Champagne Hercules » Uncategorized http://champagnehercules.com/blog Hi. I am an idiot. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:29:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 New Neighborhood http://champagnehercules.com/blog/new-neighborhood http://champagnehercules.com/blog/new-neighborhood#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:29:47 +0000 Eric http://champagnehercules.com/blog/new-neighborhood Home for a WhileTiny Big CityTiny Big CityTiny Big CityTiny Big CityTiny Big City
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New Neighborhood, a set on Flickr.

]]> http://champagnehercules.com/blog/new-neighborhood/feed 0 This happened at my house yesterday http://champagnehercules.com/blog/this-happened-at-my-house-yesterday http://champagnehercules.com/blog/this-happened-at-my-house-yesterday#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:07:43 +0000 Eric http://champagnehercules.com/blog/this-happened-at-my-house-yesterday

This happened at my house yesterday, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

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Street Cred, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

I inherited my grandfather’s Super 8 film collection. It’s pretty amazing to see not just my sister and me as children, but to see my mother as a child, too.

As a show of gratitude to my parents, I’ve cut together footage of me as an infant set to their favorite hip hop song.

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A.W.K.W.A.R.D., originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

This is the greatest family portrait that I will ever take. Calling it now.

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Penny Shredder, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

A few coins fell from my shirt pocket as I was shredding old bank statements. The shredder shut itself off immediately, but in my attempts to get the coins out, I managed to somehow override the safety features and the coins were shredded (yeah, shredded) without a crunch, a crack, a clunk, or any other sound one would expect as metal passed through the blades of a device used to cut paper into strips.

Dudes. This thing is a beast. That angry bulldog as a logo is not an accident.

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Ridiculous, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

I am not a fan of animals in clothing, but Frog Dog and Shark Dog were cheap enough and awesome enough costumes to make me change my mind.

]]> http://champagnehercules.com/blog/ridiculous/feed 0 “Is that a 5D?” http://champagnehercules.com/blog/is-that-a-5d http://champagnehercules.com/blog/is-that-a-5d#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:36:08 +0000 Eric http://champagnehercules.com/blog/is-that-a-5d

"Is that a 5D?", originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

There’s a giant hole in the ground outside of my edit bay. It’s been there for a week now. This morning I walked by with my camera and one of the guys working in it asked, “Is that a 5D?”

We talked shop for a few minutes from there. He owns a 7D and a 5D. He uses both to shoot “about a job a week” in his free time. He was kind enough to let me take his photo as he took a break in “the hole.”

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Worst Front Yard (and Photomerge) Evah!, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

I wish the owners of this house (lower right corner) only paid $5 for it. It’s in a nice area of Burbank, though, so even with that giant Cancer-Causer in the front yard, it probably cost a small fortune. Oof.

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giraffe feeder, originally uploaded by tgreathead.

“Hi. I’m an asshole. I was at the LA Zoo today and decided to rip branches from a nearby tree to feed this giraffe. I have a degree in Giraffeology so I know what’s good for them. Its not like they’re on a special diet.”

- Taylor Greathead

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgreathead

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