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Koryo Photography
Posts: 1239
Tampa, Florida, US
Carl Roberts wrote:
Friday Friday Friday
So I spoke to Joey, looks like he is not coming back as soon as we thought
So our meet may need to get postponed a bit as he won't be back till mid December
Unless someone else wants to help me set something up I'm all for setting something up...think we're better off not trying to schedule around the holiday rush in December.
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
Koryo Photography wrote:
I'm all for setting something up...think we're better off not trying to schedule around the holiday rush in December. OK Lets get together and we can discuss choices
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
EdwinR Photography wrote:
Awesome!!! Thx Chris... Now y'all have to learn the dance 
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Koryo Photography
Posts: 1239
Tampa, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
Now y'all have to learn the dance Chris...teach me how to Dougie?
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
Koryo Photography wrote:
Chris...teach me how to Dougie? F that,the only "dancing" I do involves slamming into one another and throwing your elbows in a friendly violent fun
*cue the Toxic Waltz by Exodus*
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orias
Posts: 5187
Tampa, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
F that,the only "dancing" I do involves slamming into one another and throwing your elbows in a friendly violent fun
*cue the Toxic Waltz by Exodus* i always thought friendly and violent were mutually exclusive... i stand corrected 
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
orias wrote:
i always thought friendly and violent were mutually exclusive... i stand corrected That is how mosh pits started out...then come around 1994 when the whole hardcore scene hit the underground and pits became infested with the same meatheads that used to be bullies in HS(and who failed as football players)....
Not so much these days
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
I need distractions in my life so if there is something I can do to help plan a M&G or even a SSMG, let me know.
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
I need distractions in my life so if there is something I can do to help plan a M&G or even a SSMG, let me know. Will do
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Einstein's with Kids...check
Next up will be shopping for USF Bulls Shirts for the Kids
Haircut for the boy
Maybe a museum visit
WH for lunch per the request of the kiddos...their favorite place for lunch
Maybe a short nap for the kids if there is time
Tailgating at RayJay
Then...if the tickets aren't crazy expensive...3 tickets for the game from scalpers I guess.
Tomorrow will be a lot less active with time spent on the beach at the condo and maybe messing with my little crappy studio setup...
I hope everyone has a good weekend.
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Einstein's with Kids...check
Next up will be shopping for USF Bulls Shirts for the Kids
Haircut for the boy
Maybe a museum visit
WH for lunch per the request of the kiddos...their favorite place for lunch
Maybe a short nap for the kids if there is time
Tailgating at RayJay
Then...if the tickets aren't crazy expensive...3 tickets for the game from scalpers I guess.
Tomorrow will be a lot less active with time spent on the beach at the condo and maybe messing with my little crappy studio setup...
I hope everyone has a good weekend. Who are the Bulls playing,I might actually head up there to catch the game
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H E R B L I S H
Posts: 15189
Orlando, Florida, US
Chris Rifkin wrote:
Who are the Bulls playing,I might actually head up there to catch the game Free Shoe State!
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
H E R B L I S H wrote:
Free Shoe State! Free Shoes University! Haven't heard this in a long while. HA HA.
The baby bulls are going to get stomped on...oh well.
I went to UF but graduated from USF. So, I am a Gator fan but since the Gators aren't playing today....
For the greater good...FSU needs to win today...and the rest of their games so they are ranked as high as possible for when they play the Gators....and then GO GATORS! I know, it is all very complicated. 
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H E R B L I S H
Posts: 15189
Orlando, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Free Shoes University! Haven't heard this in a long while. HA HA.
The baby bulls are going to get stomped on...oh well.
I went to UF but graduated from USF. So, I am a Gator fan but since the Gators aren't playing today....
For the greater good...FSU needs to win today...and the rest of their games so they are ranked as high as possible for when they play the Gators....and then GO GATORS! I know, it is all very complicated. Not complicated at all - we must fatten the Noles to then Feast!
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
My sister went to FSU (very sad for her)...but the only reason she went there is because she did not get into UF academically. That says something doesn't it.
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Tropical Photography
Posts: 35564
Sarasota, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Free Shoes University! Haven't heard this in a long while. HA HA.
The baby bulls are going to get stomped on...oh well.
I went to UF but graduated from USF. So, I am a Gator fan but since the Gators aren't playing today....
For the greater good...FSU needs to win today...and the rest of their games so they are ranked as high as possible for when they play the Gators....and then GO GATORS! I know, it is all very complicated. 2010 FSU 31 Gaytors 7
2011 FSU 21 Gaytors 7
FEAR THE SPEAR!!!
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
Meanwhile my poor 'Canes  remember when they were relevant as recently as 2005.? Now they can't even get any of their players drafted till the mid rounds anymore 7-5 and the Compuserve Irrelevant Bowl played in Missisippi and televised on public access TV is as good as it gets
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
Tropical Photography wrote:
2010 FSU 31 Gaytors 7
2011 FSU 21 Gaytors 7
FEAR THE SPEAR!!! Erm...the spear?? 
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
At least the Gators have never lost to USF! I just don't know how you could ever get over that! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Poor little indians.
Yup, the Gators are one of the worst teams in the SEC. I'm just happy they were able to welcome Texas A&M into the SEC properly. That was close. The Gators will be back, I'm just not so sure it will be with THIS coach. Ugh! Only time will tell.
One thing is FOR SURE today. The baby bulls are going to get killed by FSU tonight.
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
At least the Gators have never lost to USF! I just don't know how you could ever get over that! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Poor little indians.
Yup, the Gators are one of the worst teams in the SEC. I'm just happy they were able to welcome Texas A&M into the SEC properly. That was close. The Gators will be back, I'm just not so sure it will be with THIS coach. Ugh! Only time will tell.
One thing is FOR SURE today. The baby bulls are going to get killed by FSU tonight. being one of the worst teams in the SEC means that you are still one of the best teams in the country(for the most part)
The SEC might as well be the NFL's monor leagues....
If its any consolation the Gators would run away with the Big 10(how many years in a row did they fuck up an overrated big 10 team in a major bowl game?)
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Clearly, someone thinks the Gators are ok since they are ranked #11. The Gators have a number of games on the schedule that could send them dropping like a rock! I dream to the days when both the Gators and Noles meet up in late November both undefeated. I like the National Championships going through the state of Florida....if only Miami, USF, UF and FSU could all be ranked in the top 10...they came close once I think.
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Oh...at WH now. 
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Chris Rifkin
Posts: 25581
Tampa, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Clearly, someone thinks the Gators are ok since they are ranked #11. The Gators have a number of games on the schedule that could send them dropping like a rock! I dream to the days when both the Gators and Noles meet up in late November both undefeated. I like the National Championships going through the state of Florida....if only Miami, USF, UF and FSU could all be ranked in the top 10...they came close once I think. Miami,UF,and Fla state regularly all finished in the top 10 in the 90's and I think as recently as 2001 or something...
USF is well on their way,and don't forget Central Fla being relevant as well
The trick for all the schools is to keep all the homegrown talent in Fla as IMO there is enough to make all 4 teams really competative.
The problem is that you know have teams like Rudgers and UCon that are now keeping their regional talent home.It used to be all the kids wanted to play somewhere warm because their "home teams" sucked,and Pa State was the only regional powerhouse that was any good(of course with what happened to Pa State all the talent in Pa will probably start to look elsewhere,and with Meyer in Luckeyeville they could either go there or Rudgers if they want to kinda stay local)
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
OwenImages wrote:
Clearly, someone thinks the Gators are ok since they are ranked #11. The Gators have a number of games on the schedule that could send them dropping like a rock! I dream to the days when both the Gators and Noles meet up in late November both undefeated. I like the National Championships going through the state of Florida....if only Miami, USF, UF and FSU could all be ranked in the top 10...they came close once I think. I'm a gator fan, but no way we should be ranked #11
We have looked like CRAP
I wish we had our old coach back
Model
orias
Posts: 5187
Tampa, Florida, US
woohooo partying at the Rock Solid Pressure annual industry showcase at the state theatre all weekend first day was awesome. sooo many awesome and diverse bands
Photographer
Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
orias wrote:
woohooo partying at the Rock Solid Pressure annual industry showcase at the state theatre all weekend
first day was awesome. sooo many awesome and diverse bands Rock Solid Pressure annual industry showcase
Now there is a name of an event that just rolls off the tongue doesnt it?
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
Photographer
H E R B L I S H
Posts: 15189
Orlando, Florida, US
Carl Roberts wrote:
I'm a gator fan, but no way we should be ranked #11
We have looked like CRAP
I wish we had our old coach back Spurrier or Urban?
Scary I know!
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Oil Change, Power Steering Service, Radiator Service, Automatic Transmission Service, Air Filter Replacement, Tire Rotation all adds up to OUCH.
And yes, all of these were necessary...in fact past due on a few of them. Ugh!
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
H E R B L I S H wrote:
Spurrier or Urban?
Scary I know! I'm a huge Spurrier fan
So much so that I now root for South Carolina too
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OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
I washed my car and vacuumed it out(first time in 6+ months I think)...then dusted out the interior/dash as well with a waxie california dash duster mop thingie(works great). I hope it's a happy car for a looooooong while! Besides the new brakes I need....UGH, maybe next weekend.
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2020 Photography
Posts: 440
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
Hi everyone,
I am coming into this kind of late but I figure better late than never. I moved to Florida (Sarasota to be precise) a year and a half ago and have been trying to figure out what the photography scene here is like and all I come up with is a big, fat zero. I enjoy meet & greats and I like to network but mainly I like to actually get my camera out and use it. What I am really interested in is meeting and working with models and photographers who actually get out and do stuff with their gear and not sit around all day and just talk about it.
I really like the workshops and group shoots that bring together models and photographers in a round-robin format where everyone can work together and benefit. I have encountered a few so-called promoters since I moved here but they have turned out to be all talk and no action. I have tried a couple of times to put together a group shoot and actually had commitments from models I was willing to pay and all of the so-called "photographers" in this area up and disappeared into the woodwork. One guy last year kicked me out of his group just because I was trying to put together a workshop that would have benefited everyone. I still shake my head over that.
So what gives, do the photographers and actually work together or is everyone afraid of cooties? I would definitely like to get into the pipeline for activities in this area so if there is anyone out there with a pulse or anyone knows what is going on please fill me in. Thanks.
Photographer
Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
2020 Photography wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am coming into this kind of late but I figure better late than never. I moved to Florida (Sarasota to be precise) a year and a half ago and have been trying to figure out what the photography scene here is like and all I come up with is a big, fat zero. I enjoy meet & greats and I like to network but mainly I like to actually get my camera out and use it. What I am really interested in is meeting and working with models and photographers who actually get out and do stuff with their gear and not sit around all day and just talk about it.
I really like the workshops and group shoots that bring together models and photographers in a round-robin format where everyone can work together and benefit. I have encountered a few so-called promoters since I moved here but they have turned out to be all talk and no action. I have tried a couple of times to put together a group shoot and actually had commitments from models I was willing to pay and all of the so-called "photographers" in this area up and disappeared into the woodwork. One guy last year kicked me out of his group just because I was trying to put together a workshop that would have benefited everyone. I still shake my head over that.
So what gives, do the photographers and actually work together or is everyone afraid of cooties? I would definitely like to get into the pipeline for activities in this area so if there is anyone out there with a pulse or anyone knows what is going on please fill me in. Thanks. I can't imagine why you would have issues with people what with the way you sweet talk them
We should be having a meet & greet in the first part of November
You are free to come and join us and meet some of the locals
Best of luck
Photographer
OwenImages
Posts: 3844
Pinellas Park, Florida, US
Photographer
2020 Photography
Posts: 440
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
Carl Roberts wrote:
I can't imagine why you would have issues with people what with the way you sweet talk them
We should be having a meet & greet in the first part of November
You are free to come and join us and meet some of the locals
Best of luck There is no "sweet talk" involved at all Carl. I'm just reporting the news as it happens. I know how hard it is and how much work it takes to put together a Workshop or a Group Shoot and since I own my own IT Consulting business I have time to put these things together. Last year I put out a call for models and photographers to attend a Workshop. I was going to pay the models since you do get what you pay for and TFP tends to be a waste of time since it attracts mostly wannabees and flakes. I had some good models signed but when it came time for the "photographers" to do their part all of a sudden they were no where to be found.
I still have the email from the tool who tossed me out of his group for trying to put a group shoot together. Basically what he said was he was upset because he didn't have a piece of the action and couldn't put his name all over it. When I found out why he was hurt I offered to give him top billing but he had already gotten his panties in a twist and there was no talking to him after that.
I also crossed paths with the DB who runs Aurora Photo out of Tampa and that guy is definitely all talk and no action. He is so full of himself it's a wonder his head hasn't exploded. He truly gives all photographers a bad name. There are a lot of posers out there but I am having a hard time believing that there aren't at least a few togs who care and want to make things happen.
At least I am trying, it would be nice if some of the fence sitters would pitch in and lend a hand things might actually get done.
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Carl Roberts
Posts: 33090
Saint Petersburg, Florida, US
2020 Photography wrote:
At least I am trying, exactly how many events have you put together? Don't be shy, inquiring minds want to know . . . Me? Not any, I'm just here for the popcorn
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joeyk
Posts: 14895
Seminole, Florida, US
2020 Photography wrote:
At least I am trying, exactly how many events have you put together? Don't be shy, inquiring minds want to know . . . Tell him Carl, what is it? A dozen? 18? It was 4 a year there for awhile...
Let's see; at the beach, at your place many times, in Ybor a couple of times, at the gym, at Crabby Bill's probably a dozen times...
Which ones am I missing???
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