David Lindes - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Err, uhm, re-inventing myself as a photographer. I've been a tech geek (computers, and before that theatre) for years, but got pretty sick of the computer industry, so I've now bailed on it -- at least for now, and hopefully for a good long time. Here's hoping I can make some money at photography...

I've posted a few images of mine in my blog here, and more can be found on flickr , and on my photography web site .

Here are a few to get you started, though (click the links to get a larger version, etc.):

Blue Smoke
See Evil
Pool Break
Rowing Home

I've also gotten into doing glass art, e.g. blown glass, in the last few years... I'm trying to get that going again... though paying for it is a little tough to justify right now. So if anyone needs an assistant, I'd be glad to help out, just to have time in the shop again, and get my technical skill level up... I can then figure out how to get my _own_ time later. Meanwhile, here's one piece I made, back when I was active in the hot shop:

Purple Vase

I hope you enjoy my work. Feel free to let me know if you have questions about it -- or would like to buy some of it, or commission something, or whatever.

My Interests

The following is most definitely an incomplete list, presented very roughly in order of how much I care about them:

photography Friends people in general blowing glass (and blown glass made by others, too) other glass art music movies other art, in general psychology language

I'd like to meet:

People I can share interesting experiences with -- from random sillyness to in depth discussion to artistic expression to... anywhere in between. People who actually exist, and, on top of that, people who aren't just out to spam me. (If you don't know me, and are interested in talking, that's totally cool. Send me a message. Just don't send me a friend request until/unless I actually have talked to you a bit, ya know? sorry, end of rant.)

Music:

Eclectic tastes. Something good helps. Some tendency towards "classic rock" -- The Who, Jethro Tull, etc... but also like some more modern stuff, like Blue Man Group (prefer Audio over The Complex by a long shot, though the latter is fun, too); I like Fishbone and random other Ska and Ska-like stuff; Contemporary A Cappella; and random other stuff.

(And of course sometimes there's some stuff that's not really so "good', but that I get into anyway. Good is preferred, though, whatever the genre. ;-)

Movies:

artsy fartsy stuff, mostly. dark and twisted is often good, but then again, romantic comedy often gets me, too. (yeah, I tend to like "chick flicks", though I'm not such a fan of that phrase, really.)

I tend to go to a movie every Friday evening, usually something newly-out-that-week, at the local theatre. Kinda fun. More fun when others join me, and I can then have a good discussion about whatever we've just seen (or wherever the discussion may lead) afterwards.

Oh, and I always watch the credits, to the very end.

Television:

Yeah, I used to watch TV. Not so much, lately.

Books:

Uhh.. various. I like a lot of John Irving stuff... I like Catch-22... Life of Pi... Tolkien... Shakespeare (the Arden series is quite fun, for me)... Oh, and of course my compact edition Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is much fun. :-)

Heroes:

Hmm... heroes... I dunno, I tend to have semi-transitory local heroes, I think. Mentors, the person who just smiled at me when I needed to see a smile... these sorts of things.

My Blog

I've got a new blog...

Well, I broke down, and made a "proper" blog. We'll see if/how I maintain it, but I did actually post something of some relevance to it just now, so possibly....
Posted by David Lindes on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:04:00 PST

I'm rich! And famous even!

OK, that's definitely an exaggeration, on both fronts, but there are a few bits of good news:(1) I've learned recently that some of the prints I put in to the Holiday Art Sale at Pratt have sold. Yay...
Posted by David Lindes on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:12:00 PST

You know you want to...

You know you all want to buy prints, right? ;-) Make me a happy camper, and make some purchases. :-)Ask if you want any details... I might even throw in a myspace discount if you tell me this blog...
Posted by David Lindes on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:43:00 PST

No more ebay... (for now, anyway); other sales opportunities

So, I'd already pretty much made this decision, but it just got sealed a moment ago, when I got my invoice for the ebay listings I did recently. No more ebay stuff until/unless I either (a) can be mo...
Posted by David Lindes on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:18:00 PST

Wanted: an agent

So, I could maybe be good at marketing myself if I really applied myself to that endeavor, but I find it's an effort that I don't enjoy enough to do as much of it as I'd like to. So, I'm just wonderi...
Posted by David Lindes on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:53:00 PST

Last chances and new choices...

Last chances and new choices now available on ebay.That is to say, some auctions are about to end (the soonest in less than 5 1/2 hours from when I'm posting this), and some new ones have been posted....
Posted by David Lindes on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

If you can't sell it, raise the price!

I've heard it said that "If you can't sell it, raise the price!"I've decided to give this theory a try. There's a new listing on ebay, for my Ghosts of No Evil image:The Ghosts of No Evil... and this...
Posted by David Lindes on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:18:00 PST

WTF?!?!?!

OK, I've been awakened many times by the recycling guys making all their noise right outside my window. I happen to have an apartment that's sucky in location in that particular way, and I happen to...
Posted by David Lindes on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:21:00 PST

Trying again...

Well hi there.I posted a blog entry early this morning (i.e. last night), and myspace seems to be claiming that I've gotten 14 blog views today, presumably from that (though I could imagine that presu...
Posted by David Lindes on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:44:00 PST

Central Cinema

Cool. Went and saw North by Northwest tonight at Central Cinema. Had never been there before, or even heard of it, but a friend of mine (hi there. I know you're reading this. :-) introduced me to ...
Posted by David Lindes on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:06:00 PST