It’s hard to nap when the mind is racing.
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Getting closer…
I picked up a negative holder—Lomography’s Digitaliza—to aid in this scanning project. It’s a help, for sure: no worries about scratching the film, unlike the cardboard-and-tape versions; sturdy, seemingly well-built; no complaints. But it’s not the solve-all that I had hoped for. I still need to build a rig to keep it sturdy and slide along. …
A foggy day in Irving town
Tuesday was foggy, more than I’ve seen in a long time. I’m not sure how or why the phone captured this, but the fog wasn’t really billowing, if fog can even billow…
the portal
For Black & Wednesday, 10 December 2014: a test shot from the most recent Negative Scanning project…
Digitizing film without a scanner, redux (part 1)
Well, it only took me 3+ months, and I’m still not quite there, but I’m closer… much closer. After last time’s more-or-less failure (see the initial Digitizing Film without a Scanner series: part 1, part 2, part 3), and with the recent ordering of a dark bag, developing tank, C-41 chemicals, and various other supplies …
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every which way
(in a network of lines that intersect; in a network of lines that enlace)
Blurred Lines (LRBW-5 mix) (single version)
from the Blurred Lines series, not yet released.