su Casa

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Baltimore Snowstorm 2010

Christmas may have passed, but - not unlike like the pine needles in the creases of your floor - Frosty lingers.

Frosty at Mt. Vernon Place

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These panos weight in at 3MB+, but I really thought that the added zoomability and detail was worth it. I hope you feel the same way upon your wait while downloading them.

Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church

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Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge 2010

This year's Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge held to benefit the Maryland Special Olympics was as polar as could be. Maryland's First Lady took the plunge in the company of Joe Flacco and Adam Terry of the Baltimore Ravens.

Air and water temperatures were around 23 and 36 degrees, respectively.

Polar Bear Plunge : Maryland's First Lady, Joe Flacco and Adam Terry

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Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Rob Corddry showed up to promote Hot Tub Time Machine - while also schlepping down $10,000 for MD Special Olympics. Panorama to follow.

Santacon : Boston 2009

The Boston Santacon kicked off at the Purple Shamrock. Red, white and green people gathered until having gained the momentum to launch onto the streets and into more pubs, restaurants and the subway.

More to come, as always.

How the Grinch Stole a Guinness

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Amanda Palmer at The State Theater (Falls Church, VA)

Amanda Palmer performed live at The State Theater during her Fall tour, accompanied by the Nervous Cabaret. She can't do wrong, but she really did right tonight!

More soon . . . 'til then, visit her.

Amanda Palmer at The State Theater

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National Cathedral - Washington, D.C.

The National Cathedral website has recently published a dozen of my panoramas. Please visit and check them out. You will need QuickTime to view them. Those with iPods, iPhones and iTunes or Macs should have that already in place.

I am including one below plus a couple of eye candies from the same panorama.

I am grateful for the challenge of photographing this one. The last minute fabrication (i just about had to be kicked out of Home Depot that night) has paid off and have used the setup it yielded on several subsequent sessions, most notably during my Washington Monument project.

Washington National Cathedral

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Published

Thanks to Molly Crabapple, who chose my photograph to accompany the New York Times article about her endeavors, you can see a partial panorama in the Art section of the October 4 issue.

This is a very exciting reprise to the Washington Post having carried the interactive version of my Monument crowd panorama during the Obama inauguration.

Thanks again.

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School - New York : Manko

Yet another deliciously twisted session brought to you by Molly Crabapple and friends. Dedicated to Lucha Libre, Manko, the beautiful British model started off her poses as a mysterious man of generous proportions.

Note the rarity of the occasion as Molly gets to actually sketch at an event she hosts.

Manko at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School

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Manko at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School

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Sziget Festival 2009

Once again I have returned to Sziget Festival with an exceptional support team. While you will notice that my own panoramas not yet made it up to the site - I have been busy keeping the project together and have had no internet access of my own since the end of the festival - there are some amazing couple of dozen views up there, with another 80 or so to follow.

The (similarly) incomplete archives of the past 8 years contain well over 300 panoramic images by the Sziget360 Media Farm.

"Some images are more equal than others."

Sziget Festival 2009

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Artscape 2009 : July 17-19

R&B legend Dionne Warwick was the opening main act at Artscape 2009. Her undiminshed charm fittingly glistened without showing any tarnish from her 50 year carrier on the typically quietest night of the Festival.

Dionne Warwick at Artscape 2009

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CAKE took stage on Saturday night enroute from the Toronto Blues Festival to Richmond. The usual standards, f-bombs and crowd sing-alongs. The hillside by the old Mt. Royal Train station was packed solid. No time for giving trees away this time.

CAKE at Artscape 2009

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Cocktails in Fells Point

My little buddy took me out for a drink in Fells Point. It doesn't get much better than this.

Cocktails

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Ethel Ennis

Ethel, Baltimore's Grand Dame of Jazz, performed at the historic Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore. The concert, organized by the schools alumni, celebrated the rich musical history of the school , showcasing the talents of its current students and graduates of the past half dozen decades.

I haven't seen Ethel in a long time. She still makes every song uniquely her own and lost not an ounce of the rare abillities afforded to only a few entertainers of our time. She radiates on stage and her 'soft power' irresisitibly pulls you into that beautiful world mostly gone, and only too rarely exposed through unique, magical talent such as hers. Baltimore is lucky to have her.

Douglass High continues to produce brilliant sounds - be sure to seek out the Dukes of Jazz for their award winning, energetic and innovative arrangements.

Ethel Ennis at Douglass High

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Pillow Fight Day - New York City

It's been a long time coming, but somehow I never had the time to join in the pillow fight in New York City. Even as the event - brought to you by the Urban Playground Movement - went international last year. But, finally, I made it!

I was unable to drum up deserved panoramic coverage elsewhere, but fellow panoramic photographer Gabor Rev did cover the Budapest event. Mind you, Hungarians hosted pillowfight on this second world-widened event day in a dozen cities, leading the international pack by a considerable margin. Hajr� Magyarok!

I have not yet photographed a more tumultuous crowd from dead center, as it was requireed of me on this Pillow Fight Day in New York City. While the pillow fighters were as accomodating as they could be on the jam-packed square, I received my fair share of pillow bangs.

You may argue that the density should have helped, as there was no room to fall, this was no still crowd and, consequently putting these imges together was unusually fun-filled both on the account of the violently shaken handheld nature of the source and the inherent mobility of the subjects.

Pillow Fight Day - New York City

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The suggested rules on the official Pillow Fight Day site do talk of responsible littering and commitment to cleaning up, but I am uncertain how that aspect of the day went in New York City. Shortly after the crowd disbursed, leftovers were aplenty . . . and some liked it that way.

Pillow Fight Day - New York City

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The making of : see me squeezing my way through the crowd and trying to set foothold while snapping pics - courtesy of pretty Amy Gallinagh.

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I made it into a couple of youtube videos, but this one really gives a sense of what it was like to photograph there. Look for me at the 8:17 mark coming in from the right hand of the screen.

Been Quiet

It has been very busy around here lately. Although I have not had the chance to post, rest assured that some 50 panoramas are awaiting to become live soon. More Dr. Sketchy's and burlesque performances, some risque b-movie making, music performances by Red Sammy, Deer Tick and the What Cheer? Brigade to name a few. And we are not missing out on World Pillow Fight Day either, so please check back soon.

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Philadelphia

Philadelphia's Dr. Sketchy's hosted an appearance by the city's premier burlesque group, The Peek-A-Boo Revue. Nicola Black, graphic designer by day, Doctor Of Sketchy by night has her event down to a science, complete with on-site scanning of artwork inspired by the infamous models.

The Peek-A-Boo Revue at Dr. Skethy's

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The turnout was great. And the sketchers continue to amaze me.

Sketchers at Dr. Skethy's, Philadelphia

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I have not yet had the chance to see The Peek-A-Boo Revue in full performance, but the cheeky taste has certainly whetted my appetite, and I can recommand their show unseen . . .

Simply Cheeky - Dr. Skethy's, Philadelphia

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Integral to all Dr. Sketchy's sessions are playful opportunities to win prizes with variable relevance and use in sketching but of equal value through the fun of obtaining them. Here, some cards were matched, but the method escapes me in retrospect although hostess Nicola Black's attire matching the magic of the cards is hard to forget.

Playing Cards with Nicola Black

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The free beer and wine bar helped little in balancing on a barstool while holding a monopod some 5 feet over my head looking upward, not unlike during a sobriety test in the snow lane of an interstate highway.

But Jesus looked upon me and the scantily dressed Peekaboo dancers with such love that I knew no harm could come to us.

Jesus And The Girls

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Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Richmond

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Richmond has been recently started up by Runaround Sue. Sue's southern charms have suffered none in the bustle of the Big Apple where she's sure to bring her Sugarshack Burlesque group to fame.

Runaround Sue, Hostess Ectraordinaire

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Although spring break kept most of the local art students away, the mood was high, and the old firestation (now home to Gallery 5) was the perfect spot for the smoking Betty Page tribute.

Betty Page never looked better. Ageless, she still towers above all. Boo Boo Darlin held still, true to a pin up on a dented locker door.

Betty Page Towers Over Us All

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You can't keep a good girl down. I've not seen speed until I saw Runaround Sue lift out of her dress and onto the podium joining Boo Boo Darlin for the final pose.

Betty Page and Company

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After the Dr. Sketchy's Session at Gallery 5, we headed over to Cous Cous for an earful of Fight The Big Bull, a mouthfull of drinks, both of which have amplified effect in company such as that of Miss Runaround Sue and Boo Boo Darlin.

Fight The Big Bull at Cous Cous

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It is not often that you get to toast with Betty Page. To the awesome improvisations of Fight the Big Bull, to boot. A lot can be said about southern hospitality, but for not let 'I had an awesome time' suffice. Here, I have swithched to coffee in anticipation of my three hour drive home in the wee hours to come.

Toasting with Betty Page

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Lady Vile at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School

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In essence a drawing event, but one injected with burlesque cabaret, dirnking games and other non-linear happenings, (originally a brainchild of Molly Crabapple and Alia Vulnavia Phibes) Dr. Sketchy's Anti -Art School has grown into an international franchise. The events are now held in forty-some cities, certainly putting its growth in the upper percentile for its agegroup in 2009.

One of the several dozen cities where Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School has taken foothold since its 2005 beginnings at the Lucky Cat in Brooklyn, NY is Baltimore. The frequent events, which nowadays get invariably sold out (at $7 a head) are held on select Monday nights at Dionysus Restaurant and Lounge. It's good time to be had for the art monkeys blessed with the opposing thumbs capable of producing facsimilies of the beautifully odd models in various states of burlesque and undress.

Lady Vile : Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (Hat)

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For someone such as myself, who requires electronic extentions to be able to produce likenesses of others, it's a pretty amazing experience to see sketches transform from uncertain pencil tracks into brilliantly interpreted reproductions in less time than required to unload a flash card from a camera.

Lady Vile : Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (Hat Drawing)

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If you're as uninitiated in the art of modeling as I am (not to say that I don't have the build and the looks; yeah right), let me tell you briefly that these persons are capable of holding still for 20 minutes (the longest i witnessed). And when I say still, I mean they-must-be-breathing-through-their-eyeballs still.

Lady Vile : Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (Umbrella)

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Lady Vile, guest of honor, got to choose two favourite drawings upon completion. Two more were chosen under further subjective evaluation by others and ultimately the sketchers voted for the ultimate favourite by clapping the loudest when presented with it. Prizes were donated by local shops but alcohol was to be won in some rounds, as prescribed by the Anti-Art School formula.

Lady Vile : Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (Contest)

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For the record, let it be known that I did all I could to refrain from disturbing the progress of art around me, and all my photographs were taken during ten minute or longer poses, taking up no more than 20 seconds each time, once only during each of those sittings. My thanks go out to Lady Vile and Dr. Sketchy's Baltimore, who welcomed me to their drawing session.

Lady Vile : Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (Laid Back)

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While the drawing session took place upstairs, down at the bar it was business as usual with traffic slowly building up as the hours grew . . .

Dionysus Restaurant and Lounge

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