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August 23, 2008 7:47 PM  (go back to main view)
finding old memories
the other day i found some old negs in a drawer that i hadn't seen since i took them 16 years ago!

i felt like carter opening tutankhamun's tomb. heh heh, here's me...




































this it made me realise, i just don't take enough photos!

i've been grinning my ass off all night at shots of me and my mates on our first foreign holiday together when we were 18. people and incidents captured that we still talk about today, half a lifetime away. just a bunch of bullshit snapshots taken for my own enjoyment, and thats what i've got away from.

i've got so i don't take photos when i think 'oh thats been done so who would want to see that again' or 'it's been done and i can't do it better so whats the point'.

so i need to start taking photos for my own enjoyment again, even if no one ever sees them, and if people see them and like them too, then thats a bonus.

hope everyone's well, and i hope you too find a set of negs in a drawer from back in the day :D

oh, and if you're wondering, thats the football shirt of f.c.palermo, sicily ;)


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Posted by Richard Po... on
Very well said!
That is awesome! I see we used to have the same hairdo 16 years ago. Unfortunately for my part the hair is only a memory now :)
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Posted by mahomo on
heh heh, one of my fav phrases 'hairdo' :D should be used more often in life, cheers mate. i have the same hairdo now, only more grey ;)
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Posted by mahomo on
@haonavy:how cool is that! ;)
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Posted by Haonavy on
I'm not quite to the point where I have 16-year-old negatives yet, but I found some old slide film that my dad took back in college... some of the shots even look like me now! Weird stuff...
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Posted by mahomo on
@robert:heh heh, too right mate ;) @treamus:i need to see this, it's your duty ;) @baltazart:cheers mate, and yes, great idea. i think i'm gonna root around and scan all the negs from my childhood, i seem to remember a shot of me stuck up a tree heh heh :D
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Posted by baltazart on
this is awesome! ive been saving all my negs in boxes so i can do this 16 years from now;)
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Posted by Treamus on
Oh man, when I was that age I had a afro.
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Posted by Robert Pri... on
Ha ha ha! wait till you show those to your child later on in life.
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Posted by mahomo on
@obsidian:mate, you wouldn't believe why i have long hair, not metal, but a cross between wanting hair like the fella i saw in asunkist soda advert and one of madonna's dancers hah hah hah. don't tell anybody ;) @gonzom:i have very few shots from when i was young, but that just gave me a fucking great idea! my best mate has the shirt now, next time i go home i'll get it and take the shot, might be tight :D @darren, you have to do it mate ;) @carlos:bring on the incriminating stuff mate, you're among friends :D @arthur:thanks very much mate, and the hairs the same now, just grey around the margins :D @chris:hah hah, yeah, david coverdale. cheers mate ;)
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Posted by Chris on
you know that dude from whitesnake? that's fuckin' cool!
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Posted by Arthur Mol... on
christian!!! first of all, congrats on the baby!! wow ... must be such a heavy feeling! i'm happy for you! :) and second, nice hair!!! i can't wait to see my old photos in a couple decades! i love looking back at what was ... congrats again man, that's huge!!!!
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Posted by mrLarios on
that must be cool finding those 16 year old negs..... I'd be afraid to find old negs that I shot... could be incriminating. ha!!! Cool shirt too! I'm a big ROMA fan!
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Posted by Darren Aba... on
That's awesome! I'm always finding old-ass negs from various stages of my life. I have bags and bags of undeveloped rolls from back in the day, too. Maybe one day I'll set up a dip and dunk station and run them all. I'll need a few pints first though... ;-)
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Posted by gONZOm on
my old negs are from when i was a baby ;)
yeah, im still yung :P

so..............thats you........
you should put that shirt on tomorrow, and take a picture of yourself in the same pose....
maybe you can make us all smile :D
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Posted by Obsidian-F... on
So you used to be into hair metal ;)

Finding stuff like that is always great
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February 07, 2008 1:41 PM  ( archive)
group blog favourite photography
By mahomo
i thought it would be a good idea to try the new collaborative group blog tool out on something i've been thinking about for a while, what's everyones favourite photos of all time. i'm sure we have many and it's difficult to choose, but i'm interested in what you all like so i'll kick off.




















this shot by neil leifer is of ali v williams, and the instant i saw it it became one of my favourites. his innovative use of a remote shutter release in the lighting gantry was possible because it was the first fight in the houston astrodome, and the lighting rig was 80ft up rather than the usual 20ft because of the sight lines for seating. genius, read all about it here.


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Aug 26, 2008 7:32 PM
great gallery. great page too. looking forward in seeing more of your photos.
Aug 26, 2008 7:42 PM
thanks a lot mate :D
Aug 18, 2008 8:41 AM
Your gallery is really amazing. Congrats.
Aug 19, 2008 12:44 PM
thank you very much, thats very kind :)
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Jun 09, 2008 5:12 PM
I know you're a full time dad but you could be little bit more active bro!
Jun 13, 2008 3:18 PM
hi there mate, i know!!!! i intend to be from now on, hope you're well :D
Jul 17, 2008 11:42 AM
http://www.myspace.com/caspiantheba nd

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May 12, 2008 7:48 AM
Nice street work! :)

In fact, I tried digging up your giude on composition, but can't find it anywhere.. could you possibly link me to it?
May 15, 2008 6:54 PM
hi, thanks a lot. sorry about the late reply! the guide to composition seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth! since the uber photography page had a revamp it's gone, which is a shame 'cos i tried showing it to someone last week :( maybe if you ask nhat (http://orangefunk.uber.com/) he'll add it back to the blog and give you a link or something? i accidentally wiped my access to it so can't even take a screen grab for you! hope you are well :D
May 04, 2008 2:37 PM
how are you doing lately, dude ?!
Apr 26, 2008 9:52 AM
hey thanks for the add. be sure to check out my blog
Apr 13, 2008 3:30 AM
That chicken blew my mind.
Apr 07, 2008 12:11 PM
Hi Christian

I came accross your site via Mr Weeks's, via dA. Cool page man. You've got some really nice images goin' on. I look forward to reading and watching more often.
Mark
Mar 29, 2008 2:19 AM
Have a great weekend!
Mar 13, 2008 10:16 AM
Hi mate! I’ve been having problems getting my friend request to Uber Photography. Did you experience the same thing? Is this normal? Just thought I’d ask. Hope your doing well Take care!
Mar 12, 2008 10:50 AM
beautiful photographs. the bw's especially. I really like those. and yeah, the dog with the compressed air is pretty funny. I am still trying to copy the sounds it makes.
Mar 07, 2008 7:47 PM
Hey Christian- Set all your Photo folders to Public and this will correct the issues on your page. You may need to re-insert your page background, but you shouldn't have to. Some of your folders are definitely set to private, which is why you're getting that message on thumbnails too. Hope that helps!
Feb 25, 2008 11:27 PM
Thanks again for the comment... I'll pass it on to her :-).
Feb 15, 2008 9:56 PM
No, I haven't developed my roll yet. I sent it to the lab only today and it'll take a couple of days before I get a CD... I'm really anxious to see it :) I used a delta 400. I'll let you know if anything worth while comes out of that.
Feb 09, 2008 3:43 PM
thanks bro ! :)
Feb 04, 2008 1:06 PM
no word on our buddy gb hill yet. I don't know where he went.
Feb 03, 2008 9:39 AM
lol thanks. loving your photographs! keep them up
Feb 01, 2008 11:06 AM
Thanks for the comments :) I can’t belive its my first time on your page. Your photography is beautiful! Take care!
Jan 31, 2008 1:37 PM
hey there! I'm happy you liked my new site! thanks a lot for your nice comments! ;)
Jan 29, 2008 5:16 AM
Heya... Good idea on the group blog. I just made my contribution, late as always.
Jan 29, 2008 1:23 AM
Thanks a lot for the comments on my blogs; makes it worthwhile writing them if I know at least one person is reading! The dolphins are amazing and I look forward to reading more of your blogs as they come up.
Jan 23, 2008 7:28 AM
Hey brother, thanks for the sweet animation thingy. It took me a couple tries (not familiar with html), but I got it workin on my profile page. Uber misfits unite! hehe. Nice b&w work, btw, good tonal control and solid framing. Check out my photos if you'd like, I'm always looking for criticism. (http://joshuacorbett.uber.com) cheers, Josh
Jan 16, 2008 10:38 PM
Hello my good friend How are things going?
Jan 13, 2008 6:41 PM
Like your photostyle - you have some outstanding shots on your site - keep up the good work - Happy shooting, Lars
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