Tilt Shift Trees
Posted on March 31st, 2011 in art | No Comments »
Toy Trees
Playing with Lo-Mob on my iPhone.
Posted on March 30th, 2011 in art | No Comments »
Arch, Redux
Yesterday’s post reminded me of an old LOMO photo I took in 2002.
Posted on March 30th, 2011 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
Arch, San Francisco
Yes, I’ve gotten that iPhone “plastic cam app” fever that’s going around.
Posted on March 29th, 2011 in art, digital | No Comments »
Sidewalk Closed
Posted on March 25th, 2011 in art | No Comments »
Wheel
Posted on March 11th, 2011 in journal | No Comments »
Nostalgia for the Now
(Here’s a great article by Peggy Nelson about nostalgia, memories, and how digital media allows us to interpret memories independently of what we capture on media…)
Photographs give us the ability to capture what we see, more or less. And apps give us the ability to capture what we wish. So what do we wish for? The seventies or a reasonable facsimile? More beautiful memories? A more beautiful everyday? …Nostalgia is a tricky thing.
Posted on January 10th, 2011 in blog | No Comments »
Kodachrome – your last chance!
Dwayne’s Photo would like to remind the world that December 30th, 2010 is the last day of processing for all types of Kodachrome film. Any film that isn’t in their lab by noon that day will be returned undeveloped. If you’re in Europe, Kodak will accept prepaid Kodachrome film pouches until November 30th and forward them to Dwayne’s at no charge.
The elderly Kodachrome developing system will be dismantled after the final run, although Dwayne’s will remain open to process all types of modern C-41 compatible film.
Dwayne’s Photo – film processing and printing
[via retrothing ]
Posted on October 22nd, 2010 in film | No Comments »
Wall 23
Posted on October 13th, 2010 in art | No Comments »
The Day My Grandmother Exploded, by Kyle Cassidy
[via Kyle Cassidy’s Livejournal ]
Two weeks ago I got this crazy idea in my head to find a ten year old 1.3 megapixel Leica Digilux and make a series of images with it based on lines people sent me from novels. Well, it’s done. It’s a 24 page booklet called The Day My Grandmother Exploded, a quote from Iain Banks “The Crow Road” suggested by Craig Zeni.
Three hundred people emailed quotes, I picked the first twenty. (Ed: Note – Me! Me! Me! I was one of the 20!)
Posted on October 6th, 2010 in blog | No Comments »
Sunset over Fog
The best camera is the one you bring with you ALWAYS. I took this shot on my camera phone, while driving to a dinner date. My DSLR and my trusty LOMO were sitting at home.
Posted on September 16th, 2010 in art, digital | No Comments »
Camerabag, More iPhone Camera Fun
I had a lot of fun with Hipstamatic, the iPhone camera application that’s taking my Facebook friends list by storm. It does feel odd to buy a $1.99 app to turn my $199 cameraphone into a $2 plastic camera, but there <<are>> benefits to going digital – for less than the cost of a roll of 120 film, I can shoot endless square format pictures.
I tried CameraBag, another fun photo manipulation app. This app doesn’t have the mind-mangling number of unintuitive film/lens combos that Hipstamatic has. I think I like it better.
The Camerabag filter names make more sense, at least – helga, lomo, 1974, fisheye.
Buy it at the iTunes store, or follow them on Twitter
Posted on September 14th, 2010 in art, digital, journal | No Comments »
Post No Bills
Posted on September 9th, 2010 in journal | No Comments »
Eames SX-70 instructional video
A precursor to today’s digital era, Polaroid’s iconic 1972 SX-70 Land Camera is notable not only for its achievements as the first folding and first SLR instant camera but also for its perfection in form, function, and beauty. The revolutionary camera ignited and defined the instant era, allowing a photographer to focus solely on capturing the the moment at hand.
The Office of Charles and Ray Eames produced a 10-minute-long video advertisement, beautifully capturing the camera in all of its glory.
Posted on August 18th, 2010 in art | No Comments »
Wim Wenders for LEICA
This ad makes me want to sell my car and buy a Leica M8.2…
Posted on August 7th, 2010 in digital | 1 Comment »
Holga D?
Holga D™ Concept Is The Netbook Of DSLRs
The Holga D concept by Saikat Biswas envisions a simple plastic-lens plastic-body combo for digital photography. Producing an ethereal quality that celebrates image imperfections like light leaks and inaccurate exposures art photographers that swear on film may finally make the switch. The Holga D strips away many excessive features of digital cameras that parallels the netbook-to-laptop functionalism ratio. For example, the Holga D daringly omits the reputedly vital LCD screen on its body to mimic the delayed gratification featured in film photography.
Read more about it here and here.
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Posted on July 23rd, 2010 in digital | No Comments »
Rnjz
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 in art, film, lomo | No Comments »
Hawaii via toy camera
Posted on July 16th, 2010 in film | No Comments »
First Shot, Third Canonet
This is a medium-res scan from a test roll out of my third Canonet QL 17 GIII. It’s been one of my favorite cameras over the years, and one of the best deals out there if you’re looking for a cheap rangefinder. Canon sold lots of them, so there’s spare parts galore. It’s easy to take apart, so DIYers can buy spare bodies and tinker. (See above)The dedicated flash is dirt simple – tie the aperture to the distance setting and change the aperture when it senses a flash.
This was taken with a skylight UV filter on, I had to correct a serious yellow/green cast. Or, maybe that was my 10 year old, $.99 film? Or maybe this is the Matrix?
Posted on July 15th, 2010 in journal | No Comments »
Meters, Hanapepe HI
I was in Kaua’i last week, spent most of my time lounging at the pool and the beach, but took some day trips (short trips, given the size of the island!)
Hanapepe is a funky little artists community on the southwest side of the island with old buildings, artists galleries, a laid-back bohemian feel, and some of the best coffee and sweets on the island, at Blue Planet Cafe.
I brought my LOMO LC-A+ and shot 3 rolls of film. I’m thinking about switching back to my old 1990 LC-A, though. I like having framelines and focus indicators in the viewfinder, and I wanted to shoot with my color flash. The LC-A doesn’t have a setting to force the aperture/shutter speed, so I wasn’t sure how the pictures would turn out. I would have liked to get some shots of “colorsplashed” palm trees at night.
I took most of my shots with my Blackberry Tour 9630 – with a resolution of 3 megapixels, image stabilization, and an adequate flash, I barely took my digital point-and-shoot out of the case!
Posted on July 11th, 2010 in art, digital | No Comments »
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