So over the weekend, some friends and I decided to visit Tulipfest. I packed my Nikon F100 film camera and a roll of Fuji 200, just to see what kind of pictures would come out with film. In other words, Chuck went old school. I did, however, put my favorite fisheye lens, my Kiev MIR-20H,…
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An orange universe: the world of “Redscale” film
Redscale photography was discovered by accident some years ago, and it’s created a new discipline in both experimental and lo-fi photography. What is redscale, you ask? Follow along. If you put a 35mm film cartridge into your camera and shoot, you’ll get normal pictures. Now what if you put that 35mm film cartridge into your…
Read MoreOld Film Shots: Ansco All-Weather Pan, circa 1964
This actually took a lot longer than I expected, but here’s what happened. I actually won an eBay auction in March for a pack of Ansco All-Weather Panchromatic 120 black-and-white film, with an expiration date of 1964. Unfortunately, the rollfilm took forever to arrive – and when it did, I noticed that the seller accidentally…
Read MoreThe Palace Theater at night, shot with efke film
I recently saw this fantastic photograph by Max Sinton on flickr. He used black and white efke 25 ISO film, and when I asked him how he got this tremendous shot, he told me that he shot at f/8 for approximately 45 seconds. Now, I can’t afford to go to Paris and shoot in that…
Read MoreWith a birth certificate, now I have proof
I’ve put up with this for too long. Is the birth certificate real or is it a fake? And why can’t I see the real birth certificate? Look, I’m willing to follow along as easily as the next person, and I’m not one to be classified as a “birther” or anything like that. But come…
Read MoreHappy first anniversary, Scott and Mindy
One year ago, a cute couple from Schenectady – Mindy and Scott – got married. Now why am I commemorating this on my blog? This isn’t a wedding blog. But one of the things I do discuss on this blog is photography, and one of my pictures ended up as part of their wedding announcement.…
Read More“Have you ever tried a Brownie?”
Even as the days tick down, the staff at Stuyvesant Photo are still keeping their commitment to their customers. I say this because on Friday night, I drove over to Stuy Pho to see if there were any deals left. I purchased a few things – a hot shoe bubble level, some photo pages, a…
Read MoreIt’s a PolaChrome world…
So yesterday, I posted pictures taken with Polaroid’s defunct 35mm instant slide film PolaBlue, which is supposed to create blue-on-white monochromatic images. Well, by the time I got the film, it had developed a color shift to create blue-on-magenta images. I also received a few packs of Polaroid’s color slide film, PolaChrome, and I popped…
Read MoreIt’s a PolaBlue World…
A month or so ago, I tried to mess around with Polaroid’s 35mm instant slide films, including the blue-white contrasting film PolaBlue. My first test results weren’t all that spectacular, and I was about to give up on the project entirely. Then I found another couple of canisters of both PolaBlue and PolaChrome film, and…
Read MoreOn May 10, we lose Stuyvesant Photo
It was a halftime trivia break at Brown’s, and I took a few moments and sent a text to my Street Academy trivia team buddies Jeremy and Alexis, who are now getting suntanned in Florida (they flew Continental, and as far as they told me there wasn’t a single problem with their flight). I then…
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