Comments for The Diary of Jon Frank http://blog.jonfrank.org Unique content for surfers updated weekly. Website at www.jonfrank.org Tue, 15 May 2012 23:25:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Sayonara by Matt Setian http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=965#comment-249 Matt Setian Tue, 15 May 2012 23:25:32 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=965#comment-249 They asked me how I knew My true love was true Oh, I of course replied Something here inside cannot be denied They said someday you'll find All who love are blind Oh, when your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed To think they could doubt my love Yet today my love has flown away I am without my love Now laughing friends deride Tears I can not hide Oh, so I smile and say When a lovely flame dies Smoke gets in your eyes Smoke gets in your eyes This song came to mind as I took in the photos for this week. What really set the stage was the first photo and how as I stared at it it seemed to be a shot of someone's slightly parted lips exhaling smoke and there is a vibrancy and an illusion of movement within the photo that is pretty neat. Of course the one of the fellow taking a break leaning on the column smoking a fag has a little influence on my imaginations of smokey environs. That photo's composition is pretty cool in the three deep human figures and the leaning column and the way everyones arms are at right angles, so interesting. And last there is the match for the earlier photo to make a set of smokey, moving, ethereal, sunsetting, layered awesomeness. I Hope you bring back some photos to share from your excursion Jon. Later Matt They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
Oh, I of course replied
Something here inside cannot be denied

They said someday you’ll find
All who love are blind
Oh, when your heart’s on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has flown away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I can not hide
Oh, so I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes

This song came to mind as I took in the photos for this week. What really set the stage was the first photo and how as I stared at it it seemed to be a shot of someone’s slightly parted lips exhaling smoke and there is a vibrancy and an illusion of movement within the photo that is pretty neat. Of course the one of the fellow taking a break leaning on the column smoking a fag has a little influence on my imaginations of smokey environs. That photo’s composition is pretty cool in the three deep human figures and the leaning column and the way everyones arms are at right angles, so interesting. And last there is the match for the earlier photo to make a set of smokey, moving, ethereal, sunsetting, layered awesomeness.
I Hope you bring back some photos to share from your excursion Jon.
Later Matt

]]> Comment on Sayonara by Sarge http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=965#comment-247 Sarge Tue, 08 May 2012 04:34:26 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=965#comment-247 How far west Franky? It might not be a successful mission when it comes to sun. I've been as far west in Oz as you can get for the last four weeks, and there ain't been a whole lot of light. Gbu How far west Franky? It might not be a successful mission when it comes to sun. I’ve been as far west in Oz as you can get for the last four weeks, and there ain’t been a whole lot of light. Gbu

]]> Comment on The Gun Show by Jon Frank http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-246 Jon Frank Thu, 03 May 2012 08:11:45 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-246 Cheers Sarge, glad to have you along for the ride. The <em>"You gotta have an opinion!"</em> schtick was a old line that Shaun Munro used to say all the time. I think it comes from a Tarantino movie. Anyhow, welcome to 'The Diary'. Cheers Sarge, glad to have you along for the ride. The “You gotta have an opinion!” schtick was a old line that Shaun Munro used to say all the time. I think it comes from a Tarantino movie. Anyhow, welcome to ‘The Diary’.

]]> Comment on The Gun Show by Jon Frank http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-245 Jon Frank Thu, 03 May 2012 07:45:17 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-245 Matt, I did a bit of digging and found this little gem on a boxing forum about Sunday King Hammer. I think he is still fighting! <em>"Saw his fight vs Alani Sulemon who was the then Nigerian champ. King Hammer clobbered him against the ropes and dropped him but Sulemon "injured" himself after falling and since he was one of the favored fighters who hobnobbed with the officials, they made it a no-contest. Hammer got revenge in a rematch with the title at stake though".</em> Matt, I did a bit of digging and found this little gem on a boxing forum about Sunday King Hammer. I think he is still fighting!

“Saw his fight vs Alani Sulemon who was the then Nigerian champ.

King Hammer clobbered him against the ropes and dropped him but Sulemon “injured” himself after falling and since he was one of the favored fighters who hobnobbed with the officials, they made it a no-contest.

Hammer got revenge in a rematch with the title at stake though”.

]]> Comment on The Gun Show by Matt Setian http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-244 Matt Setian Thu, 03 May 2012 07:11:55 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-244 I like the revisit on the boxer, and the history as well. I have always liked the written words on the shorts, it says underdog and I am a sucker for underdogs. I am going to have to see if the almighty oracle (google) has any more info on that guy. The black shadows in the background, silhouette left and square right, help balance this composition. I really appreciate sarge pointing out the Hokusai qualities of the gun going over the falls shot, I would only add that the white wash in the foreground creates such an interesting frame of positive and negative. It cradles the wave and reaches up and across the wave in such an elegant way. I had a friend who went to Russia and was reduced to shooting film from the hip and I can appreciate the boldness needed in a freaking pawn shop to take a shot of someone testing the balance of a gun. Notice the sweaty hand, and the focus is impeccable. I like the way the unfocused collar of the guy in the background arcs us back in to the cylinder of the 44. As for the last photo, I'm not sure you could make that shot any more lonelier, missed chance and your account amplifies the bleakness of the situation. Trails of foam left to right low to high keep my eye scanning this image and wishing for a better outcome for this bloke who is braver than I. Thanks for the posts again Jon. Later Matt I like the revisit on the boxer, and the history as well. I have always liked the written words on the shorts, it says underdog and I am a sucker for underdogs. I am going to have to see if the almighty oracle (google) has any more info on that guy. The black shadows in the background, silhouette left and square right, help balance this composition.
I really appreciate sarge pointing out the Hokusai qualities of the gun going over the falls shot, I would only add that the white wash in the foreground creates such an interesting frame of positive and negative. It cradles the wave and reaches up and across the wave in such an elegant way.
I had a friend who went to Russia and was reduced to shooting film from the hip and I can appreciate the boldness needed in a freaking pawn shop to take a shot of someone testing the balance of a gun. Notice the sweaty hand, and the focus is impeccable. I like the way the unfocused collar of the guy in the background arcs us back in to the cylinder of the 44.
As for the last photo, I’m not sure you could make that shot any more lonelier, missed chance and your account amplifies the bleakness of the situation. Trails of foam left to right low to high keep my eye scanning this image and wishing for a better outcome for this bloke who is braver than I. Thanks for the posts again Jon.
Later Matt

]]> Comment on The Gun Show by sarge http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-243 sarge Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:57:25 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-243 Yes, you gotta have an opinion! Well my opinion is that there's not much one can say. They're 'just' another four frame-able Frankers. Your grabs always encase and showcase a story, a feature, or an inherent but uniquely captured perspective of nature ...the purity of the boxer; the Hokusai art in action in the Waimea lip; the stark reality and threat of brandished metal; the contours from every angle in the Waimea wave foregone. Just another four frame-able Frankers. Yes, you gotta have an opinion! Well my opinion is that there’s not much one can say. They’re ‘just’ another four frame-able Frankers. Your grabs always encase and showcase a story, a feature, or an inherent but uniquely captured perspective of nature …the purity of the boxer; the Hokusai art in action in the Waimea lip; the stark reality and threat of brandished metal; the contours from every angle in the Waimea wave foregone. Just another four frame-able Frankers.

]]> Comment on The Gun Show by Another person http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-242 Another person Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:03:20 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=949#comment-242 This weeks blog is really fascinating. Two very different guns, both used to exert power and control in challenging situations. Oh, and I LOVE the portrait - very classic, made even more so by the fact it was taken on film. This weeks blog is really fascinating. Two very different guns, both used to exert power and control in challenging situations. Oh, and I LOVE the portrait – very classic, made even more so by the fact it was taken on film.

]]> Comment on Worlds by Matt Setian http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=936#comment-241 Matt Setian Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:22:50 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=936#comment-241 Layered and impelling, is how I would describe your first photo. It is so cool how the violet hues are imbued throughout the piece. The dark background, blued swell (middle ground) and the dark silhouette (foreground) causes the viewer to constantly refocus, foreground to background, I also believe the movement of the swell indicated by the foam, with the violet tints, acts as an aid to this idea of movement. The image is so well contained , it is one of the few times I have seen the direction of focus be near and far in such a linear front to back, as opposed to radial/circular focus or even left to right or diagonal. It is really unique and creates involvement. Cam Neale you beat me to the punch, I saw that second photo and thought righteous bovine, one of the Akira Kurosawas characters, not a Toshiro Mifune but definitely someone who can emote. Normally I do not like centrally located objects but you, Jon, consistently trash that bias by create artworks that draw me in and get me thinking. Here the composition is so subtly revolving around the hat in the smack dab middle of the photo. Its color patterns repeated in the socks and then again in the blanket and the hand bag. One other element that really is nice is the orientation of the blanket and the way it corresponds with ground in relation to the tilled up dirt and the bit of extra long grass in the background, the fold in the blanket only enhances this correlation. By the way anybody who is interested, Akira Kurosawas movies are masterpieces, Seven Samurai, Hidden Fortress, Rashomon, Ran just to name a few of the more popular ones. And while I'm at it I will say that for a really crazy fun movie try The Good The Bad The Weird, not Japanese but Korean and not classical masterpiece, but freaking funny and action packed mayhem, mindless entertainment, unlike the posts here. Segue out, later Matt. Layered and impelling, is how I would describe your first photo. It is so cool how the violet hues are imbued throughout the piece. The dark background, blued swell (middle ground) and the dark silhouette (foreground) causes the viewer to constantly refocus, foreground to background, I also believe the movement of the swell indicated by the foam, with the violet tints, acts as an aid to this idea of movement. The image is so well contained , it is one of the few times I have seen the direction of focus be near and far in such a linear front to back, as opposed to radial/circular focus or even left to right or diagonal. It is really unique and creates involvement.
Cam Neale you beat me to the punch, I saw that second photo and thought righteous bovine, one of the Akira Kurosawas characters, not a Toshiro Mifune but definitely someone who can emote. Normally I do not like centrally located objects but you, Jon, consistently trash that bias by create artworks that draw me in and get me thinking. Here the composition is so subtly revolving around the hat in the smack dab middle of the photo. Its color patterns repeated in the socks and then again in the blanket and the hand bag. One other element that really is nice is the orientation of the blanket and the way it corresponds with ground in relation to the tilled up dirt and the bit of extra long grass in the background, the fold in the blanket only enhances this correlation.
By the way anybody who is interested, Akira Kurosawas movies are masterpieces, Seven Samurai, Hidden Fortress, Rashomon, Ran just to name a few of the more popular ones. And while I’m at it I will say that for a really crazy fun movie try The Good The Bad The Weird, not Japanese but Korean and not classical masterpiece, but freaking funny and action packed mayhem, mindless entertainment, unlike the posts here.
Segue out, later Matt.

]]> Comment on Worlds by cam neale http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=936#comment-240 cam neale Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:59:02 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=936#comment-240 love this photo he looks like one of those characters from an epic japanese samurai movies love this photo he looks like one of those characters from an epic japanese samurai movies

]]> Comment on Experiments by Matt Setian http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=919#comment-238 Matt Setian Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:14:28 +0000 http://blog.jonfrank.org/?p=919#comment-238 noir (nwär) adj. 1. Of or relating to the film noir genre. 2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings. 3. Suggestive of danger or violence. 4. Jon Frank's Experiments post. Film noir is most notable for its cinematic look: black and white cinematography, heightened use of shadows and darkness, and distorted, Expressionist staging and after seeing these photos I'm gonna have to watch some noirish movie this weekend whilst working in the studio, better yet I'll do a date night with the wifey and her favorite movie, Casablanca (I know it is debatable film noir.) The picture at top has my attention. Lighted areas, dark areas, moving elements, and calm. Also the superimposed look to the waves and blurred areas do not interfere with the clarity. The second photo is great as well, I like the capture of backwash, it has the look of an ice sculpture. It also is cool as it looks like the tide is ripping one way and the wave is whipping the other. Super nice photos, Later Matt noir (nwär)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the film noir genre.
2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
3. Suggestive of danger or violence.
4. Jon Frank’s Experiments post.

Film noir is most notable for its cinematic look: black and white cinematography, heightened use of shadows and darkness, and distorted, Expressionist staging and after seeing these photos I’m gonna have to watch some noirish movie this weekend whilst working in the studio, better yet I’ll do a date night with the wifey and her favorite movie, Casablanca (I know it is debatable film noir.)
The picture at top has my attention. Lighted areas, dark areas, moving elements, and calm. Also the superimposed look to the waves and blurred areas do not interfere with the clarity. The second photo is great as well, I like the capture of backwash, it has the look of an ice sculpture. It also is cool as it looks like the tide is ripping one way and the wave is whipping the other. Super nice photos,
Later Matt

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