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LEGO Detail
Depth of Field
Depth of field is easy with a film camera and a fast prime lens, and tricky to get with digital cameras – most have small image sensors, slow zoom lenses and image stabilization. One of the reasons I bought my Pentax MX-1 was that it has a large, relatively fast (f/2.8) zoom lens and a larger sensor than my trusty point-and-shoot digital camera. Shots like this show how close digital has come to film photography. I’m still not ready to get rid of the case of film in my freezer, though…
Mission, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Harmony, CA
Name That Font
Faded Door
Cart/Tracks
Cart/Tracks. LOMO LC-A, Generic 200 ISO film.
Window Grid
Texture 32
Roxy Music album cover outtakes
Here are some outtakes from Eric Boman’s shoot for the classic Roxy Music album Country Life, and the shoots for the covers of Stranded and For Your Pleasure. These are some of the most striking album covers of the glam-rock era, and there’s something weird and compelling about seeing them in this half-formed state.
Marillion
Steve Hogarth and the rest of the band, Fillmore Theater.
Hogarth
Steve Hogarth w/Marillion, Fillmore Auditorium
Cardboard Camera from Ikea
This cardboard digital camera by IKEA was given away last week to members of the press during the 2012 Fuorisalone, a design expo in Milan. According to IT Gizmodo, the camera can hold up to 40 photos on internal memory, has a USB connector, and will soon be in IKEA stores.
via laughingsquid
photo via Naonori Kuwata
Service
Woops!
New test
I started poking around the menus on my Elph 100 HS, and noticed that it’s got a “Toy Camera” mode – looks like it vignettes the shot. I’m torn – there’s a lot more flexibility with an iPhone and the dozens of applications available for it, but sometimes you can’t beat 12 megapixels, 3200 ISO, a decent flash and HD video. And a f/2.8 lens. And a shutter BUTTON.
June 11th Instawalk in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Wabi-Sabi
Wabi-sabi is the art of finding beauty in imperfection: it values simplicity, uncluttered, underplayed, and modest surroundings. Authenticity is key to wabi-sabi philosophy: the presence of cracks and scratches in things are considered to be symbolic of the passing of time, weather, and loving use–and should be embraced.
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