Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Of late, I’ve been testing different cameras and films by shooting at St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands.ย If things work, I put the finished photo in a short pile for an upcoming project.ย If not… I try again. And in the category of “try again,” I’ve tried – for many years – to get a…
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I love this Revolog boutique film.ย Especially the Tesla formulations, which add lightning strikes right onto the film itself. That being said, the other day I took a batch of Revolog Tesla film for a photo shoot.ย The thing with Revolog film is, you don’t know where or how the lightning will appear in the…
Read MoreI haven’t shot anything with my LomoChrome Purple boutique film of late, and a few weeks ago I wanted to break out a pack of the odd-colored film. LomoChrome Purple is produced by the Lomography film company, and promises to provide breathtaking pastel colors to your photos.ย And in this case, I had absolutely no…
Read MoreBackground. Last autumn, I photographed my friend Lauren as she tossed autumn leaves into the air.ย I used my Nimslo four-lensed film camera to capture the moment, and combined all four images into a magic-motion print. Lauren and the Leaves, Oct 2015 I posted the picture in my blog, and received some comment blowback from…
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While working on my “salty mug” photo experiments – pouring a mixture of boiling water and Kosher salt into unglazed mugs, and watching the salt extrude through the clay cup walls – I came across an exquisite unglazed teacup. Oh man, this would look so awesome to have the salt ooze through the carved characters…
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Some time ago, I found an article on PetaPixel about a photographer who used a landscape beach shot to create a waycool mind-trippy photo image. Ocean air salty hair A photo posted by Jati Putra Pratama (@jatiputra) on Aug 5, 2015 at 12:41am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js That’s waycool and mind-trippy. ย And you know I want…
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“Mr. Miller, we need to take X-rays of your teeth this morning.” Great.ย Put a lead apron on my chest, place some weird metal chew-device in my mouth, aim a long plastic tube-gun at my face, and then BEEP.ย Repeat times 17. Yep, I’m at the dental practice of Mohler and Choo, D.D.S., getting my…
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I had my model friend Lauren toss leaves in the air, while I photographed them (and her) with my Nimslo four-lens camera. Here was the best shot of the day, as far as I was concerned. I liked the way this image turned out.ย I really do.ย I actually thought…
Read MoreWhen I come up with a photographic concept, most times I can make it work simply because I’m the only person involved in the project.ย If I want to photograph a building, I will stand in front of it; I won’t ask the building to move to the other side of the street where the…
Read MoreWhen I visited the Durham Fair last September, I had my four-lens Nimslo camera handy.ย And yes, I took a few photos while I was there; the Durham Fair actually has a dedicated llama competition, and I wanted to capture some images of these majestic beasts. And I got these.ย Hope you like. View post…
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