In order to use my film cameras, I have to find a suitable supply of – you guessed it – film.ย 35mm film?ย No problem.ย I can feed my Nikon F100 and Nikon EM cameras all day on 35mm film.ย I can get 120 film for my Rollei, and I can respool it onto 620…
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Vanguard saves the day!
I could sit here and use this blog as a place to vent my frustrations with corporate America.ย Yeah, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, I’m talking to you. But I’m not talking to you today. Because today I want to talk about some decent customer service.ย And it comes from Vanguard, the company that manufactures my…
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The results of BUILT 2014
This is the fourth year I’ve entered my artworks at Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT: Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes fundraiser.ย I consider BUILT the final entry for my “charity season,” my time where I can use my artworks to help generate funds for various organizations in need. Earlier this year, I found out that some of…
Read MoreReturn of the AGFA Scala
A few years ago, I tried shooting with AGFA Scala slide film.ย It was the only black-and-white slide film left in existence, and only one lab in the world can process it. AGFA Scala is no longer manufactured, and I haven’t shot with it in about four years.ย In fact, here’s some of the photos…
Read MoreReturning to a competition after a four year absence…
Four years ago, I submitted several of my Kodachrome photos to the Association of Photographers gallery show in London, as part of their “75 Years of Kodachrome” art exhibit.ย Two pictures – The Railsplitter and Toll Gate Ice Cream – actually made it on to the gallery walls.ย It was a major accomplishment for me,…
Read MoreMy entries for BUILT 2014
As much as I enjoy donating my photos and artworks for various charity auctions and fundraisers, I always appreciate being part of Historic Albany Foundation’s BUILT: Albany’s Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes fundraiser / art show.ย This year, the event will take place on Saturday, November 1 at the DeWitt Clinton Hotel in downtown Albany, as…
Read MoreCeci n’est pas un hรดtel.
It’s too early in the morning to start thinking about the works of Renรฉ Magritte.ย It’s Sunday, the sun has not yet creeped over the horizon, and I’m driving to an early-morning photo shoot. It’s too early in the morning to think about surrealism or witticisms.ย And certainly no way to think about it in…
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Whose cameras are you calling “krappy”?
What if you could take the cheapest, dingiest, slapped-together-with-spit-and-bailing-wire cameras… and somehow get a spectacular picture out of it?ย Well, that’s the new challenge for me.ย One last photo challenge for the year. The Soho Photo Gallery in New York City has a “Call for Entries” in its annual “Krappy Kamera” photo competition, in which…
Read MoreAn Adirondack goal for the weekend…
Over the weekend, fellow TU community blogger Stephanie Snyder wished me a good weekend and hoped I would take some awesome fall foliage pictures.ย “Happy fall foliage photo taking season!” she said. Yeah, I can do that… let’s see what the North Country looks like right now. The leaves are changing… sorta… slowly… I figure…
Read MoreCracking the barrier
I’m frustrated.ย This should work, in theory anyway… But over the past couple of years, it’s become more of a barrier than a blessing. Yep.ย I’m trying to make this Instamatic film do something special.ย And it’s not cooperating. Yeah, I know that nobody’s making Instamatic film any more, I know that much of the…
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