Cheap Coffee of the Week — FOLGERS CLASSIC ROAST
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 and don’t want to limit myself to one cheap coffee.
Posted on November 29th, 2009 in blog | No Comments »
Fun with a Vivitar PN2011 “panoramic” camera
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 cheap and plentiful, too.
Posted on November 25th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Leaf a la Jazz
Chromatic aberration? Pincushin distortion? Vignetting? Must be a Jazz Jelly!
Shot with generic 200 ISO $.99 store film.
Posted on November 19th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
My First Leica…
“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.
Posted on November 17th, 2009 in journal | 1 Comment »
Bell and Howell, more Plastic Camera fun.
More plastic fun with a Bell and Howell $1.99 junk store camera.
Posted on November 16th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Lomography is…
Lomography is… from Sofya Suhova on Vimeo.
Posted on November 5th, 2009 in blog | No Comments »
Cheap Coffee of the Week — ARCHER FARMS ITALIAN ROAST
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.
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 in blog | 2 Comments »
What Every Aspiring Photographer Should Know
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 photographer. Here’s my answer.
- Style is a voice, not a prop or an action. If you can buy it, borrow it, download it, or steal it, it is not a style. Don’t look outward for your style; look inward.
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 in film, journal | No Comments »
Disjointed, two.
Posted on October 26th, 2009 in journal | No Comments »
Airplane Graveyard, courtesy of LiveJournal
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
Posted on September 9th, 2009 in art, journal | No Comments »
Driving home
Posted on September 4th, 2009 in digital, journal | No Comments »
SOVIET UNION
Another forgotten photo – not quite sure where this was.
Posted on August 28th, 2009 in art, film, journal, lomo | No Comments »
The Big M Show, Lucky JuJu Gallery, 9/4/09
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 also be available at the opening, so make sure you drop by and say hello!
Lucky JuJu Gallery
713 Santa Clara Ave
Alameda, CA 94501
Press release HERE.
Image info:
“Twin-Boom Rocket”
1959 Oldsmobile, at Big M Auto Dismantlers in Williams, California. Visit the set page for more information.
Night, 120 second exposure. Full moon, natural and red-gelled flashlight.
[via flickr ]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 in art | 1 Comment »
Wondering about the Diana Mini
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 square frame would advance the same distance as a 24×36 image?
If you shoot one half-frame shot, then switch to square, then shoot half-frame again, how would the negative look? And, would your photo processing lab try and follow along, or just print evenly-spaced 24×36 prints regardless of what’s on the neg?
Posted on August 20th, 2009 in journal | 1 Comment »
LOMO’s New Mystery Camera
@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.
Posted on August 18th, 2009 in film, lomo | 1 Comment »
Photos of science fiction writers’ nests
In 2000, I found Kyle’s “Leicaslacker” pages and found his writing entertaining and his photos deserving of envy. I followed Kyle’s Armed America project through his LiveJournal, and continually wish I’d taken his photos.
Posted on August 13th, 2009 in art, journal | 1 Comment »
Miroslav Tichy, redux
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 caps, and rubber bands. Tichy mounts his photos in his own handmade frames and enhances them with pencil markings wherever he sees fit.
Posted on July 19th, 2009 in art, film | 1 Comment »
Light Test
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 ]
Posted on July 11th, 2009 in art | 1 Comment »
Exposure-Mat, a free light meter (no batteries required!)
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 for open shade, f/5.6 for overcast, f/8 for hazy sunlight, f/11 for sunlight and f/16 for snow, water, or bright surfaces in sunlight.
Here’s a great link to a do-it-yourself paper slider exposure meter. Use one of these and you won’t need a meter for 90% of your outdoor shots on print film.
Shooting an old retro camera without a meter and guesstimating exposure is a liberating experience. I recommend it.
[ http://expomat.tripod.com/ ]
Posted on July 5th, 2009 in film, journal | No Comments »
Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna (Updated)
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 in art, journal | 2 Comments »
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