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Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer in all its glory: family vacations, water ices, cookouts with friends and - of course - some seriously great photo opportunities.

My girlfriend, Bridget, and I decided to kick the summer off by packing up the cameras and leaving the craziness of NYC for her family’s glorious South Dakota farm. Aside from rocking some fierce photography, risking my life on a 4-wheeler and bottle feeding a calf, I had one more very important mission to accomplish.

After two beautifully fun and fulfilling years of dating, I knew I found true love and was ready to pop the question. And, it sure as heck wasn’t, “What’s your favorite Lomo!?” On Sunday, May 29th, 2005, on a long walk in the countryside, with 20 head of cattle as my witnesses, I got down on one knee and proposed to the love of my life. The word “yes” kicked off a rush of blissful emotions that I will treasure for the rest of my life.

The photos above, including Bridget on the night of our engagement, are from our memorable trip. Be sure to check out the complete collection of color-bursting images in the Flavorphoto Gallery. All fisheye images were taken with the Lomo Fisheye camera — others are a mixture from the Canon Digital Rebel and the Olympus Stylus Epic.

Cheers,
Kevin @ Flavorphoto

The hip meter for Williamsburg has defnintely hit zero with Old Navy’s latest offering.

This super-laidback cotton style celebrates Brooklyn’s hippest locale! Glittery print outlines ‘Williamsburg’ on chest. Feminine lace lines back of ‘V’ neck, with short sleeves.

Williamsburg tee

Please let us keep Carroll Gardens!

This weekend you should go out and take pictures. It is too lovely and too nice to be stuck inside.

So pack up your rolls of film, your digi equipment and your analog cameras, it is time to shoot again, and this weekend is especially good cause there are many things to do in NYC.

SAT and SUN 6/25-6/26

Check out the The Renegade Craft Fair
When: 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: McCarren Park, Bedford Ave., at N. 12th St., Williamsburg,

A great mixture of 150 designers of any sort sell their stuff!

OPEN AIR, PARK, GOOD TIMES

And do not miss the MERMAID PARADE on SATURDAY June 25th ! If you go to Coney Island in the afternoon you cannot miss it.

And it is GAY PRIDE WEEKEND

Best photo occasion for GAY PRIDE PARADE pictures. Parade starts: 5th Avenue and 52nd Street and goes to Christopher and Greenwich Streets. Sunday, June 26th, 2005, 12pm-end, Moment of Silence: 2pm

And then on Monday a friend is cutting hair on the sundeck at Chelsea piers. Of course not just cutting hair, there will be clothing to buy, artwork to look at and music to listen to. And if you just go there to have a drink and snap away, the sunsets on the deck are great!

.Suite 303 on the Sundeck

Date: Monday, June 27, Time: 3:00pm to 11:00pm, Place: West Sundeck- Chelsea Piers
Pop on over there!

Every year, the Emperor Penguins leave their ocean homes and slowly march through snow and sleet to their traditional Antarctic breeding grounds. This epic movie will be released in NYC on June 24th and is narrated by Morgan Freeman. Unless your heart is as cold as their treacherous ice-bound realm, then this touching movie will seriously make you cry. I haven’t even seen it yet, and my keyboard is already soaked with tears. Check out the trailer.

If you’re around town on July 15th, it simply behooves you to attend the Gotham Girls Roller Derby rally in the Bronx. These girls are cute, sassy, and tough enough to elbow bash you without a second thought. I may be in love. Check out their photo page to see more. Image above by Michael Gee.

So, you’ve got a rocking old camera off of Ebay or a garage sale and oh snap, it’s got no meter. Well meine freunde, it’s about time for you to get acquainted with the Sunny 16 rule.
It states that, on a sunny day, you can set your aperture to f/16 and your shutter speed equal to your film ASA speed. So, if you’re rocking downtown on a bright day and shooting 100ASA Fuji, then set your aperture to f/16 and your shutter to 1/125. This Apogee page has a nice & smooth description of how it all works.

Brian McCarty specializes in surreal portraits of toys and action figures. We came across his work on flickr and were absolutely amazed. You have to see his stuff.

Suffice it to say that this dude parties harder than just about anyone out there. Merlin rolls out nearly every night with a Canon D.Rebel XT and shoots up-high portraits of young New Yorkers - from the seriously attractive to the arguably insane. His site is constantly updated with new shots every day or so. Take a look.

Man, the cell phones in Uganda have really got to get smaller. I’m not too sure how portable this one is! Stop in to this excellent Photo site and see images of crazy payphones from around the world. Don’t forget your quarter.

Oi! Just got in my first shots from the iconic and indestructable Rolleiflex 3.5.
Check them out in our Gallery.