Dec - 30th

Hipstamatic, make your iPhone plastic!

Posted at 6:14 pm | Filed Under iphoneography

Hipstamatic is an iPhone app that gives your photos a film/plastic camera feel. While there are many other holganizers and lomo-fiers available for iPhones, this is the first application I’ve fallen in love with. At $1.99, I couldn’t pass it up! From their press materials: Digital photography never looked so analog. The Hipstamatic for iPhone […]

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Dec - 23rd

Danger

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Dec - 20th

Weathered Aqua

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Dec - 13th

Cheap Coffee of the Week — CHASE AND SANBORN SPECIAL ROAST

Posted at 9:19 am | Filed Under blog

  This was another can’t-pass-it-up deal – $2.99 for 10.5 ounces at Walgreens. It’s a decent, medium-bold blend. I find myself making an afternoon cup on weekends. Normally, I never drink coffee on weekends after my morning cuppa.

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Dec - 8th

Homebrew Kodachrome

Posted at 6:05 pm | Filed Under film

This DIY Kodachrome machine (the “Filminator”) was created to produce more film stock after the company discontinued productions. Michael, the creator, notes, “Plastic and goop go in one end, and camera film comes out the other end. This is not a trivial undertaking.” [ DIY film via boingboing ]

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Dec - 5th

Polished

Posted at 3:32 pm | Filed Under digital, journal

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Nov - 29th

Cheap Coffee of the Week — FOLGERS CLASSIC ROAST

Posted at 11:41 am | Filed Under blog

Folgers was on sale for $4.99/10.5 ounce can at Safeway. It’s nowhere near as smooth as Yuban Original, but rich with nuances of formica counters, leatherette and chrome stools, heavy diner mugs, pies in refrigerated cases and waitresses named Vera. The can went surprisingly fast. I’d buy another can, but I’m playing the coffee field […]

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Nov - 25th

Fun with a Vivitar PN2011 “panoramic” camera

Posted at 5:41 pm | Filed Under art, film

I went out shooting with a Vivitar PN2011, a 35mm panoramic plastic camera. This is probably my favorite plastic camera to date, but I don’t know why. I think it’s big enough, the lens is wide enough, it feels sturdy enough and it’s got a lens cover to protect that $1.00 piece of plastic. They’re […]

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Nov - 19th

Leaf a la Jazz

Posted at 7:26 pm | Filed Under art, film

  Chromatic aberration? Pincushin distortion? Vignetting? Must be a Jazz Jelly! Shot with generic 200 ISO $.99 store film.

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Nov - 17th

My First Leica…

Posted at 6:06 am | Filed Under journal

“My First Leica!…” I’ve heard people raving about Leica glass for years, and I’ve wanted a Leica M series rangefinder for as long as I’ve been serious about photography. Leica quality comes at a premium price, though, and I could never justify the cost. Until now.

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Nov - 16th

Bell and Howell, more Plastic Camera fun.

Posted at 12:33 pm | Filed Under art, film

More plastic fun with a Bell and Howell $1.99 junk store camera.

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Nov - 5th

Lomography is…

Posted at 6:02 pm | Filed Under blog

Lomography is… from Sofya Suhova on Vimeo.

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Nov - 2nd

Cheap Coffee of the Week — ARCHER FARMS ITALIAN ROAST

Posted at 6:32 pm | Filed Under blog

Decent coffee? AT TARGET? Cheap. $6.79/12 oz bag. Ground or whole bean. Italian, French, Columbian and Guatemalan blends. Surprisingly smooth, not the freshest beans in the bag, but buzzworthy. Worth a look. Target sometimes has small bags of coffee for $1 and online $1 off coupons. Doesn’t get much cheaper than FREE.

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Oct - 27th

What Every Aspiring Photographer Should Know

Posted at 6:00 pm | Filed Under film, journal

Here’s a wonderful bit of advice for aspiring photographers from Cheryl Jacobs Nicolai at PhotoDino. What Every Aspiring Photographer Should Know These are my thoughts, nothing more and nothing less. I get asked all the time, during workshops, in e-mails, in private messages, what words of wisdom I would give to a new and aspiring […]

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Oct - 26th

Disjointed, two.

Posted at 1:26 pm | Filed Under journal

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Sep - 9th

Airplane Graveyard, courtesy of LiveJournal

Posted at 6:00 pm | Filed Under art, journal

Livejournal user alexdoomer2009 took this wonderful series of photos as an abandoned military airplane scrapyard, somewhere in the Eastern Bloc. I loved his pictures so much I wanted to share them here. All pictures are the property of “Alex Doomer” His original Livejournal post: http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/1928500.html More of his photos: http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/alexdoomer007

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Sep - 4th

Driving home

Posted at 3:59 pm | Filed Under digital, journal

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Aug - 28th

SOVIET UNION

Posted at 12:00 pm | Filed Under art, film, journal, lomo

Another forgotten photo – not quite sure where this was.

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Aug - 25th

The Big M Show, Lucky JuJu Gallery, 9/4/09

Posted at 5:59 pm | Filed Under art

You are all invited to the opening of The Big M: Classic Cars Under the Stars show in Alameda on Friday September 4th from 7-10pm. Joe Reifer, Mike Hows and I will be displaying some of our Big M imagery at the Lucky JuJu pinball Gallery. Discount prints and signed copies of my book will […]

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Aug - 20th

Wondering about the Diana Mini

Posted at 7:11 pm | Filed Under journal

So, if the Diana Mini can shoot 72 half-frame pictures on a 36 exposure roll, or 36 square exposures, does the film advance advance the film on 24×36 boundaries? Two half-frame shots should print out on a 4×6 print with a fine line between them, and normal spacing between 2 half-frame shots. I’m assuming the […]

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