Wow… Thanks to that blog post title, I just made five people’s brains explode like the opening scene of Scanners! And twenty other people just ran to find their old grade school algebra texts! Anyways… In the photographic world of cross-processing (XPRO), photographers create surreal and astounding photographs by dipping their undeveloped film into alternate…
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Another “Split Film” photo – Feeling hungry?
I haven’t done my “split film” photo trick in a while – cramming two rolls of 35mm film into one camera and then shooting away. But last week, I prepared the Holga for another run of split film photos. Since I had to take a drive into Canada, I taped up the Holga with two…
Read MoreReaction to the 50 year old photo project
About a month or two ago, I started showing some of my photos on the reddit “photocritique” subreddit forum. The first one I displayed, the Coca-Cola “split film” image, suddenly got a ton of hits – and a visit from the editors of PetaPixel.com, who wanted to run an article on the tricky format. I…
Read MoreA new photography project: Best if used before you were born
Your packaged food comes with an expiration date. So do your batteries, your medicines and your camera film. Depending on a film’s storage, you have a chance of getting acceptable photographs for up to a few years past the date printed on the film’s box or wrapper. That’s why most photographers put their film in…
Read MoreMy first test shots from the Nikon F100
Update. Last week, I purchased a Nikon F100 35mm camera and added it to my photographic arsenal. Because of this, my beloved Kiev-19 and my Nikkormat FTn are enjoying a peaceful retirement on a shelf. So now what do I do with this new F100 in my possession? What do you THINK I’m going to…
Read MoreMore XPRO Photographs along the New York State Thruway
On my recent trip to Rochester, I decided to take some photos with Fujichrome Provia in my Rollei; then I had McGreevy Pro Lab develop them in C-41 chemicals (slide film takes E-6 processing, so cross-processing the film provides a surreal, dreamlike color scheme). This is a replica of the Statue of Liberty at the…
Read MoreCan you help find these stolen cameras?
On Sunday morning, I visited the Albany Camera Show at the Comfort Inn in Glenmont. I wasn’t really looking for a new camera; instead, I wanted to acquire some accessories – maybe some filters for the Rollei, some flash bulbs for the Ansco (I did find those, three boxes of “new old stock” flash bulbs…
Read MoreDown comes the Latham Water Tower
It’s been discussed and commented upon for years. Because of the need for a longer flight path into Albany International Airport, the iconic Latham Water Tower, along with its red-and-white checkerboard patten, was scheduled for demolition. No amount of preservation could save the water tower; besides, it was no longer a functioning water tower anyway.…
Read MorePlaying with Polaroid’s Polachrome Instant Slide Film
Beginning in 1983, and lasting until the early 2000’s, Polaroid – the leader in instant camera film – created a self-developing instant slide film. You took a 12-exposure roll of 35mm film, and instead of sending the film off to the developers, you placed the exposed roll into a special home developing machine – wait…
Read More2010: The Last Year of Kodachrome Film – my third art book!
One year ago, I created my first art book through blurb.com, a photographic collection of the faded painted brick ads on local buildings. The book, “Ghost Signs of the Capital District,” was published through blurb.com and did quite well for itself. I then created my second art book in October 2010, a collection of photographs…
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