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No cross processing, just plain ol’ C-41 processing with no color correction requested.

New from the Photojojo store… most of my photos are never really finished, now I can display them that way! I wonder if they’ll come out with a PC version?

LOMO Double

Hal 9000, circa 1981

Window Reflection, SOMA

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?

Zeno Place in SOMA SF, again

Another shot of Zeno Place, an alley in San Francisco fighting against modernization and gentrification.

Jukebox, Canon FTb

I’m continually amazed by the results I get with a good professional film,Â 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…

Produce market LOMO

Projector 2, San Francisco

Projection Room

Bicyclist on Townsend, SOMA SF

Rusty Gate, Napa County

Cube Light LOMO

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.

Slow Photography in an instantaneous age

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. Itâ€™s very liberating.

Sidewalk LOMO series – SOMA district, San Francisco

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.

Hunt for the West Chester Guerilla Drive-In’s secret AM broadcast

Portable AM Transmitter in a Pelikan case

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.

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Telecommunications Terms – a glossary

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.

Plates, Jingletown (Oakland) CA – Part II

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.

Plates, Jingletown (Oakland) CA

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!

Kitchen 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…