Will McCollum

@twitmonkee

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Music enthusiast, etc. Host of Vinyl-O-Matic on The Fun 88.1 KWTF.

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Northern California, CA

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I started a business
September 27, 2015 17:34:37
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I started a business

Hello!


I got a bit busy since the last time I updated here: decided to start my own business. So if you need a virtual personal assistant that specializes in providing services to those working in creative industries, look me up: http://katiewestVPA.com


I've been pretty busy with that, but things are settling down. And Jamie moves into a studio this week, so I'm going to TAKE PICTURES. Ah yes. I feel it too, you know? Excited. 


Who listened to the new Drake mixtape? Do any of you even like Drake? Drake is my forever jam. 


If any new patrons need access to a Dropbox folder, pls send me a quick message and I'll provide the link! The Selfies Dropbox is my favourite.


Thanks!

<3

Katie West

September 27, 2015 17:34:37

Good Morning
August 12, 2015 08:07:49
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Katie West

August 12, 2015 08:07:49

Video coming soon...
August 8, 2015 22:45:45
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Video coming soon...

This is the least spoilery image of all time, but I'm working on a video (using Adobe Premiere for the first time ever!). 


Video editing is very slow going but oh so satisfying and fun. I don't think I'll finish it tomorrow - I've done 1 minute and 30 seconds of almost 5 minutes and that took me about 5 hours - but soon!

Katie West

August 8, 2015 22:45:45

oscar Wellcome to the videoediting world and to the everlasting renders!!!!!! I'm a videoeditor and don't worry about time, finally you'll get the point and go faster :) If you have macintosh go for finalcutpro

August 9, 2015 13:21:35 · Reply

Katie West I used Adobe Premiere because I already pay for Adobe Creative Cloud. Is there really that much difference?

August 13, 2015 11:02:16 · Reply

Will McCollum Can't wait. Also, always intrigued to see other peoples timelines/workspace in programs.

August 9, 2015 14:17:01 · Reply

This Daring Lens Love

August 13, 2015 02:48:54 · Reply

A Proposal
August 7, 2015 10:44:39
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Katie West

August 7, 2015 10:44:39

Pen name
July 31, 2015 22:31:20
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Katie West

July 31, 2015 22:31:20

The Apogee MiC Review
July 27, 2015 19:59:52
The Apogee MiC: Hands-On Review
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Haddie Cooke of 5by5 takes a look at the MiC from Apogee, a USB mic perfect for podcasting and mobile recording. The Apogee MiC at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00HHEVL3C/5by5-20...
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Dan Benjamin

July 27, 2015 19:59:52

Techno (Million Dollar Listing San Francisco)
July 12, 2015 15:59:28
techno
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Watch Duncan Robson's Vine "techno" taken on 12 July 2015. It has 1 likes. Vine is the best way to see and share life in motion. Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way for ...
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Techno (Million Dollar Listing San Francisco)

This week I heard about this new reality show and thought I'd play around with it. Reality TV supercuts* are not really in my wheelhouse, but the subject matter of this one sounded close to home.


The show is gross. Not sure I want to watch any more episodes but what do you think? Should I turn this into something longer?


This is the kind of thing I would post on the secret vine account for patrons if anyone was actually following it. For now it's just revines of supercut-related stuff from my regular vine account (which is mostly babies these days).


*Here are two great examples of the genre.



Duncan Robson

July 12, 2015 15:59:28

Weekly Hangout
July 8, 2015 15:43:06
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Dan Benjamin

July 8, 2015 15:43:06

Richard Warfield Jr Great idea, will try to join regardless of what time it is. Perhaps a straw poll or something and for a given week people can chime in on what works best. If I can be greedy, after 9pm ET

July 14, 2015 02:57:02 · Reply

Colin Morris Late to the conversation here, but I love this idea.

August 7, 2015 19:12:58 · Reply

Marc Johanssen Seems, as of late, the platform to do this with would be Blab.im

September 5, 2015 06:12:45 · Reply

Polaroid Scans from Mary Taylor
July 6, 2015 12:48:53
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Katie West

July 6, 2015 12:48:53

Another spread from BABEFEST vol. 2
June 29, 2015 17:31:16
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Katie West

June 29, 2015 17:31:16

The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
June 29, 2015 12:26:29
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The Secret Loves of Geek Girls

I can't believe it took me this long to tell you about this, but I am so very happy to be involved with a new project put together by my friend Hope Nicholson, The Secret Loves of Geek Girls"An all-female comic/text anthology of true stories about love, romance, and sex! Featuring new cartoons by Margaret Atwood." (Yes, we always mention Margaret Atwood because I think each of us is dying of excitement to be in a book with Margaret Freaking Atwood!)


The book has about 45 contributors ranging in age from 16 to 77 all creating kick ass true stories for you to read/view. My story is about the apocalypse and marriage. It's not quite as dire as that sounds. I found that whenever I told people I was getting divorced, they didn't react they way I hoped they would. I realized it was because there is are very specific reactions allocated to specific circumstances and the reaction to "I'm getting a divorce" is "Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that." But that's not how it was, and I realized that part of why it wasn't like that, was because my former husband and I had spent a lot of time expecting the end--the end of the world mind you, but it seemed to make us better prepared for the end of marriage. And then what comes after. 


''Because survival is insufficient" – preparing for the end of

the world while dealing with the end of never-ending love.


I really hope you can support this project; it's going to be so amazing and everyone involved is so wonderful. Here is a list of names:


The Secret Loves of Geek Girls

 includes: 

  • Cover Art by Gisèle Lagacé & Shouri
  • Art by Renee Nault, Jen Bartel, and Sanya Anwar
  • New comics by: Margaret Atwood, Meaghan Carter, Megan Kearney, ALB, Jen Vaughn, Meags Fitzgerald, Gillan G., Diana Nock, Roberta Gregory, Laura Neubert, Sarah Winifred Searle, Natalie Smith, Jenn Woodall, Mariko Tamaki, and Irene Koh.
  • Illustrated stories by: Kate Leth, Janet Hetherington, Sam Maggs/Selena Goulding, Megan Lavey-Heaton/Isabelle Melançon, and Cherelle Ann Sarah Higgins/Rachael Wells
  • Text stories by Brandy Lynn, Stephanie Cooke, Diana McCallum, Jen Aprahamian, Katie West, Adrienne Kress, Soha Kareem, Loretta Jean, J.M. Frey, Trina Robbins, Twiggy Tallant, Rachel Deering, Hope Nicholson, Crystal Skillman, Marguerite Bennett, Soraya Roberts, Emma Woolley, Gita Jackson, Renee Nejo, Natalie Zina Walschots, Alicia Contestabile, Tini Howard, Cara Ellison, Jess Oliver-Proulx, and Erin Cossar.
  • Reprinted comics by: Gisele Lagace and Danielle Corsetto.


I'm sure you're wanting this book so bad now, right? Good. Go support it!  Thank you!

<3

Katie West

June 29, 2015 12:26:29

gibson grand What a wonderful project!

June 29, 2015 13:16:50 · Reply

Zoetica Ebb Sounds fantastic!

June 30, 2015 18:51:13 · Reply

Merrick Monroe WAAAAAAAH I can't believe I missed the backing period on this! Guess I forgot to set a reminder like I usually do for projects. :((( At the least, I do what I can to make sure it's well stocked in my shop!

July 26, 2015 22:59:53 · Reply

BABEFEST preview
June 26, 2015 18:40:26
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Katie West

June 26, 2015 18:40:26

Demons, Devils, and Brotherly Love
June 26, 2015 10:46:14
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Katie West

June 26, 2015 10:46:14

Have I told you
June 25, 2015 15:44:41
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Katie West

June 25, 2015 15:44:41

Mic Stands, Booms, and Shockmounts
June 24, 2015 23:23:24
Mic Stands
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Dan Benjamin talks about mic stands, shock mounts, booms, and more in this podcast how-to video. He demonstrates using the Heil PR-40 microphone with the RE-Pop 27, and a variety of other booms, st...
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June 24, 2015 23:23:24

June 24, 2015 18:02:29
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Katie West

June 24, 2015 18:02:29

G I've always gone back to John Berger's views on art and photography when I find my own knowledge or judgement lacking. His book "About Looking" is a fantastic read, a real game changer for me. He understands why we look and as a result is able to explain the difference between a powerful image and one that is just 'meh". Katie, I think what you do is not about being a great photographer. I think you are great at manipulating the relationship between yourself and the viewer, an artist in the act of seeing. The only other artist who uses photographic self portraiture as effectively as you is Natacha Merritt, in my experience. You create intimacy, tell a story, bare yourself both physically and emotionally to the viewer, and thus your images are beautiful and powerful. It certainly doesn't hurt that you are also: Drop. Dead. Gorgeous. :) -G

June 25, 2015 20:40:50 · Reply

Emma Dilemma My biggest hang up with what makes someone an artist/photographer has always been equipment. I mean, I've been taking pictures of myself since camera phones were created (and apparently before - I just found an album of pictures I took when I was like 10 and there are some pretty hilariously awesome ones), but my phone was for a really long time my source of photos. Then in high school, I got real cameras - incredibly nice cameras, but I never could really get the hang of all the fancy features - and now my digital one is broken anyways so it only works 8% of the time. So here I am again, taking photos of myself with my phone. Is that photography? Am I a photographer? I have no idea. But it's what I do. (And I usually take at LEAST 20-30 photos).

June 26, 2015 04:59:36 · Reply

Gary Chapple It varies a lot. It's rarer to do the 3/300 having had more practice, but sometimes there's no way you can see the actual results until you get something home (especially when working with a macro lens) - the preview doesn't really show you what you've got. Sometimes i have the opposite problem - like 3 good photos of the same thing, and i can't figure out which to choose. A lot of the time, i get something i wasn't expecting when i took the shot, and that can work both ways - it can either ruin the shot (sometimes my brain ignores shadows), or make it even better. I don't think there's a rule - just shoot.

June 28, 2015 01:31:47 · Reply

Accidents in Photoshop
June 24, 2015 18:05:43
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Katie West

June 24, 2015 18:05:43

Babefest Vol.2 Cover
June 17, 2015 18:12:56
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Katie West

June 17, 2015 18:12:56

Three Point Landing Extended Edition
June 15, 2015 05:36:10
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Duncan Robson

June 15, 2015 05:36:10

June 12, 2015 21:17:09
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Katie West

June 12, 2015 21:17:09

Little Loser in a Big City
June 12, 2015 13:27:37
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Little Loser in a Big City

I thought I'd have a job by now. But I don't. Anna says that's okay, but it doesn't feel okay. But the good news is that I finally took pictures last night and I actually like a lot of them. So I am at least earning my keep here then. 


Expect more. 


And don't forget that I post over at the secret tumblr too: katiegivememore.tumblr.com

Katie West

June 12, 2015 13:27:37

Chris Wichtendahl It's a tough spot to be in, I know. I hope you find something soon, or, barring that, make peace with not having found something yet.

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June 10, 2015 22:47:07
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I WILL GO TO VALHALLA

Kiala Kazebee

June 10, 2015 22:47:07

TWIN PEAKZ
June 11, 2015 01:49:42
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Kiala Kazebee

June 11, 2015 01:49:42

Gold Membership
June 5, 2015 12:32:52
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Scandinavia and the World

June 5, 2015 12:32:52

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