Tag Archives: urban photography
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Hal 9000, circa 1981
Bicyclist on Townsend, SOMA SF
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.
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.
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…
Barriers
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.
Pepsi
Greyho
Greyhound Station, San Francisco CA. LOMO LC-A, Kodak HD 400 film
Phone Line
De Soto Cab Phone Line. Lomo LC-A, Kodak HD400 film.
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.
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>
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.
My new plastic favorite, the Vivitar IC 100
Mannequin on Piedmont Avenue
Mannequin on Piedmont Avenue. Canon FTb. Fuji SuperHQ 100 film.
Barbed wire
BENT-28
I don’t know what this means. But I liked it.
Seven Eighty
Lomo LC-A,Fuji SuperHQ 100 film.
Mimicking film with digital tricks
Pssst! I’ve got a secret!
Most decent imaging programs have the capability of automating actions. With the right actions applied to a photo, you can easily mimic some of the quirky qualities of your favorite film camera on multiple photos and bundle the actions to share with others.
To Wit, the Holganizer. With it, you can take a rectangular, well exposed digital image and make it look like it was taken with the Holga, a $30 plastic camera. This was taken with a Canon SD110; for the original, see the previous post.
The film banner on the top and bottom are a nice touch, but unfortunately they don’t change when you make another Holganized pic, making the viewer think you’re permanently stuck on exposure # 9.
For a good Holga action, see the previous link. There are tons of LOMO actions for Photoshop and The Gimp, just a google search away.
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