If you watched the video from a couple of days ago, you know the story already: how my darling, adorable wife went fabric shopping and came home with this big red plastic bag; and how I saw it lying on the floor, and instead of taking it to the recycle bin, I crawled around on …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
The Red Bag & RGB Levels
https://youtu.be/p7SAzPFPwes Pictures to follow…
Harmon Films – Ilford FP4 Plus (2)
I was impressed with the FP4 Plus the first time I shot it and I was looking forward to shooting it again. And after shooting through a roll, developing and scanning it, and processing the files into pictures, it didn’t disappoint, as long as I took the time to compose and consider the outcome.
Huger Foote – ‘Now Here Then’
After averaging something like two photobooks per month in 2015, I’ve sworn a bit of a moratorium on photobook purchases, not as any sort of resolution, per se, but just as a sort of test of will and patience. The end of the year, what with its Listmas and other nudges (gentle and otherwise) to BUY THIS …
drive-by Hipstamaticing
After the FG stopped working properly, I sorta laid low on the photographic front, processed film, made a video, and got caught up on my photographic to-do list while the rain poured down outside and Mom went about her usual activities. I shot with the phone some on the way to Arkansas, a tiny bit …
Digital and Film: singing in the rain
When you plan your vacation around photography—as most other things—it’s a bit of a bummer when it rains the entire time, but there are at least two great things that rain offers to photography: shiny clean things and drops on windows.
Digital and Film: dancing in the dark
I’ve been singing film’s praises for quite awhile, now, and it has its strong suits, for sure, but digital has something that film simply doesn’t: RAW.
