Eid al Adha, the celebration of the sacrifice, begins on the 13th of Dhu al-Hijja and lasts for 4 days, and commemorates Abraham’s sacrifice. God willing, it serves as a reminder to be patient, generous, and willing to give of ourselves and our wealth. In 2021, it fell on the 20th of July* and I …
Category Archives: Photography
(not) channeling Hiromix
If you think you can just throw some film in a cheap camera, shoot around awhile, and come up with Girls Blue or Hiromix, think again. I knew I couldn’t, knew it would take much more than 2 rolls, and if I really want to try, I need to keep at it for a year …
(Not) Channeling Ninagawa
About halfway through composition of my review of Ninagawa Mika’s Sugar & Spice, about 5 minutes after I discovered (and ordered a copy of) the Acid Bloom series, I felt inspiration and excitement like I haven’t in a long time. I ran to the camera shelf, grabbed the OM10, 50mm f/zuiko, and a +4 Macro …
Film Shooters: Refrigeration is Your Friend
I’m not sure how I ended up with two rolls of Fuji Super G. Maybe one came from a Oli’s Choice or similar mystery expired box from the FPP, or maybe a lot of expired film from the ‘bay; I think the other came from an Emulsive Santa event, maybe the 2019 version, but I’m …
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A week with the Harman Black & White camera
As a Muslim, I don’t celebrate Xmas at all, but, and shame on me, in late 2020 when CameraFilmPhoto launched their Advent Calendar, I jumped on one. Also, as an avid film enthusiast with some environmental concerns, I mostly avoid single use cameras, and while I heard of the Harman single use Black & White …
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Fuji Super G and the Nikon Negative Digitalizer
I’m not sure where I got the idea to use some ancient Fuji Super G, exposed at EI 50 in the LC-A, as my first test of the Negative Digitizer function in the newish scanning camera (the Nikon D780). I’m also not sure how expired the roll of Super G was, or how it was …
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Washi Pano-F
The Zenit Horizon S3 u500 is a great camera. I don’t shoot it often enough. Washi F is a sound-recording film repurposed as a niche photographic film from the self-proclaimed “world’s smallest film company,” Film Washi. Here’s what happened when they met.
