Feb - 15th
Other
Posted at 12:19 am | Filed Under art, digital
Here is another random shot I wouldn’t have caught if I hadn’t had a camera phone with me.
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 […]
Aug - 18th
LOMO’s New Mystery Camera
Posted at 12:45 pm | Filed Under film, lomo
@lomography has been all (ahem…) atwitter about a mystery camera announcement this week. The folks at Tongue in Chic seem to have blown the lid off of the announcement of the Diana Mini, a half-frame/full-frame 35mm version of the cult classic Diana plastic camera.
Jul - 19th
Miroslav Tichy, redux
Posted at 12:03 am | Filed Under art, film
Miroslav Tichy is a reclusive artist who has resided in his hometown of Kyjov, Czech Republic, for most of his life. Born in 1926, he was a painter until the late 1960s, when he started taking photos, mostly of local women sunbathing, using equipment that he built himself. The cameras are made of cardboard, bottle […]
Jul - 11th
Light Test
Posted at 2:53 pm | Filed Under art
Light Test is a collection of light test snaps from photographers. Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes when they’re getting the exposure right, testing out compositions, or just blowing off steam in the middle of a long shoot? [light-test.com via kottke.org ]
Jul - 5th
Exposure-Mat, a free light meter (no batteries required!)
Posted at 7:54 pm | Filed Under film, journal
I’m a big fan of the Sunny 16 Rule for determining exposure. Print film is forgiving enough that you don’t always have to get the exposure *exactly* right to get a good shot. The”Sunny 16″ rule, paraphrased, says, “Set the shutter speed to the reciprocal of the film speed, and set the aperture to f/4 […]
May - 29th
LOMO Double
Posted at 5:45 pm | Filed Under art, film, lomo
May - 27th
Window Reflection, SOMA
Posted at 7:23 pm | Filed Under art, film, lomo
I bought 10 rolls of expired Fuji Superia Reala 100 from the Lomographic Society. It’s been a while since I shot with Reala, but I can’t see any significant degradation in color. Maybe it’s not that expired, after all?
May - 27th
Zeno Place in SOMA SF, again
Posted at 8:14 am | Filed Under art, film
Another shot of Zeno Place, an alley in San Francisco fighting against modernization and gentrification.
May - 26th
Jukebox, Canon FTb
Posted at 10:24 pm | Filed Under art, film
I’m continually amazed by the results I get with a good professional film, an old-school mechanical SLR like my Canon FTb and a 50mm prime lens. This was shot pretty close to wide-open, probably F/2.8 at the most…
May - 22nd
Rusty Gate, Napa County
Posted at 6:03 pm | Filed Under art
Taken on a road trip, later on I couldn’t remember exactly where I shot this!
May - 20th
Sidewalk LOMO series – SOMA district, San Francisco
Posted at 6:25 pm | Filed Under art, lomo
Another sidewalk series photo from the SOMA district in San Francisco. I’ve walked the same streets and alleys in SOMA continually for 15 years and am amazed at the things I see for the first time when looking through the viewfinder.
May - 18th
Plates, Jingletown (Oakland) CA – Part II
Posted at 6:51 am | Filed Under art, film, lomo
Here’s a different perspective of the previous post, showing a little more scale of whatever these things are. And, my sense of scale is way off – those pallets in the background are probably 4 feet wide at least.
May - 16th
Plates, Jingletown (Oakland) CA
Posted at 8:21 am | Filed Under art, lomo
The scale of this photo is misleading. It looks like a small-ish dished plate, but they’re actually two machined plates approximately 12 feet in diameter. Taken out in Jingletown, a post-industrial/art studio/loft neighborhood nestled between Oakland and Alameda near the Oakland Estuary. Jingletown Open Studios coincides with the Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios […]
May - 15th
Kitchen LOMO
Posted at 6:00 pm | Filed Under art, film, lomo
No other camera can work with low light as well as a LOMO does. Load a roll of slow film, hand-hold the camera, brace it against a lamp post, hold your breath and shoot…
May - 12th
Barriers
Posted at 10:20 pm | Filed Under art, film
I do most of my shooting with a collection of junk store plastic cameras and a freezer full of film I’m working through. Digital doesn’t compare to film – not knowing what I’m going to get until I get the roll back is delayed gratification compared to chimping on a LCD display seconds after the shot […]
May - 12th
Graffiti in San Francisco
Posted at 5:10 pm | Filed Under art, film
More fun with the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, a cheap fixed-focus, plastic-lensed camera. SOMA/San Francisco, Fuji Superia 400 film.
May - 11th
Pepsi
Posted at 6:03 pm | Filed Under digital
May - 7th
Yellow
Posted at 9:17 pm | Filed Under art, digital
May - 1st
Continuing my window study
Posted at 10:08 am | Filed Under art, film, lomo
A window I pass by every day on my way to and from work. This time, with a Colorsplash and Fuji Superia 400 film.
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