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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tom Elenbaas in Iceland shot on Google Pixel 2 XL
Tom Elenbaas at Gjáin in Iceland, September 2018 In September 2018, when we visited Iceland, we ran into photographer Tom Elenbaas ankle deep in the waters of Gjáin in the south. I…
Podcast: Discussing film photography – December 2019
Snow dusted culm piles – 50mm • f/11 • 1/320s Discussing film photography – December 2019 In this episode of Photowalking with Colin I discuss my interest in film photography over the…
Podcast: A snowy photowalk – December 2019
55mm f/4 1/1250 Fresh Coyote track Beaver evidence A snowy photowalk – December 2019 Another episode that is simply a walk in the snow where I don't talk about too much but…
Podcast: Downy woodpecker – November 2019
Downy woodpecker – November 2019 In this episode of the podcast I cover the fact that photo gear really does matter. That doesn't mean that you can't start learning photography with any…
The Best of 2019 as told by me
At the end of the year I like to sit down and make a rather random list of the "best" things I’ve seen that year. I do this almost entirely from memory…
One-Picture-Promise
Rick Sammon, in a piece for Peta Pixel on Seeing, describes the One-Picture-Promise: When you are in a situation, imagine you only have one frame remaining on your memory card, and you…
Adrian (aows) on Photography
Adrian (aows): An imperfect composition, a rather dark or bright image, and less than ideal conditions could be ingredients for a great image. His Instagram account is one of my favorites. It…
An update on how to listen to my podcast Photowalking with Colin
The first few episodes of my new photography podcast have been a learning experience for me. How should I record, edit, distribute these episodes? With each episode I've been able to improve…
Richard Bernabe on Twitter
Richard Bernabe, in an otherwise good interview on his photography, says this about Twitter: I like Twitter, even if it does represent both the best and worst the Internet has to offer….
CaptionBot
Microsoft: CaptionBot.ai is powered by machine learning technology that identifies and captions your photos. When you upload a photo, it is sent to Microsoft for image analysis to return a caption. We…
Nick Carver on his photographs
Nick Carver, in an interview by Cody Schultz in early 2018: Certain artworks I've seen throughout my life have had a powerful impact on me. When I look at a painting by…
Photos from the Off to the pub episode of Photowalking with Colin
I'm unsure of the best way to share the photos for each episode of my podcast. But for now, I'll create a post for each episode that I share photos from. Open…
Sickler’s Pond to Elk Hill – August 2019
Sickler's Pond to Elk Hill – August 2019 I still have a lot to learn about manually creating HDR images using my drone. This was my first attempt. You'll notice the sky…
What I saw this week #59: August 23, 2019
At this point, the WISTW posts are woefully inaccurately titled and inconsistent in their schedule. The following are a few things I've seen recently that you may enjoy – but were certainly…
Om Malik, on his photo journey
Om: I find using a 24mm wide angle lens, a 90 mm medium telephoto, or a 280 mm tele lens akin to using saffron in my rice or black salt in my…
Bokeh: Private, independent, and user-funded photo sharing
Timothy Smith, on trying to promote his Kickstarter for Bokeh: I hate doing this type of stuff, but I feel like this idea is so important it’d be foolish of me not…
My photo in the Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau Spring Visitors Guide
I’m always pleased when my photos can be put to good use. It is why I license my photos the way that I do. A few months ago the Lackawanna County Visitors…
Licensing my images
(If I sent you to this page, it is likely because you're in violation of my license. Please read.) For the last few years my photos have been licensed as attribution only…
Is Instagram about to plummet?
When Instagram first started to hit popularity – long after their failed attempt at being a check-in service – the app was all about photo filters. Anyone could snap a photo with…
Google Pixel Night Sight on a Google Pixel 2 XL compared to iPhone Xs
My wife has a brand-new iPhone Xs and I have a one-year-old Google Pixel 2 XL. We always compare photos in a variety of situations. When she had the iPhone X my…