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Taken on a road trip, later on I couldn’t remember exactly where I shot this!
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 in art | No Comments »
Another quick snap on my lunch hour in SOMA district, San Francisco. I scanned this one from the print instead of using York Photo‘s online scans.
Posted on May 21st, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/
essay-slow-photography-in-an-instantaneous-age/
Fast is fine, but slow can be much better.
Digital photography and the ascent of the Web have quickened our jobs. Instead of one deadline a day, we now have continual deadlines, bringing exponentially increasing speed to what we do at The Times.
One advantage of using larger formats is that the process is slower. It takes time to set up the camera. It takes time to visualize what you want.
When doing portraits, it enables the photographer to talk and listen to subjects, to observe their behavior. A camera can trap a photographer sometimes. You can look so intently through a viewfinder that you are unaware of the picture in front of you. When I use an 8-by-10 camera for portraits, I will compose the picture and step back. Using a long cable release, I will look at the subject and wait for the moment. It’s very liberating.
[ Fred R. Conrad, via nytimes.com ]
Posted on May 21st, 2009 in blog | No Comments »
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.
Posted on May 20th, 2009 in art, lomo | No Comments »
John Young says:
Back in 2007, you posted a link to the West Chester Guerilla Drive-In, where we project 16MM movies at secret locations from the sidecar of my 1977 BMW motorcycle:The kit-built AM transmitter in the photo you posted is the MacGuffin, a secret AM transmitter in a waterproof case hidden somewhere in the area, and broadcasting around the clock. In order to find out where movies are going to be shown, you have to find the broadcast, tune in, and discover the secret access code.
This year, the audio for the AM broadcast includes a freshly-recorded cover of “Brazil”, which you will probably remember as the soundtrack for the Ministry of Information in Terry Gilliam’s awesome 1985 movie.
You can see the MacGuffin and hear the first bit of the secret message on the Guerilla Drive-In website.
[via boing boing ]
Posted on May 19th, 2009 in journal | No Comments »
A key system has multi-line phones with keys that you press to get dial tone on a specific line from the phone company’s Central Office (CO), or to answer a call. In smaller key systems, incoming calls usually ring at several — or all — phones. In bigger key systems, calls usually go to the receptionist or attendant, who will then tell someone that he or she has a call on a particular line, often using the intercom to call one phone, or by making a paging announcement to several people, or throughout a large area.
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Posted on May 19th, 2009 in blog | No Comments »
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.
Posted on May 18th, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
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 on June 6-7th and June 13th-14th, 2009. It’s a great way to see a mind-bogglingly wide range of artwork, meet the artists in person and support a vibrant arts community directly. Check it out!
Posted on May 16th, 2009 in art, lomo | 1 Comment »
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…
Posted on May 15th, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
…But it’s not moving around much.
My local film sources are drying up, and I’ve had to resort to buying film on the (gasp!) internet. Wolf/Ritz Cameras used to sell Fuji Superia 100/24 4 packs but the last few stores I checked said they haven’t received ANY FILM in their last few shipments. WAL*MART and Walgreens are closing out their 110 film; I bought WAL*MART out of their Kodak 400 110 a few weeks back. Last year, Walgreens had a run on Kodak HD 400 and Kodak 400, both great films. I bought 9 rolls, in retrospect I should have bought more – HD 400 has wonderful colors and surprisingly small grain. I haven’t been able to find Lucky 100 film in years, I’m down to my last half-dozen rolls dated March 2005.
100 ISO film has been scarce for some time; as people shot with point-and-shoot cameras, they needed the extra 2-3 stops of exposure to make up for slow zoom lenses. The industry stepped up to the plate, and new 400 and 800 ISO films are much less grainy and much more vibrant than old 400s were in 2000.
So, what’s left? The internet is still going strong. B&H, Adorama and Amazon all have stocks of 35mm. Cheap film is getting scarce, but semi-pro and pro film is still going strong, but at more bucks per image. Your Local $.99 Store may surprise you. Often, $.99 200 ISO no-name film is really Fuji, Agfa, or another brand. If you’re shooting film in a $.99 camera, why not try $.99 film?Ditto for expired film. Don’t be afraid to experiment. The Four Corners Dark Store and the Lomographic Society have expired film specials, and most indie camera stores will sell their expired film or “short” film (film due to expire Any Day Now) at a discount
Keep your eyes open for closeouts.
Good Hunting!
Posted on May 13th, 2009 in film, journal | No Comments »
Barriers. Vivitar UWS, Fuji Superia 400 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 was taken.
…And what can compare to opening the envelope and seeing the print in your hands with that memory captured seemingly forever? Hold the print just right and you feel like you can reach in… Digital doesn’t do that.
Posted on May 12th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Graffiti, SOMA San Francisco. Vivitar UWS.
More fun with the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, a cheap fixed-focus, plastic-lensed camera. SOMA/San Francisco, Fuji Superia 400 film.
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Greyhound Station, San Francisco CA. LOMO LC-A, Kodak HD 400 film
Posted on May 4th, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
(I so missed this – that’s what I get for not subscribing to EVERY BLOG OUT THERE… Do check out the link to the 2008 winners…)
Soho Photo Krappy Kamera® Competition
In the upstairs gallery, the Krappy Kollage–all the entries (over 1,400) for 2007’s Krappy Kamera show.
The beginning
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Posted on May 3rd, 2009 in art, film, journal | No Comments »
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