Yes, I am eagerly anticipating the new TRON: Ares movie, the third chapter in the TRON movie franchise. Trust me. I saw the original TRON way back when it first hit cinemas (in my case, it was at the Sangertown Square shopping center in New Hartford, just a few miles away from college). Loved every…
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The New York State Fair Film Shots, 2025 Edition
I have several traditions when visiting the New York State Fair. These are important traditions. They must be upheld when possible. Oh, and one very important goal. I must take fair photos with one of my traveling film cameras, which will allow me to re-experience the Fair weeks afterward when the film negatives arrive. This…
Read MoreA photo contest where I send in a blind roll of film – should I enter it?
This looks interesting, and I’m sharing it in case anybody wants to enter this unique competition. Pro Camera Film Lab, a film processing service in Virginia, is offering a unique contest this year – a competition where the winning entries are sent in from your undeveloped film roll. You shoot a roll of film, and…
Read MoreNina Conti likes to play with her monkey
Ventriloquism is fun. The ability to throw your voice into an inanimate object, and then convince an audience that the object has its own personality and essence separate from your own, while trying NOT to move your lips throughout the whole performance – that’s tough. And there are a few legendary and famous ventriloquists who…
Read MoreHoly crap, is this the new TRON: Ares trailer??
You can have your “machine with a soul” movies like Ghost in the Shell or The Matrix. Or even old episodes of the Saturday morning TV show ReBoot. That’s fine. Enjoy them. But for me, the concept of humans interacting with a world of artificial intelligence has to begin and end with TRON. I saw…
Read MoreResults with the new digital scanner
Last week, I blogged about purchasing a new digital scanner for my film negatives. I had hoped that this new scanner – which involves capturing the photos on a miniature backlit light table with my cell phone, then using various software platforms to convert the negative into a positive – would improve my photography productivity…
Read MoreIs the Lomography DigitaLIZA+ film scanner my new film-to-digital replacement?
Point of clarification. I shoot with both digital and film gear. And when I shoot film, I usually give my pro labs the direction to scan the developed negatives and give me digital copies of those scans. On other instances, I’ll take the negatives and scan them in my flatbed scanner. Which … unfortunately ……
Read MoreGene Hackman was an actor’s actor.
You don’t win two Academy Awards and a ton of accolades for just being decent on screen. And Gene Hackman was more than decent. He infused life and energy into every role he played, no matter what the genre and no matter what the storyline. Don’t doubt me on this. Take a look at eight…
Read More“Groundhog Day” on the Royale With Cheese Movie Club
The “Royale With Cheese Movie Club” is a section of my blog where I finally get around to watching films that EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD has already seen. The category was named after the classic dialogue in Pulp Fiction, where Vinnie and Jules talk about what Quarter Pounders with Cheese are called in France. Now…
Read MoreCould “The Gutter” be the raunchiest bowling movie of all time? You tell me.
There might be maybe three movies that feature the sport of bowling as a central plot line. And depending on your personal feelings about the sport, they’re either the best bowling movies ever … or an affront to the very sport. Of course, you must start off with the classic The Big Lebowski and all…
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