Krappy Kamera Gallery
(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
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 in art, film, journal | No Comments »
Phone Line
De Soto Cab Phone Line. Lomo LC-A, Kodak HD400 film.
Posted on May 2nd, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
Continuing my window study
Window, LOMO Colorsplash camera, Fuji Superia 400 film.
A window I pass by every day on my way to and from work. This time, with a Colorsplash and Fuji Superia 400 film.
Posted on May 1st, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
Don’t think, just shoot
This LOMO mantra’s been getting easier for me – since I’ve been growing my hair longer and spring breezes are here, I’m having a hard time looking through the viewfinder without my hair getting in the way of the lens or the viewfinder!
I shot a roll of some generic $.99 cent store ISO 200 film on my way home last night and didn’t look through the viewfinder once. We’ll see how it turns out!
<Obligatory photo posting>
Posted on April 29th, 2009 in art, film, journal | No Comments »
Always check your settings…
I’m a bargain shopper, and when I see film on sale or closeout (which is happening more and more these days) I stock up.
I bought all of Walgreens’ Kodak HD400 film when they closed it out a couple of years ago, and it sat in my freezer ever since. I’ve had a fixation with slower speed film and my LOMO in a quest for the most saturation and finest grain, and so shot 100 speed film in my LOMOs and 400 in my SLRs. 100 speed film is getting harder to find, and I thought I’d try out 400 speed film to see if my bias was unfounded.
One benefit of 400 speed film in a LOMO is the extra two stops of film sensitivity. With the LOMO’s guesstimation zone focusing system, being able to stop the aperture down 2 stops helps widen the depth of field.
I loaded up a roll of HD400 in my LOMO and took it to the Mission Open Studios I blogged about yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised at how short the exposures were inside, even shooting in available light. I took 12 shots and was looking forward to seeing them. This morning, I took out my LOMO and noticed that I’d forgot to move the aperture setting back to A after shooting flash shots. This meant that ALL my shots yesterday were taken at f/16 and 1/60th second. I might be able to pull some detail out of them with photoshop; we’ll see how that turns out when I get the prints back.
The moral of this story is ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SETTINGS BEFORE YOU SHOOT.
Posted on April 26th, 2009 in film, journal, lomo | No Comments »
Plastic Camera Redux
I found a roll of old photos from my TIME Camera and tried cleaning up some of the spots and lines from processing in Photoshop.
Posted on April 26th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
HS TAK
HS TAK. Vivitar IC100, Fuji 400 film.
Posted on April 25th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
My new plastic favorite, the Vivitar IC 100
The Vivitar IC 100 is rapidly turning into one of my favorite toy cameras. I broke from my usual “100 speed film only rule” and shot this roll on Fuji Superia 400. With the fixed 1/85th second shutter and f/5.6 aperture, I can use all the light sensitivity I can get!
Posted on April 24th, 2009 in art, film | 3 Comments »
Art Explosion Open Studios this weekend!
From my friend Splicer’s blog.
I’m going to try to make the opening tonight, otherwise I’ll be there tomorrow.
Splicer and I go way back. He’s someone who knew me first as “Poindexter”…
Posted on April 24th, 2009 in art, journal | No Comments »
Refreshing
This pic came off the first test roll from my Vivitar IC 100, a $1 plastic camera I picked up recently. It’s pretty standard looking. The insides could come from a LOMO Colorsplash or any number of unremarkable cameras. A simple lens, shutter speed and aperture fixed at 1/100th sec and f/5.6, and cheap enough to take anywhere (and not worry about it)…
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Mannequin on Piedmont Avenue
Mannequin on Piedmont Avenue. Canon FTb. Fuji SuperHQ 100 film.
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
LOMO at night
45 second exposure, LOMO LC-A, handheld. Fuji 100 speed film.
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 in art, film, lomo | 1 Comment »
Light Fixture
Light Fixture, Nikon D70.
Posted on April 21st, 2009 in art, digital | No Comments »
Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire 057. Nikon D70.
Posted on April 20th, 2009 in digital, journal | No Comments »
Old LOMO Wall, 2009
I started putting my LOMOs into a patchwork using double-sided tape on an old piece of foamcore tape a few years ago, and got to the point where I needed something a little more usable. After a while, the prints would fall down, overlapping prints meant tearing the print when I rearranged them, etc.
I salvaged the ones I could, and replaced it with some hanger wire and stand-offs from Ikea. I mounted the prints on 5×7 index cards, and hang them using bulldog clips. I’ll post a pic when Lomowall Mk. II is complete!
Posted on April 19th, 2009 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
Chopsticks @ 50mm, Oakland, CA
Chopsticks, Canon FTb. Film unknown, probably Fuji 100
Old print, new scanner. This was taken in Oakland’s chinatown back in 2002 or so. I love the shallow depth of field you get with a slow film, an old mechanical SLR and a 50mm Prime lens.
Posted on April 17th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Big Brother
Posted on April 16th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Waves
Just so you know, it’s not all city shots and toy cameras around here.
Posted on April 16th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Barbed wire
Posted on April 14th, 2009 in art, film | No Comments »
Persnickety cameras…
My LOMO LC-A has had problems intermittently on the tail-end of the roll. It takes more and more effort to wind the film on, then at frame 18 or so the mechanism slips. It happened again so I shorted the roll and opened it up. It seems the take-up reel has cracked in a couple of places, and it wasn’t turning. I was able to free up the mechanism, but it’s still a little wonky. 20-year old Soviet-era plastic can’t be expected to last forever – as it is, it’s still going after 100+ rolls!
I took my Vivitar IC 100, the newest $1.00 camera in the family out for a test roll and noticed that the winder was an odd retrograde design. The guide sprockets rotate left to right, then the take up reel rotates counterclockwise. It jammed at frame 16, and I had to take the camera into a dark closet, open the back and manually feed the film back into the case. I could feel the sprockets had shredded at some point on the roll.
Posted on April 13th, 2009 in film, journal | No Comments »
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