February 2007
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The golden age of camera design
I’m not going to pretend to be an expert, but I’ve had the opportunity to use what most would consider to be all the major form factors of cameras out there today: tiny film and digital point and shoots, film/digital SLRs, twin lens reflexes, rangefinders, large format field and monorail cameras.
And, at [...]
Getcha goodies fa nothin’
It’s been high time that I bought my own pigment ink photo printer. Obviously, that appeals to the control freak in me when it comes to my work, but it has also become increasingly difficult to get prints made with my usual sources.
I’ve been saving and doing quite a bit of research on the various [...]
Shooting the day away
Had a good day Friday. I lined up four interviews with environmental portraits for an upcoming special section. I used my off-camera lighting rig and it worked out well. It’s not obvious, over the top lighting for most of them, but I think it means my skill is improving with not making the lighting [...]
Happy Mardi Gras
Well, it’s been over a week and I’m still waiting for Ritz to call and let me know my film’s back. Gotta find a better way to get my b/w dev’d and scanned. Until I see the results, my little Russian rangefinder and hand-me-down Yashicamat will have to wait to see more action. Being that [...]