I’ve had success over the years with my “splitfilm” pictures, in which I cram two rolls of film into one camera and expose the film at the exact same time – then, after the film is developed, I re-assemble the pictures digitally. Three years ago, my first successful picture in that discipline, Coca-Cola Relieves Fatigue…
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Time for a Social!
Last Friday, I took my girlfriend Nicole to the opening of the Troy PhotoCenter’s “One Day: 12-12-12” gallery opening. The photos on display were all taken on December 12, 2012 – ergo, the 12/12/12 motif – and she totally enjoyed the show and the artwork on display. By the way, the gallery show will run…
Read MoreA Dream Window achievement!!!
Yes, I’m still working on Dream Windows, my specialized art project in which I take salvaged window frames and repurpose them into dedicated artworks that chronicle my life experiences. Last year, I finished my fifth Dream Window, entitled The Thirst Quencher. If you want to see how that one was constructed, I chronicled everything in…
Read MorePower lines and trackless train trestles
Yes, I’m still experimenting with shooting “redscale” film, in which the film is inserted backwards into the camera so that the film’s back emulsion layers are exposed first. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But when it works… wow it works. Case in point. December 21, there’s maybe a chill in the air but there’s…
Read MoreThe dairy barn and Svema film
I’m going to find a way to make this wonky, gritty, industrial Svema B&W film work to my advantage. Yes, I’ve said it before. Yes, I’ve even said it before that. So a couple of weeks ago, I packed my Nikon F100 camera with some vintage Svema film and went out for a little shooting. …
Read MoreBrad Paisley made me buy a new camera
My girlfriend Nicole was very impressed by the fact that I have met and interviewed several popular musicians and bands as part of my previous employ with Goldmine magazine. She was especially impressed that I had met Brad Paisley, and that I had pictures to prove it. Well, I do have the pictures… but… Follow…
Read MoreChuck’s Top 10 Photos of 2012
Ah, the annual Top 10 list of the best photos that came out of my cameras this year. Not counting artwork that would later be repurposed into Dream Windows, these are my ten favorite pictures that were taken from January 1, 2012 to today. NIGHT TRAIN TO HEAVEN This was one of my two “Single…
Read MoreChristmas snows at Schuyler Flatts
December 25th. Time to wake up. Rise and shine. I glimpse out the window. Snow. First Christmas snow. The snow’s loose and powdery – enough to coat my car, but not enough to build a snowman or a snow fort. But there’s enough white powder on the ground to convince me to get out of…
Read MoreMore fun with my lo-fi cameras
As much as I appreciate my Nikon D700 digital camera and my high-end Rolleiflex Automat MX 120 shooter, I still have an affinity for my lo-fidelity cameras and the use of wonky expired film. Case in point. I can get great “industrial” shots out of my 20-year-old expired Ukrainian Svema B&W 120 film, which because…
Read MoreThe 12-12-12 Photo Project
Okay. The only way this is going to work is if I mention it RIGHT NOW, the day before December 12, 2012. This way, I have all you blog readers as witnesses to this project. ‘Kay? The Photo Center of Troy is having a call for entries for an event called: “12-12-12: One Day in…
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