Last week, I mentioned that I did some a/b shooting with the JCH Street Pan, loaded in the Lomo LC-A (32mm) and the Ricoh 35 ZF (40mm), and promised a followup… Before I get into it, remember that the LC-A underexposed everything by a couple of stops for some unknown reason (possibly old batteries) and …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Six Pillars – Introduction
For the past year, I’ve attended the After Shahada Project classes with Imam Nick Pelletier at the Islamic Center of Irving. In Season 1, we covered the 3 questions of the grave (I might dig into those in the future) from “The Three Fundamental Principles,” a 12th century tract by Imam Abdul Wahhabi, and it …
Unboxing ‘Patpong: Bangkok’s Twilight Zone’
Nick Nostitz’s Patpong: Bangkok’s Twilight Zone (London: Westzone, 2000) is not for the squeamish. The photography catalogues the nightlife of Bangkok’s Patpong district during the mid and late 1990s. I heard stories about Bangkok back then: a wild place where you could get and do just about anything, and where you could also wind up in …
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First Harvest
Better late than never, I guess…
Eid Mubarak!
A reminder to myself first…
Eid Mubarak!
Today, Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al Adha, the Celebration of the Sacrifice, commemorating Abraham’s (yes, that Abraham) sacrifice (yes, that sacrifice) and marking the end of Hajj for the many millions who were fortunate enough to attend this year. Eid al Adha is the major holiday in Islam, sort of akin to Christmas, but somewhat more …
JCH Street Pan review
It’s been a long time coming, but I finally have two rolls of film developed, scanned, and processed. Here are my thoughts.