Artsactual has an opportunity for artists to participate in a virtual artwork by simply recording a short 10 second message using the telephone or a web application here:
http://arsactual.com/voices.html
There will be a real world component in 5 galleries throughout the world and the virtual piece will be accessed there also.
The website has the phone numbers, more information, and the web app to participate.
thank you
well the deeper i delve into this situation with our flash units and trying to learn something new. brian at B&H video was right when he said ‘learning studio flashes are easier than learning canon flash units.’
the canon flash units are Infrared ‘IR’ units which need to have a line of sight in order to work. that’s why they didn’t talk to each other shooting through my softboxes. so in order for me to get them off camera and use ETTL i need to use the 2′ extension that canon sells as OC-E3 $70.00 which i have. but it does limit my off camera axis, then there is line of sight limitations.
so i called a friend of mine who now owns a 5D Mll and pocket wizards and asked how he’s been shooting these days. well it seems his problems are between his pocket wizards and the 580exll causing radio interference and the work around from pocket wizards is to add an interference sock to the 580exll.
now it seems to me that ‘pocket wizards ll, $170″ are the state of art for wireless radio control. that is until other people got involved such as ‘radio popper, $249‘ an and a chinese company selling on ebay the CTR-301 P $25, and maybe a few others i don’t know about. doing a google search today wasted most of the day reading but hey learning something new isn’t too much of a waste. also i hear the paul buff’s ‘commander series $250′, and ‘cybersync, $90’ works on the canon series but haven’t talked to them yet.
some of the radio slave problems seem to be how to attach them to the various flash units but i understand some of the companies are working on that. but it’s always a good idea to have some gaffer tape along, ya never know when it’ll come in handy.
the 580ex flash units won’t work with these slaves unless they have a hot shoe connection adapter because no sync cord connection as the 580ex ll does. this is a dark jungle this world of flash. keep your eyes and ears open before you move, this next step could cost you.
but back to the meat of the 580ex flashes. don’t expect them to work in the direct sun light as the bright sun overpowers the infrared sensors and makes the ST-E2 transmitter canon sells for $220 useless as are the sensors on the flashes. when you’re developing products in the dark, these things happen.
now i am just learning how to use these flash things but you’d think that canon photographic engineers might know something about how the cameras are used and by whom. who are these ‘photographers of light’ and what planet do they live on? can they speak outside of photo expo stages?
i know there was a problem with the 5D Mll over the 5D using second curtain external flash as the 5D Mll improved
the system so this function is disabled using non canon flash units. canon service reps told me they couldn’t design a camera system for other flash units. i guess petty cash funds are limited at lake success and there are no camera stores on the long island.
but there is a workaround for second curtain sync. as with all problems someone comes up with a solution too bad it’s not the manufactures. need and answer? google it. there are discussions on photonet and a few cool videos on vimeo and other groups.
yes i know to find the right answer you could spend all day learning things you never knew, or how to ask the questions you never knew existed and waste a whole day doing it.
oh if you’re interested in learning more about the 5D Mll software issues and solutions you might want to view magic lantern.
just sharing another wasted day with you, oh it’s dark outside so it must be night. where’d it go?
jene youtt, nyc
it’s come to my attention my canon 580ex flash unit doesn’t have an external sync connection. it seems canon hasn’t put one in there flashes until the 580exll at $445.00 at B&H video.i was told tonight by a counter person at B&H that the 580exll was an improved flash unit.
what is this company thinking? all photographers put external flash units on their cameras?
can you imagine an external flash unit without a sync connection direct to camera? well canon can and does. they do offer a 2′ hot shoe connector for those use a bracket a ‘shoe cord’ they call it.
oh right, the flash units are wireless with no backup mode other than buying another flash head and transmitter. don’t ya just love all this technology? but the wireless transmitter is a feature of the camera right? oh i have to buy the transmitter separately just to make this work? maybe what i should have bought is canon stock instead.
what with all this brouhaha over the 5d mll and the poor software or lack of real video capabilities and no quick update from a company caught off guard with their own development i wonder if living in lake success doesn’t have it’s downside?
i am trying to move to exterior flash units, which are much smaller than my studio strobes and lighter to drag around the country side i am surprised by how limited canon as a photographic company is.
do they really want all my money?
live and learn. if only i went with nikon years ago this might or might not be an issue these days.
we also have a shoe saying around in my circle ‘dumber than a shoe’ but i am not sure the canon executives run around the same circles i run in.
oh well
Jene Youtt, nyc
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Summary No Chains, a collaborative project undertaken by the two worker cooperatives “20th of December” (La Alameda) in Argentina and “Dignity Returns” in Thailand, seeks artists, designers, and activists to assist in creating images for a global “sweat-free” brand of t-shirts to be launched in April 2010. The application deadline is 25 February 2010. Five submissions will be chosen by the joint vote of both cooperatives in early March 2010 and produced as t-shirts that will be marketed to ethical consumers and distributed among unions, NGOs, labor activists as part of an international campaign to promote non-exploitative garment production, international labor solidarity, and sustainable workers’ self-management.
Background On 12th March 2009 a representative from La Alameda met with members of the Dignity Returns cooperative in Bangkok. After discussing the factories’ respective goals and difficulties, members decided to jointly produce and advertise sweat-free goods both to act as a model for viable worker-operated garment production and to raise awareness about non-exploitative labor. Expanding their existing media networks and activist alliances, both cooperatives would participate in a coordinated campaign about safe and ethical consumption, while addressing abuses specific to the garment industry’s global supply chain, which depends upon the exploitation of gendered, migrant, and subcontract labor in Argentina, Thailand, and throughout the global South.
Aims The No Chains project model will hold quarterly t-shirt design contests that invite the direct collaboration of artists, designers, and art collectives with the workers of La Alameda and Dignity Returns, of which February 2010’s selection will be the first installment. The momentum generated by a joint brand consistently renewed by artists’ participation, coupled with each cooperative’s longstanding commitment to labor activism, will enable No Chains to serve as a platform that highlights various labor struggles throughout the globe, connecting artists, consumers, and supporters at these important global flashpoints. While maintaining this momentum through the projects’ stability, both La Alameda and Dignity Returns will remain open to the prospect of collaborating with other worker-owned factories that wish to join in producing under the No Chains brand.
Submission Specifications
The Design The design must represent the general theme of “No Chains”. T-shirt designs may be produced using any visual medium, but should:
1) be suitable for silkscreen reproduction on various colors of cotton fabric.
2) use a maximum of three colors.
3) be in .jpg file format.
The Artist/Designer
1) Please include a brief artist/collective bio, along with an optional artists’ statement. It may be 50-150 words long (if in English or Spanish). The file should be in MS Word, Open Office Writer, or as an .rtf file.
2) Artists must either grant the copyright of their submitted designs to No Chains, or place their design under a Creative Commons license by which No Chains is authorized to produce shirts bearing the design.
Translation Offered If Necessary We are happy to assist with translation of brief phrases into Spanish, English, or Thai. However, please remember that because of the broad scope of existing labor networks, from Brussels to Jakarta to Porto Alegre to Seoul, it is best to communicate through a visual graphic image rather than through words. Submission Please submit your design or any further queries electronically by email to art@nochains.org by 25 February 2010. Remember: images must be as .jpeg files, and the description of the artist must be as Word/Open Office/.rtf files. Selection Process Maintaining a commitment to collective principles, the full memberships of both groups will decide on the selection of the five winning images by vote, and the results will be informed to the winning artists and also announced on the No Chains website www.nochains.org in early March 2010. The t-shirts will be marketed to ethical consumers, supportive labor unions, and NGOs. In addition, some NGOs will sponsor the donation of some shirts to members of selected workers’ struggles as they arise.
Because both collectives operate autonomously without access to external funding, No Chains is unfortunately unable to provide financial compensation for artists’ contributions that are adopted for use in the global “sweat-free” brand. However, artists whose work is selected will receive five shirts bearing their winning designs.
good luck
Jene Youtt, nyc
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