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Your venture into what I will call for now "Martin's food photography" is turning out to be an interesting project for you. You ha...

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There are several things about this photo that catch my eye right away. You've captured a family scene at a restaurant, classic bo...

Pre-Fall Announcements

Journal Entry: Sun Aug 30, 2009, 5:46 PM




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As September approaches, all of you will be seeing much less activity from me here in the coming months. Why? Well, I go to school, and the college semester is about to begin for me, which means lots and lots of studying, working, extracurriculars, etc. In short, I'll have my hands full. I've been slowly moving into my apartment the past two days, and I will be permanently moved in for the next year in about two days or so. I'll still be updating with new photos when I get around to it, but if my responses to journals, comments and the like are delayed it's probably because I'll have my nose buried in one of my textbooks.

The blog was updated again with shots from Seattle, most of them are here. What's not here though is a huge log of my thoughts about them, and my trip in general. That can be found here: [link]

Also, I feel like I should take the time to help spread the word about #NewsStand , a group about photojournalism and everything related to it. I'm already there, are you?!




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I didn't know Sigma made rocket launchers: [link]

I'm not sure how comfortable hauling this around would be: [link]







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Hello, I am Lekompakt, or as people know me in the real world, Ilya. I live in the metro area of Minneapolis, MN and I am a student at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN majoring in Electrical Engineering and minoring in Physics and Spanish.

Photography is my hobby as well as my profession, I work for my University in the University/Public Relations department as an events photographer/photojournalist, where I am constantly learning new things. Since this isn't a newspaper job, my photos can be found in more than one printed source, something that I like to take pride in. For my job I shoot digital, and for personal work I shoot both film and digital, but I prefer to shoot film when I can afford it.

outside of dA and photography, I have a second job at my university's library as a lead tech. desk worker. This means I deal with people's stupid questions about computer stuff and network issues.

Outside of all of that, I enjoy being with friends, listening to and playing music, organizing and participating in art shows on my campus, and other things like that. If you have any questions feel free to send me a note here on dA.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN
  • Interests: Photography, Music, Movies, Fun, Modes Of Expression
  • Favourite movie: Memento, Stalker, Fight Club, Solaris, City of God, etc.
  • Favourite band or musician: Aphex Twin, Clutch, Opeth, The Roots, etc.
  • Favourite genre of music: Electronica, Rock, Metal, Jazz, and good Rap
  • Favourite artist: Many favorites.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Franz Kafka
  • Favourite photographer: There are a lot of great ones.
  • Favourite style of art: Photography, digital painting, traditional painting, 3D art, minimalism
  • Operating System: biological
  • MP3 player of choice: ipod
  • Skin of choice: Human. Color doesn't matter, though.
  • Favourite game: Age of Empires II, Battlefield 2
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Favourite cartoon character: Calvin from calvin and hobbes
  • Personal Quote: Many people try to create something groundbreaking with art, I just want to be honest with mine
  • Tools of the Trade: Photoshop, Lightroom, Bessa R3A, Pentax ME Super, Nikon D60, various lenses, scanner, film, paper

Where I'm Involved

*iPhotograph - Moderator

=The-Yard-Collective - Member

#NewsStand - Editor

#street - Contributor

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:iconlaithy:
thanx for the fav :D

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:iconchoas-overlord-joe:
Thanks for the fav :D

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To me pictures say: I was here. I existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture. - Unknown

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:iconhelewidis:
Hi there! :wave:

Thank you very much for the devwatch! :love:

I'm sorry for being late in this, but life has been trippy! ^^;

Oh, and talking about life, please don't forget to vote in the LIFE contest, in case you haven't yet! The polls are in my page and also in ^estudio there are 4 different sets to vote in, 2 polls are in my page, the other 2 are in estudio's! :heart:

C ya! :blowkiss:

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:iconeliza-mac:
Thanks and that :tighthug:

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Street photography is NOT a photograph of an empty street, traffic lights or graffiti. If you want to find out what street photography is really about check out the The Yard Collective [link]
:iconmr-marchew:
thank you for the support and the fav!

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:iconlekompakt:
Yo! :ahoy:

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=The-Yard-Collective - A great place to see some great photography
#NewsStand - The photojournalism hotspot
#street - Group for street photography

My Blog: [link]
:iconlekompakt:
:noes:

DudeMan!

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=The-Yard-Collective - A great place to see some great photography
#NewsStand - The photojournalism hotspot
#street - Group for street photography

My Blog: [link]
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um... DudeManBoy...

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