30 August 2009
This is my LAST blog here as The Blacklight Studio
www.jvlivs.blogspot.com is where you can connect with me. No more blacklight studio (other than flickr) www.flickr.com/photos/theblacklightstudio
01 August 2009
Why I left myspace...
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NOTE: This will more than likely be my last blog here @ The Blacklight Studio on Blogger. Anything after this, check out my new blog.
Ever since I've incorporated Blacklight Studios/313ARTS (now JVLIVS Photography and design) online nearly five years ago, I've had my share of ups and downs. I have entertained such domains i.e. MSN, Yahoo, myspace, flickr, blogger, even blackplanet.
For a time myspace has been the dominant force until I came across flickr, and the rest is history. Before I've joined myspace, I have heard some bad things about it, about some individuals molesting teenagers, on event that still shocks me today was that an underaged girl was chatting with whom she thought was a potential boyfriend who was later revealed to be some wacko nutjob woman posing to be as such. The "boyfriend" dumped the girl and as distraught as she was, the young girl had taken her own life. Sad as it is, that's no reason for me to dump my page which I've operated from late 2006 until today-August 1, 2009. I had a Yahoo group prior to creating a myspace website-both of which under the same namesake-and it was a huge step-up from the Yahoo group that I've had for over a year at that time. While my new domain was taking off to new heights, my old one was too much to maintain, so I canceled it mid 2007. I do regret not keeping the links open, though. I had some real good sites there. And that would've been what was left of the blacklight studio on yahoo to this day had I kept that section open today.
I've learned something about having your own website where folks post comments on, you have to be on the lookout constantly for spammers, as well as pornographers. The stories I could tell about that. Now I'm down to just a few webbies that now obtain my new namesake-save one-and I'm trying to simplify as much as possible. Why am I leaving myspace after a good three years of online bliss? Well, I wasn't feeling it anymore with myspace. I felt that I was in a position of compromise as far as my morality is concerned. Don't get me wrong, I do see a lot of good in myspace, esp. seeing that you can make some money with it as well.
But the "friends" that I had led lifestyles that I'd rather not keep company with, to say the least. And personally, I let that page get out of control unlike my flickr page, which I run a very tight ship on. That's my lifeline there. And being a Christian, I'm trying to get back on the straight and narrow pathway after falling off. And there's no worse thing in the world than falling down and NOT getting up! So despite the urging from those who begged me not to cancel my myspace page, I have to do what is right for me! And I feel that this is it for right now.
I would do myspace again, but like flickr, I'd have to run a very tight ship on it. I want to choose my associates prudently on myspace (which I should've done, maybe it'll still be open) as I do on flickr. The way I see it, myspace is no different from flickr, facebook, twitter, or even youtube for that matter. It's just another website! And one thing that I liked about myspace even to this day, they do NOT allow you to post any porn on myspace. Doing so will result in immediate cancellation of your account.
I am glad that I didn't fall into that category.
Perhaps when I'm older, I'll give myspace another go. But being [almost] halfway in my 30s, I'll leave this one to the teenagers and twentysomethings (you know who you are).
I will say this as well. I've been privileged to have met some people (via myspace) in real life, as well as take pictures of them and communicate with them to this day on a continuous basis. For that I remain grateful!
30 June 2009
Detroit Riverwalk, Part II (another old myspace blog)
August 2, 2007 - Thursday
 | Current mood:  restlessCategory: Art and Photography Some more pix of the Detroit Riverwalk and a few other monuments (due to limited time I have I can only do a brief description of every other picture). Here goes! I strolled through downtown and took some pictures of the area before walking on the new walkway.    The Renaissance Center, est. 1977. Originally owned by Ford Motor Co., now the Global HQ of General Motors. They definitely stepped it up!  Ford Field. Home of the Detroit Lions.  Courtyard of the Gem Theater.  The historic Elwood Bar & Grille.  Comerica Park. Home of the Detroit Tigers.  Compuware HQ. Located in Campus Martius.  Grand Circus Park.  Broadway St.     Hart Plaza. I have a camera phone pic of this same location that I snapped @ night. I've gotten alot of comments on that picture. Hope y'all like the day shot as well.  The Windsor Casino. Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  Now we're at the juicy part(s)!   The Ambassador Bridge. Connects between Detroit (U.S.) and Windsor (Dominion of Canada).  I took a brief break 2 take several pix of this vette. I have some on flickr.   Back 2 the River walk. In the 2nd pic, you can see the Asian Village in the background.     More models from GM for the '08 model year, and the Asian Village banner as well.  St. Antoine St.. I shot this from the Asian Village entrance.       The bottom pic is the courtyard to the River Lofts. The majority of the pictures that you're gonna see next are of the riverwalk that is near completion and alot of the buildings there are bldgs. that consisted of Parke-Davis Pharmacuetical HQ. Like I mentioned in Part 1, if you were around in the early 80s, Parke-Davis was still around. they advertised Robitussin, Benadryl, and if I'm not mistaken, Alka-Seltzer. And at the beginning of these commercials, you'd always see a caption that read (c) Parke-Davis & Co.. Again, this was in the early 1980s.       GM's UAW HQ. I believe this was built in recent years. If so, it complements what's left of the Parke-Davis bldgs..  The Omni Hotel. Originally located downtown, now takes the place of an old Parke-Davis edifice.       When the river walkway is completed THOROUGHLY, I'll post more pix. I still have some leftover that I've yet to post.
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74 Road Runner (another old MS blog)
July 22, 2007 - Sunday
| Current mood:  rejuvenatedCategory: Art and Photography This blog is one as a tribute to one of my favourite hot rods, the Plymouth Road Runner. this vehicle has a very storied history and a tarnished rep that led to its demise. But I remain a fan of it today. Introduced in 1968 as the Satellite (Satellite Sebring in its later years), it was a descendent of the Fury/Belvedere model, it was a muscle car with a nameplate whose namesake was the ever-popular Looney Tunes character, the roadrunner. From 68-74 (obviously before my time) this sister car to the Charger was competition to the GTO, Malibu/Chevelle, Mustang, Cougar, and if I'm not mistaken the Firebird and Camaro..... This is a sketch that I did of a 1974 Bird that I drew form off the web (which you'll see), and though I did the sketch last year, I coloured it just now. I compare picutres now and noticed that I was a bit off, but I plan to do a marker sketch ASAP and post it on my sketchbook.    Sadly, the Road Runner's last hurrah was in 1980 when it was the nameplate of the Plymouth Volar'e. A car (along with its sister car, the Dodge Aspen) that looked good, but nearly put the then-Chrysler Corp. out of business. This was when Lee Iacocca took the helm and restructured Chrysler saving them from bankruptcy. Say what you may about the Road Runner during its 12-year existence, but any TRUE Mopar fan has gotta admit, that this-the 1974 model-was THE LAST of the Road Runners! Expect that marker drawing REAL SOON!
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An old blog from myspace.
| Current mood:  stressedCategory: Art and Photography Wow. It's been a heckuva ride as of recently. My water pump went out, the shocking news of WWE wreslter Chris Benoit and his family (I STILL don't wanna believe that it was a murder-suicide which was eventually ruled out), and my mom's truck got 'boosted' right in front the house. After all that, the family still remains in high spirits. I want to share some photos I've taken of the riverwalk downtown. some of which I've posted here, others on flickr and yahoo. But It was a wild week 4 me because I recently purchased a digital camera and just went to work. But due to the photos I have I was just losing time left and right resizing them and adjusting the focus on them, so I'll give a brief description of them as you see them. they may be a bit lengthy, but bear with me cause I took some butt-kickin' pix.  this is 1 of the 1st pix I've taken. This is Cadillac Square. It used to be a bus depot now it's a nice park, U should C it @ night.  Cadillac Sq. up close  Compuware HQ Between Campus Martius and Cadillac Square.  Cadillac Sq. westbound  I took a pic of these 2 young men practicing 4 the And 1 championship coming up. I have a video of them on this website.  The Campus Martius fountain. you can see the restaurant Au Bon Pain (aw bahn pon) in the background. The food there is expensive, but is worth every penny of it.  I forgot the name of this monument, but it was in honor of those who fought in earlier American wars. Originally it was located in Cadillac Sq., but is now in the center of the bottom of Campus Martius. After this I went to Hart Plaza and did some shooting there. The building to the far left is the Madden Bldg., in the middle is the Penobscot Bldg., and a few others that I cannot recall @ this moment. And last but not least, is the newly constructed 'ring' to the city-I forgot what it symbolized-but it's a nice touch.   two for the price of one, eh?   these 2 pix are @ the center of the riverwalk and it was a blast there. An inground fountain, live bands and some fine women. Aside all that, these pix here are very self-explanatory.    The Asian Village downtown. Inspired by Korean designer Dominic Pangborn, Detroit once again has Asian culture in its midst. We had a chinatown. It was originally located in Cass Corridor (in the 60s-before my time). It was destroyed before, during, or after the 1967 riot. Do you know that Detroit is (presumably) the ONLY city in the U.S. that hasn't fully recovered from the riots? It's been 40 years. But let's move on.     Angie Stone threw down @ the River Walk festival. I have more pix of her on flickr.com.  1 of the rest areas. There's more like this one.  I was able to shoot some happy people downtown as well.  I am looking 4ward 2 seeing Transformers. Here U C Bumble Bee and Ironhide. they, to me, were the backbone of the Autobots.  And here's Jazz. I believe that he was 2nd in command of the Autobots.  Now this was a treat as well. I came across a local filmmaking team named Walter V. Marshall and Joann Rose. Joann is engaged 2 Walter's best friend George. I wish Joann and George the best.   At this point I'm on my last quarter of gas, as it were. But I still kept on going. I didn't have my car, so I didn't have much choice (lol). These two pix are the central portion of the walkway and they're located by where Parke-Davis H.Q. used to be (if you were around before 1980-84, or '85, U remember them). But it was good to see that historic part of Detroit preserved for other things, Hotels, lofts, business, and whatnot. I have more pix on flickr and on my yahoo group.  Now here's where my journey comes to completion. These next few pix should speak for themselves. I'm tired, folks. And I STILL have to resize the rest of these pix (the ones I haven't done yet). Just to let U know, where I was at was at a marina connected to some lofts/condos on the outskirts of downtown where the walkway contours around.    That's it for now. I still didn't get what I wanted blogwise, but I'm content with this so far. Maybe if I get the rest of these pix done, I'll add more to another blog. Holla back. groups.yahoo.com/group/theblacklightstudio myspace.com/theblacklightstudio flickr.com/photos/theblacklightstudio
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09 March 2009
Iroquois and Agnes
I was going for a Sunday afternoon drive and I just happen to have my camera with me and I did some drive-by shootin' as always. On occasion I always drive through Detroit's historical districts. Sadly the forclosure boom has affected even the most affluent areas of Detroit as well as it suburban counterparts.
I will confess, though, as much as I LOVE the 'burbs, even the richest suburban subdivision cannot touch somethng as vintage and as old-school as this house in the Indian Village. I cruise through other districts such as Grandmont-Rosedale, Virginia Park, Boston-Edison, West Village, Woodbridge, East English Village, and let us NOT forget Sherwood Forest and the University District as well as Palmer Park and a few other areas that is overlooked whenever Detroit is mentioned by the media.
But back to what I was saying: Although I love the 'burbs-me being a former resident for a short time-NOTHING beats city living! Esp. if you're in a historical area such as the one(s) that I spoke of with the picture of the house you see here. These homes have a rich and vivid history behind them. The majority of the homes in this particular area were at one point in time owned by some of Detroit's earlier entrepenuers and politicians. Albert Buhl, to name one-haven't heard of him until recently (I'll have to google him one day).
AND I almost forgot to mention that some of Detroit's fiest athletes at one point in time resided here. I believe John Salley owned-and perhaps still does own-a house in the Indian Village. Local anchorwoman Carmen Harlan resides in the (Indian) Village last I heard. One of Detroit's crown jewels still endure a long lasting legacy for the ages.
I will confess, though, as much as I LOVE the 'burbs, even the richest suburban subdivision cannot touch somethng as vintage and as old-school as this house in the Indian Village. I cruise through other districts such as Grandmont-Rosedale, Virginia Park, Boston-Edison, West Village, Woodbridge, East English Village, and let us NOT forget Sherwood Forest and the University District as well as Palmer Park and a few other areas that is overlooked whenever Detroit is mentioned by the media.
But back to what I was saying: Although I love the 'burbs-me being a former resident for a short time-NOTHING beats city living! Esp. if you're in a historical area such as the one(s) that I spoke of with the picture of the house you see here. These homes have a rich and vivid history behind them. The majority of the homes in this particular area were at one point in time owned by some of Detroit's earlier entrepenuers and politicians. Albert Buhl, to name one-haven't heard of him until recently (I'll have to google him one day).
AND I almost forgot to mention that some of Detroit's fiest athletes at one point in time resided here. I believe John Salley owned-and perhaps still does own-a house in the Indian Village. Local anchorwoman Carmen Harlan resides in the (Indian) Village last I heard. One of Detroit's crown jewels still endure a long lasting legacy for the ages.
05 March 2009
New Month, New Changes!
The weather's starting to change and things are looking up in some areas, but down in others. I'm looking at the UP position. After a long time of searching for some part-time work, I may have some by the end of this month and it may surpass what I currently make with the Board of Ed. .
I've taken some pictures fo the suburban area last night, and I'll be sure to post 'em ASAP. But I've been keeping my eye focused on the things I wanna do, and I intend to do them! At this very minute, I'm seizing every opportunity to take some form of control of my life here because things have gotten out of control. As a result of this, I have come to realize that when things get out of control, it'll take a really long time before you can regain control of whatever it was that caused you to lose control. Now while I'm on my lunch break, wrtiting this, I am about to read my email and pick up where I left off due to the responses I've gotten due to the job apps I've filled out these past few months. The year's looking good and bright so far. I guess it's how you perceive it.
I hope AND pray that 2009 will be my last year with DPS! I'll explain that later!
I've taken some pictures fo the suburban area last night, and I'll be sure to post 'em ASAP. But I've been keeping my eye focused on the things I wanna do, and I intend to do them! At this very minute, I'm seizing every opportunity to take some form of control of my life here because things have gotten out of control. As a result of this, I have come to realize that when things get out of control, it'll take a really long time before you can regain control of whatever it was that caused you to lose control. Now while I'm on my lunch break, wrtiting this, I am about to read my email and pick up where I left off due to the responses I've gotten due to the job apps I've filled out these past few months. The year's looking good and bright so far. I guess it's how you perceive it.
I hope AND pray that 2009 will be my last year with DPS! I'll explain that later!
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