Comments on: Running From [The] Camera

Running From [The] Camera

Pater Aletheias — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:08:53 -0800

The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can. [via]

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:11:16 -0800

Hahahaha. Ok. Initial reaction is "What the fuck?" But I think it's cute. ::adds to bookmarks:: It looks like someone is hunting him down or something. Nice post!

By: newfers

newfers — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:17:20 -0800

I'll run away from this link now :)

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:22:37 -0800

Great idea. It runs a little thin after the first half dozen or so, but still, hey, creative. Thumbs up.

By: zouhair

zouhair — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:24:00 -0800

My first reaction is "What the fuck?" my second "Uh?" my third "What the fuck?"

By: peacay

peacay — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:27:10 -0800

Kudos for the idea. A flickr group of this might keep interest up for ... a week.

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:29:26 -0800

One day, as he's running away from it, someone is going to steal his camera.

By: Extopalopaketle

Extopalopaketle — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:37:17 -0800

Pretty neat, especially catching them mid-step in the air. With all that running, I was hoping that we'd see some of them getting progressively farther from the camera over time.

By: spock

spock — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:42:05 -0800

Yeah. Oughta have one with a guy much closer to the camera ready to grab it and run in the opposite direction. . .

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:42:08 -0800

If he ever robs a bank, and the video security captures a pic of him fleeing the scene, this blog may come back to haunt him as the police match the security camera footage with his running away pictures.

By: prost

prost — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:48:03 -0800

haha. look at that fatty run!

By: senor biggles

senor biggles — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:49:05 -0800

Nicely composed photos, well executed concept. I wonder if he gets into trouble occasionally for carefully placing a device in a public spot, fiddling with it, and then running like hell away from it while it beeps...

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:49:45 -0800

IronLizard: Some of the captions on his site and on flickr state that he has someone guarding the camera, which is a sound idea.

By: wilful

wilful — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:53:06 -0800

is this art?

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:59:31 -0800

is this art? Of course it is, what else would it be?

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:01:39 -0800

Looks like every single episode of "24", except Jack's been at the buffet a bit too long.

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:28:26 -0800

Some of the captions on his site and on flickr state that he has someone guarding the camera, which is a sound idea. I see. I thought he used the timer from necessity. I suppose it's not as gimmicky if this guard person was to take the photo. Still interesting.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:32:03 -0800

God, you people are so serious. I'm laughing out loud here; it's hilarious!

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:48:54 -0800

God, you people are so serious. Goofing off is serious business.

By: Holy foxy moxie batman!

Holy foxy moxie batman! — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:55:06 -0800

I was just thinking that he could stand to lose a little weight so it's good that he's getting his exercise. Look at that fatty run indeed!

By: pracowity

pracowity — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:06:09 -0800

He should do one on how far he can fall in two seconds.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:15:27 -0800

Yeesh. If I'd known calling it hilarious would bring out more moronic fatty jokes, I'd have stayed out of the thread. Good night, assholes.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:22:36 -0800

Hmm. I like it. Especially the one on the bus with the lime green vinyl seats.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:33:10 -0800

(sorry, that 'assholes' was pretty scattershot. Ignore it if you didn't make fatty jokes, thanks.)

By: Gankmore

Gankmore — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:22:13 -0800

it would be nice if he was skinnier and skinnier and further and further away from the camera with each picture as he gets more exercise and gets faster at running away from the camera.

By: brautigan

brautigan — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:38:01 -0800

"it would be nice if he was skinnier and skinnier and further and further away from the camera with each picture as he gets more exercise and gets faster at running away from the camera." Succinctly put.

By: rhymer

rhymer — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:58:31 -0800

Pointless, but honest about its pointlessness which makes it kind of fun.

By: econous

econous — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:48:08 -0800

I'm pretty sure it's the terrible choice in jeans, and blouson jackets that's making him look fat. In a majority of the shots he looks like a traveling jumble sale. Looking at the pic from his own studio and the one from the art shop, he seems to be in good shape. I fear, like a Mexican wrestler, we may never get to see his face or indeed anything other than his back.

By: bwg

bwg — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:23:47 -0800

This would make a great HomestarRunner toon. In this episode, StrongBad gets everyone to run from the camera and sells the pictures on eBay. He earns a total of 16 cents.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:30:34 -0800

I wait in eager anticipation for a series of follow-up series: Running Backwards From Camera Cartwheeling From Camera Bum-Shuffling From Camera Crab-Footballing From Camera ad augusta per angusta

By: john m

john m — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:35:06 -0800

I was more taken by the settings of the photos, most of them are very European.

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:07:16 -0800

Running Backwards From Camera I can see the bloopers from this episode making prime time.

By: Laotic

Laotic — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:19:39 -0800

How about: Set the timer to 2 sec, Throw camera high in the air. What, why not?

By: froghopper

froghopper — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:46:30 -0800

Laotic, do you mean like this?

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:02:14 -0800

This is hilarious.

By: effwerd

effwerd — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:04:46 -0800

I think this is wonderful silliness. He works in a nice bit of interesting variation, like running into a street, the run track, almost getting away behind the pipes.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:06:18 -0800

It makes me think of Dr. Richard Kimble and the one armed man. Nice work.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:06:56 -0800

Ghost Ridin' da pic. All tha' art skool kidz r doin it.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:27:21 -0800

I love this sort of thing. Go, running from camera man, go!

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:00:49 -0800

Reminds me of Bed Jumping. (Ghost Ridin' da bed?)

By: interrobang

interrobang — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:01:26 -0800

What a great project.

By: papercake

papercake — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:07:44 -0800

There should be one picture that he's not in, where he explains that he ran the opposite way.

By: Lord Kinbote

Lord Kinbote — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:23:13 -0800

He should try different means of locomotion to escape the camera: scooter, Segway, escalator, skateboard, ice skates, toboggan, diving board, trebuchet, the transporter from Star Trek...

By: drstein

drstein — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:45:03 -0800

What kind of tripod or other miracle "hold the camera seemingly in midair" device is using? I'm thinking that it was a human and not the self timer.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:08:49 -0800

This thread has a lot of drunken uncles.

By: wfc123

wfc123 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:13:55 -0800

Amsterdam looks nice.

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:48:47 -0800

Ah, I'm glad he has someone guarding the camera. My worry would be this: Imagine a man putting a device on the ground, in a public place, pushing the button and then running away.... I was almost afraid that at the end of the series we'd see the guy bullet-riddled and mobbed by security forces.

By: eli_d

eli_d — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:11:01 -0800

heheheh. it's links like this that keep me coming back to MeFi. great post.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:11:09 -0800

wfc123: "Amsterdam looks nice." Here's an Amsterdam project that I really liked: Wild pissing

By: jouke

jouke — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:27:23 -0800

Nice idea. And Meijendel is wonderful.

By: PreteFunkEra

PreteFunkEra — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:51:32 -0800

I want 2 minutes of my life back.

By: wilful

wilful — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:25:34 -0800

I was almost afraid that at the end of the series we'd see the guy bullet-riddled and mobbed by security forces. let me guess, you're American?

By: Football Bat

Football Bat — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:34:28 -0800

Beyond just 'hope I don't get taken in as an enemy combatant', I think this is probably even more hilarious in person. When people do something this committedly weird in public, people tend to act... oddly. Wonder if he ever ran into somebody on accident.

By: johngumbo

johngumbo — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:51:05 -0800

Great idea, pleasing, made me laugh. Then, made me wish he was a photographer who had a clue about making an interesting photograph. Imagine if they were also good photographs. THAT would be friggin' brilliant.

By: diddlegnome

diddlegnome — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:20:20 -0800

Fun little project. Thanks, Pater Aletheias.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:26:53 -0800

Then, made me wish he was a photographer who had a clue about making an interesting photograph. I don't think he is the clueless one.

By: peeedro

peeedro — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:38:16 -0800

They're all wearing pants! What a waste.

By: eustacescrubb

eustacescrubb — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:28:21 -0800

haha. look at that fatty run! What. The. Fuck. I keep forgetting immature dickweeds have Metafilter accounts.

By: kalessin

kalessin — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:37:47 -0800

The Internet: Where every troll is 14 or younger. At least emotionally.

By: Nathanial Hörnblowér

Nathanial Hörnblowér — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:50:39 -0800

There should be one picture that he's not in, where he explains that he ran the opposite way. There is one picture where you don't see him at all, and I thought to myself "Yay! He got away!"

By: johngumbo

johngumbo — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:51:58 -0800

R. Mutt: Excuse me? Did you look at the images? Yes, the idea is brilliant, but his photography has no sense of composition, lighting or color. He is a clueless photographer. They would be far better if he was an artist who was also a skilled photographer.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:56:35 -0800

Ah, but maybe he's so skillful that he's done that on purpose to make them look like untalented snapshots OOH ART.