• Following in the footsteps of The Boston Globe’s The Big Picture and The Wall Street Journal’s Photo Journal, Christianity Today has launched Imago Fidei, a photoblog that bills itself as “a daily view of Christian life.” While not strictly photos, there are some gems in the archives. 05/15/2009

Ireland: Day 2

I forgot to wish everyone a happy new year in the last post. So… Happy New Year!

Anyway, getting on with it.

This post has a video and some photos from day two of the trip, which was Friday. It’s hard to keep up with all of the video and photo editing/uploading with all of the sightseeing and whatnot; which is why I know you’ll forgive me.

Below is a slideshow of some of the better pictures I’ve taken while in Dublin. You can check out the originals on my flickr page.

And again, if you’re not following my twitter stream, you’re missing out on some good play-by-play commentary. Check it:

last night, @kellythorsen and i met two irish women who loved both LOST and bill bryson. #

i was just chided by a local for drinking a beer other than guinness. “when in rome, mate!” he has a point. #

there is no ranch dressing in all of ireland. #

Here’s the video:

A trip down yearbook lane…

Your turn… Yearbook yourself.

Related: Type-ified and I’ve been Simpsonized.

My (recent) life, in pictures

Des Moines flood, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

An evening with Sigur Rós, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

William Fitzsimmons 1, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

Flickr + God

The photograph below is considered the most interesting image tagged with “god” on Flickr.

God and Automobiles, originally uploaded by g. s. george on flickr.

The photographer, Geoffrey George, writes eloquently of his thoughts about the photo:

This is the memorable and ironic view that greets every motorist traveling south on I-75 towards downtown. Thousands of these motorists are surely suburban GM workers on their way to work every day, and the irony of this chance alignment is hopefully not lost on them. In the background, the Renaissance Center, Detroit’s tallest building and GM World Headquarters. In the foreground, St. Josaphat, a 105-year old still-functioning relic from Detroit’s heyday. Detroit is the Motor City, but the sins committed here cannot be forgotten or forgiven–from the hundreds of murders every year to the construction of a freeway system that divided and destroyed vibrant and working neighborhoods. Hopefully this image will one day have different associations.

For me, it is a powerful view that is quintessentially Detroit. I’m sure it’s been photographed hundreds of times, but the balance and contrast between Detroit’s largest and most infamous glass skyscraper, a struggling community church, and the freeway that cut a swath across the city and acted as a runway for white flighters provides me with endless fascination. I hope you will find it equally stimulating.

Type-ified

Head here to make your own. [ht: soupablog]

Related: I’ve been Simpsonized.

A new era

My new computer has arrived.

A new era, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

New spectacles

Spectacle(s), originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

I got a new pair of glasses on Monday. I’m a no-contatcs guy, and I had been wearing the previous pair for five years… so this is quite a change.

But really, this is just my attempt to look more like Rob Bell.

I’ve been Simpsonized

Go ahead, Simpsonize yourself.

Celebrity counterparts

I’m not sure which celebrity resemblance I am more proud of; the pulchritudinous Teen Choice Award-winning star of One Tree Hill, or one of the central founders of thermodynamics.

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A photoblog

Popped collars

A friend of mine tipped me off to a picture of mine appearing on poppedcallarsarelame.com (halfway down). This is interesting for several reasons.

First, the webmaster is breaking copyright law by using the image on his website without my persmission. You can see on the right-hand side of the flickr page that the image has “All rights reserved”. Apparently all poppedcollarsarelame.com’s webmaster did was a search on flickr for “popped collars”. That search reveals several of the pictures features on poppedcollarsarelame.com such as this one, this one (apparently these two guys are friends; look at the comments) and this one. The first two are protected under a Creative Commons License, but the last one, like mine, is “All rights reserved.”

Second, it is a bit ironic that this particular photo made it to the poppedcollarsarelame.com (I am getting sick of typing that) gallery because our dodgeball team was making fun of popped collars in the first place. This explains why we are all sporting layered polos and why Tom and I have particularly ridiculous hairdos/facial expressions.

Maybe he just really despises popped collars, or maybe he’s just trying to make a few bucks. That would certainly explain the Popped Collars Are Lame.com Store. Regardless, I sent him a message via the contact form on his website with a link to this post. I don’t mind the picture being on the website, but I would appreciate a little more effort put into contacting the photos’ owners.

Blast from the past

In keeping with posting about things from my past, here are some pictures from way too long ago that I recently came upon.

See the original, full-sized photo here.

That’s me at about age five. My shirt says “It’s better in the Bahamas,” and it’s a souvenir my parents brought back from their vacation to the Bahamas. I’ll bet you can buy the exact shirt or something very similar at one of those trendy t-shirt stores. Apparently the person taking the picture was falling down at the time.

See the original, full-sized photo here.

I am very excited about Christmas. And sweatsuits. I am guessing this is age seven or eight. Interesting fact: I had the chair in the left part of the picture in my freshman dorm room. Late that year it literally fell apart, but it logged an admirable amount of years of reclining pleasure.

See the original, full-sized photo here.

It is obvious in this picture that a few years later I would listen to boy bands. I am holding my cat, Pepper, and wearing a little league sweatshirt. Probably twelve years old. Before puberty, my hair was blonde and straight, and I loved it when it was that long because I could jerk my head to the side to “get the hair out of my eyes”. And that was cool.

Comments welcome.

Some pictures

This is how they do it in Turkey:

See the original photo, uploaded on 27th February, 2006.

I’ve been slowly uploading some of the better pictures I took on my trip to Greece and Turkey last year to my Flickr account (talk about taking your time…). You can see the whole set here.

Christmastime w/Jake & Tom

Tom and I may have just done the funniest/stupidest thing we’ve done to date. The other day as I was leaving Wal-Mart, I noticed that the portrait center had a fantastic deal - and just in time for the holidays. I picked up a flyer and when I got back to the dorm I showed Tom. He, too, thought it was a good idea, so we decided that we’d do it before we left for Thanksgiving break.

The above pictures are all part of the seven picture set that was taken. We were laughing hysterically the whole time, nearly peeing our pants on several occasions. The name of the set is inspired by Tom’s post on the “word” Christmastime. My personal favorites are the sleigh, the pointy hats, and Frosty.

Look for a full breakdown and analysis of the portrait session in the next podcast.

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