Currently Wired...

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

Heh...this should especially get my fellow sexy geeks in a lather. I was kicking around ideas about photos, and thinking about a few threads lately dealing with accurate photos. As a few of you may already know, I had this jackass posting fake reviews on That Enormous Review board over yonder. Basically, according to him, I was Jabba the Hut in a thong. Why? Who knows. I think sometimes people are just dicks for the sake of dickery.

So...what I did was set up a little photo essay of me holding June's issue of "Wired" magazine and showing my very un-Jabbaesque self in all my glory. This proved to be pretty effective, with that board actually removing both his fakes which they are pretty reluctant to do unless you've got a very strong case. Also, buddy seems to have taken the hint and buggered off.

Holy tangents Batman...anyways...so since that issue was resolved I've taken down those photos, but now I'm going to make it a regular feature; me posing with the current issue of "Wired" every month, and call the gallery 'Currently Wired'. Now I am wondering though, if that would be a problem legally, and, even if it is, should I actually worry about Steve Jobs cruising for escort sites and getting the vapours?

People who post long meandering posts want to know

 

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

Just picked up the August issue "10 Years That Changed the World". I'm going to do my photos then reward myself by diving on in. That's the only magazine that I truly devour cover-to-cover

 

[Svend]

That's one magazine I find difficult to read. Goddamned weird fonts in bizarre colours laid over other colours, sometime in reverse...
Just give me the frickin' copy in straight type for once.

 

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

Hot Off The Presses!

 

[Svend]

Nice fonts!
Can we see them san serif please?

 

[Eli]

Oh I get it. It's like when hostage takers show the hostage in a picture with the current daily newspaper.

Release the twins now!

 

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

It's like when hostage takers show the hostage in a picture with the current daily newspaper

Exactamundo

Am I right to assume that posing with a magazine is covered by freedom of expression?

 

[tboy]

VFF, that's pretty interesting what your' doing with the mags. Way back when I was into the internet dating scene I travelled to meet a few ladies who were advertising themselves (falsely). I found after a number of BS meetings that before I travelled again to meet someone I would ask them to take a picture of them holding up a recent newspaper and have the resolution enough so I could read the date.

Nice concept but if I could make a suggestion? You seem to be a sexy YL so posing with the magazine more provacatively might also be interesting lol.

You also might want to use different mags to interest some of us other nutbars such as:

sports illustrated (for the sports nuts out here)
Maxim (for us plain old regular nuts)
Rolling Stone
FHM
Stuff

etc

Really great idea btw....congrats

 

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

You seem to be a sexy YL so posing with the magazine more provacatively might also be interesting lol.

Thanks tboy...I was originally going to call it "Tits By Wired" so I'm definitely looking to get more boobies in there. It's kind of a logistical thing I need to figure out; trying to get my face, tits, and the magazine in there *and* trying to use a regular mouse as a trackball with one hand - because getting all that in there requires me to be too far back from the desk to have the mouse actually *on* the desk - while holding the magazine with the other hand kinda limits what I can do. I have no idea if that made sense to anybody but me...

I can probably set it on zoom so I can stand farther back and get more in the frame while still getting enough detail to make it fun. I shall experiment...

 

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

Nice fonts! Can we see them san serif please?

Doh! I just got that now...I plan to be going Helvetica all the way for September's photo

 

[skihrdr]

Thanks tboy...I was originally going to call it "Tits By Wired" so I'm definitely looking to get more boobies in there. It's kind of a logistical thing I need to figure out; trying to get my face, tits, and the magazine in there *and* trying to use a regular mouse as a trackball with one hand - because getting all that in there requires me to be too far back from the desk to have the mouse actually *on* the desk - while holding the magazine with the other hand kinda limits what I can do. I have no idea if that made sense to anybody but me...

I can probably set it on zoom so I can stand farther back and get more in the frame while still getting enough detail to make it fun. I shall experiment...

Try a gyro mouse from a place like Future Shop:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pr...ngid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10023091&catid=14266#

I had one for my home theater, so I could control the pc while being 15 or so feet away. It works as a regular mouse as well as a 'free air' gyro scopic mouse. Basically move your hand in the air and the mouse will work. The keyboard is fine, if you're comfortable with a standard notebook keyboard.

As for your idea, I like it - however, I would leave the pic as a provocative, yet tasteful image. I'm assuming that there are plenty of pics on your site that show your assets well (ok, I know, DON'T ASSUME SH!T!!, I'll check...)The idea of using Wired is great, worst that would happen is you get a cease and desist order - no biggie, move onto the next mag if it ever happens.

skihrdr

 

[Eli]

Actually you could take the cover of the mag, make a skin tight T-Shirt outta it and wear it for the photo.

 

[Vancouver Femme Fatale]

I would leave the pic as a provocative, yet tasteful image

That's a good point. I do have plenty of other pictures, and on the off-chance it bugs somebody at Wired it's better if the picture is more silly/cute than nude.

And I gotta get me that mouse! That's perfect for what I'm doing.

As for the t-shirt idea, Eli, maybe after I've got a full year's worth of photos I'll send a link *to* Wired and maybe they'll send me a t-shirt which I might wear accidently in the shower and then be forced to take a photo for insurance purposes