And Mandy's out

© Joselito Briones

Heidi Klum finally said bye bye to Mandy last night in "Germany's Next Top Model". Yes, she with the long face is auf-wiedersehened last night. Did you see her do the pret-a-porter in the catwalk? She can definitely work at Hooters. And the paparazzi photos! Disaster. It was also obvious she was the least physically able among them. Couldn't run on the beach, couldn't do the superhero shoot, etc. Fiona on the other hand... first to finish the beach lap, and instead of stepping on the casting agent like Mandy did for the photoshoot, she carried him! I am so loving Fiona now. Too bad all the drama was done by Barbara (she's looking better and better! Her catwalk walk was so off though, like she's avoiding dog shit on the floor she was walking on). Next week maybe. At the end of last night's show, it was cut off just before Heidi talked to Fiona and Anni (she with the bad skin), and I assumed it was to auf-widersehen one of them, even after Mandy has been ousted. Nobody got eliminated last week, see, so they were supposed to do away with two models last night. I'm also taking Hana off of my predicted winners... not only is she the least thin among them, she's also the shortest. She's got really beautiful face, but her teeth are just off. So I guess now it's up to Fiona and Barbara...


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To the devil, you say!

"Spring in Upper East Side, Manhattan"
© Joselito Briones

You notice that new logo on the upper right corner of this page? That's what's new. I've taken so many photos and I've decided to offer some of them for sale for commercial purposes. I'm trying out iStockphoto. It's a slow process, it takes their staff about a week to review a photograph and approve it for inclusion in the portfolio. It's a good thing, probably, at least they're screening carefully.

Now about your photos. Don't worry, I'm not including personal photos. Although am not really sure what non-personal photos are, I'm sure I know which ones are personal. Pictures of friends are definitely personal, I'm not including them even though I have a signed model release that says I can. Well, unless you're an attention ho' like me and you write to me saying you don't mind if your photo is plastered everywhere. Once I put it out there though, there's very little I can do as to control how people use it. Your photo may end up in an advertisement showing the wonders of life, or it may be used to endorse laxatives. Hey!

Anyway, if you just want to have a print of your photo, I'll look for website I can upload high-resolution versions of "friendly" photos, so you can order directly from them.


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Kastanienallee

© Joselito Briones

This is a waiting bench in Kastanienallee, the heart of the "happening" scene in Mitte, in Berlin. I've got an overflow of photos now, so you'll be seeing a lot more of less-than current images. I'll be going to the US pretty soon, so it'll really stack up even more.

I'm trying a new way of putting up the pictures, using automated scripts, because it's getting difficult to update my photo website due to the sheer number of photo. I got a freebie gallery template from the internet and used it for testing: click here for a compilation of all the photos I've uploaded so far. What do you think, go this way or stay with simple html?


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