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 …
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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.
Digital and Film: drive-by shooting
On the way up to Arkansas, I had all cameras at the ready… I often forgot about one or the other, and I almost always forgot about the iPhone, bit I did get a few similar frames from all three…
Digital and Film, part 1
Back in December, I took a few days of vacation and travelled to see Mom up in Northwest Arkansas. In the days leading up to the trip, I hemmed and hawed over which camera(s) to take along, which lenses, films, what sort(s) of project(s) I might want to start/continue/pursue while there, etc., etc., etc. In …
Load Film in Subdued Light!
As far as I can tell, most commercial color negative film can be loaded under whatever lighting conditions you like: I’ve loaded Lomography Color 100 & 400, Fuji Superia XTRA, and some others under cloudless skies at high noon in August in North Texas with no problem. Sure, some of the more niche and limited …
