After 2 or 3 years of use, my previous foam board sweep was dented and dinged, but still mostly usable, but it was just a bit too small. I had some leftover foam board sitting around, and promised Jim Grey that I’d write up a how-to post, so I made a new one over the …
Category Archives: Techniques
On Cross Processing, and other play time
In September 2010, I bought an iPhone 4. I discovered the camera (and Hipstamatic) within days and was soon shooting away like crazy. It’s now mid-November 2016 and I’ve moved into film photography with gusto. All this time, I’ve seen it as play, as learning, as testing out, and it’s been loads of fun, but …
stretch it out some
A reminder/exhortation to myself first: Somehow I just can’t help but think that life is a lot more varied than what is typically the subject matter for so much of Fine Art [and my] photography. And I can’t help but think it’s a real shame if that is the case simply because we’re [I’m] such a shy lot. …
Pull Processing C-41…Am I totally crazy?
Why would anyone pull C-41? Aren’t the times and temperatures ultra critical?
The Red Bag & RGB Levels
https://youtu.be/p7SAzPFPwes Pictures to follow…
Free-Lensing and Filthy Film
One great thing about interchangeable lens cameras is the ability to pop the lens off and hold it a bit away from the camera to add some interesting zoom-type effects or flip it around for some quick and dirty macro. Fun stuff. One horrible thing about the water in Irving is the strong variability in …
Converting Negatives the Easy Way!
While struggling to get through a backlog of negatives, and only due to the will and mercy of Allah azza wa jall, I remembered a discussion about color correction with the levels panel and decided to give it a try. After only 5 or 6 minutes, I realized that this a much better method than …
