Over the river – March 2020
Taken with Ansco Speedex on expired Kodak Tri-X 400 Over the river – March 2020 I love how this tree hangs over the river. I've photographed it many times and assume I…
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Rail side – March 2020
Taken with Ansco Speedex on expired Kodak Tri-X 400 Rail side – March 2020 I'd forgotten to publish this one. It is from the same expired roll I shot Sweeny's Bench and…
What I saw somewhat recently #62: April 17, 2020
A few things I bumped into recently: Studio Ghibli Backgrounds – These are great. Reminds me to watch these again. Jonathan Yeo's Live Portraits – I hadn't seen Yeo's work before this,…
Common Merganser takes flight triptych
Common Merganser takes flight triptych – April 2020 Sort of a triptych I suppose. I wish I had set the camera to a much faster shutter speed but I just didn't have…
Instagram’s TOS
Allen Murabayashi, CEO of PhotoShelter, regarding Instagram's TOS: The language is typical of many photo sharing sites (including PhotoShelter), so in that sense it’s unremarkable. The company needs the ability to redisplay…
Wildlife from recent quarantine walks – March/April 2020
Looks to me like a red and grey squirrel mix Male Cardinal Male Mallard Sparrow taking flight Freshly flowered Forsythia Possible bilateral gynandromorph Cardinal (male and female) Nuthatch Chipmunk Male Garter snake…
Wolfram Physics Project
Stephen Wolfram continues to make me feel lazy: Today we’re officially launching our Physics Project. From here on, we’ll be livestreaming what we’re doing—sharing whatever we discover in real time with the…
Creating a bedroom camera obscura and making a paper negative
I'd been wanting to make my own camera for several months. Something simple like a shoe box pinhole camera. But then quarantine happened and I stumbled across Brendan Barry's YouTube video about…
What I saw somewhat recently #61: April 9, 2020
Some links for your edification: Chuck's Astrophotography – Amazing astrophotography from Chuck Ayoub on Instagram. See also, him capturing Comet ATLAS on Youtube. See also, Comet ATLAS. Camera Work – A quarterly…
Podcast: Seven Tubs in winter on 35mm
My friend Carl, painting plein air oil, on 35mm Seven Tubs in winter on 35mm Recorded January 13 2020. In spring 2018 Eliza and I walked Seven Tubs and I photographed the…
35mm film in a Medium Format camera
Ansco Rediflex, expired 35mm Fujicolor Superia 400 35mm film in a Medium Format camera From the same roll as my 2020 avatar are these select exposures of 35mm film hacked into a…
Indoor Voices
Remember when I opined that blogging may see a surge with all of this quarantine stuff? Indoor Voices – a new blog (on blogspot!) from over 80 quarantined writers. Kottke covers it…
My 2020 avatar
Shot on 35mm film retro fitted into an Ansco Rediflex Quarantine has me trying all sorts of experiments. One of which is retro fitting 35mm film into an old Ansco Rediflex medium…
Podcast: Talking gear and settings for shooting film – December 2019
Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 Talking gear and settings for shooting film – December 2019 Recorded December 24, 2019. In this…
Truck @ 40mph – March 2020
Konica Autoreflex T, expired Kodak Pan X film Truck @ 40mph – March 2020 Like all of my photos, there is a story behind this one. My boss gave me a camera…
NetNewsWire is the best RSS workflow on any platform
John Gruber: It’s exactly what I want in an RSS reader, and it has changed my daily reading habits significantly. It is, in a way, a return to what NetNewsWire was before…
Podcast: My first day shooting only film – December 2019
Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 Canon Rebel G, expired Kodak Color Gold 400 My first day shooting only film – December…
Cameron Moll \”returns\” to his site
Cameron Moll: BUT. But, my dear friends. After years of neglect, what a rush of joy seeing this site breathing again! What a privilege to be back in the author’s seat! Why…
Cameron Moll \”returns\” to his site
Cameron Moll: BUT. But, my dear friends. After years of neglect, what a rush of joy seeing this site breathing again! What a privilege to be back in the author’s seat! Why…
Penn Yan, New York – March 2020
Ansco Speedex • Ilford HP5+ 400 Penn Yan, New York – March 2020 This is a frame from my very first roll of new black and white film. It was taken on…
Magic Leap of faith
I've covered some news regarding Magic Leap a few times here on the blog. You can skim the posts here. I'll pull a quote from something I wrote in the summer of…
Studebaker – March 2020
Studebaker – March 2020 A few more medium format film exposures. These were also taken with the Ansco Speedex. This old Studebaker sits a stone's throw away from a river that runs…
VR-OS
VR-OS: A new operating system beyond the limits of your monitor Impressive concept. But far from being a reality. I would like something like this but in AR, so I can still…
What I saw somewhat recently #60: March 11, 2020
Here are some links I've found interesting lately. By the way, you can find the entire archives for this fits-and-starts series of posts. Interview with Director of CIDRAP – If you'd like…
Sweeney’s Bench – Scranton, PA – March 2020
Sweeney’s Bench – Scranton, PA – March 2020 This being my very first "serious" medium format film exposure using the Ansco Speedex 6.3 – a camera from the 1930s that is fully…
NetNewsWire for iOS is now available
NetNewsWire: You can go get it on the App Store! It runs on iPhones and iPads and requires iOS 13. Got it.
Gus Mueller on YouTube Premium
Gus Mueller: It made such a difference in the way I experienced YouTube, I can't imagine ever letting my subscription lapse. And in fact while I knew that YouTube was super important,…
Experiments in light metering
Update April 27, 2020 – I've now published a podcast episode related to these photos. As a follow-up to my previous post regarding my journey to-date in film photography – here is…
Why I’m shooting with film
Nearly a decade ago Eliza and I began to make our own wine and beer. We started out making quick batches in buckets, carboys, or other small containers. It allowed us to…
Rain over the Virginia Hills – 35mm – February 2020
35mm • Canon AE-1 Program • Kodak CG 400 Eliza and I pulled off the road to get this shot while we were driving north through a gorgeous area of Virginia a…