Author: Kurt Weiske
Instagram at lunch
Taking photos on my lunch hour, listening to music, and publishing on the web, all from a smartphone. It takes the sting out of not having a jetpack in this iteration of The Future.
Unfortunately, I had to try 3 different locations to get a 3G connection from AT&T.
Spiral
Complaining about the iPhone’s camera?
Kyle Cassidy’s take on the iPhone’s camera, from his iPhonetography site:
THE CAMERA THAT COMES WITH THE iPHONE IS TERRIBLE
Many people decry it’s smallish megapixel count (3), but really, as any serious digital photographer will tell you, size doesn’t matter. The most frustrating thing about the image that comes from the iPhone is the noise. Not audible noise, but digital grain. That, and it’s slow response time, and of course, the lack of control: apart from aiming the camera and depressing shutter button, the user doesn’t have any control over aperture (fixed at 2.8) focal length, shutter speed, or even ISO, which swings from ~70 into the 1000+ range as it wants. The 3Gs has a “press here to focus” option that does adjust the exposure, but seems to refocus as it sees fit afterwards, more taunt than feature.
Tilt Shift Trees
Toy Trees
Playing with Lo-Mob on my iPhone.
Arch, Redux
Yesterday’s post reminded me of an old LOMO photo I took in 2002.
Arch, San Francisco
Yes, I’ve gotten that iPhone “plastic cam app” fever that’s going around.
Sidewalk Closed
Wheel
Nostalgia for the Now
(Here’s a great article by Peggy Nelson about nostalgia, memories, and how digital media allows us to interpret memories independently of what we capture on media…)
Photographs give us the ability to capture what we see, more or less. And apps give us the ability to capture what we wish. So what do we wish for? The seventies or a reasonable facsimile? More beautiful memories? A more beautiful everyday? …Nostalgia is a tricky thing.
Kodachrome – your last chance!
Dwayne’s Photo would like to remind the world that December 30th, 2010 is the last day of processing for all types of Kodachrome film. Any film that isn’t in their lab by noon that day will be returned undeveloped. If you’re in Europe, Kodak will accept prepaid Kodachrome film pouches until November 30th and forward them to Dwayne’s at no charge.
The elderly Kodachrome developing system will be dismantled after the final run, although Dwayne’s will remain open to process all types of modern C-41 compatible film.
Dwayne’s Photo – film processing and printing
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The Day My Grandmother Exploded, by Kyle Cassidy
[via Kyle Cassidy’s Livejournal ]
Two weeks ago I got this crazy idea in my head to find a ten year old 1.3 megapixel Leica Digilux and make a series of images with it based on lines people sent me from novels. Well, it’s done. It’s a 24 page booklet called The Day My Grandmother Exploded, a quote from Iain Banks “The Crow Road” suggested by Craig Zeni.
Three hundred people emailed quotes, I picked the first twenty. (Ed: Note – Me! Me! Me! I was one of the 20!)
Continue reading “The Day My Grandmother Exploded, by Kyle Cassidy”
Sunset over Fog
The best camera is the one you bring with you ALWAYS. I took this shot on my camera phone, while driving to a dinner date. My DSLR and my trusty LOMO were sitting at home.
Camerabag, More iPhone Camera Fun
I had a lot of fun with Hipstamatic, the iPhone camera application that’s taking my Facebook friends list by storm. It does feel odd to buy a $1.99 app to turn my $199 cameraphone into a $2 plastic camera, but there <<are>> benefits to going digital – for less than the cost of a roll of 120 film, I can shoot endless square format pictures.
I tried CameraBag, another fun photo manipulation app. This app doesn’t have the mind-mangling number of unintuitive film/lens combos that Hipstamatic has. I think I like it better.
The Camerabag filter names make more sense, at least – helga, lomo, 1974, fisheye.
Buy it at the iTunes store, or follow them on Twitter
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Eames SX-70 instructional video
A precursor to today’s digital era, Polaroid’s iconic 1972 SX-70 Land Camera is notable not only for its achievements as the first folding and first SLR instant camera but also for its perfection in form, function, and beauty. The revolutionary camera ignited and defined the instant era, allowing a photographer to focus solely on capturing the the moment at hand.
The Office of Charles and Ray Eames produced a 10-minute-long video advertisement, beautifully capturing the camera in all of its glory.
Wim Wenders for LEICA
This ad makes me want to sell my car and buy a Leica M8.2…
Holga D?
Holga D™ Concept Is The Netbook Of DSLRs
The Holga D concept by Saikat Biswas envisions a simple plastic-lens plastic-body combo for digital photography. Producing an ethereal quality that celebrates image imperfections like light leaks and inaccurate exposures art photographers that swear on film may finally make the switch. The Holga D strips away many excessive features of digital cameras that parallels the netbook-to-laptop functionalism ratio. For example, the Holga D daringly omits the reputedly vital LCD screen on its body to mimic the delayed gratification featured in film photography.
Read more about it here and here.
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