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Sometimes, when I'm distressed by seeing hundreds of clean, too-perfect digital photos, all turned up to 11, I browse this book from Judith Joy Ross. Simple portraits and scenes, mostly using an 8x10...
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I haven't written much poetry since the angsty-teenager stuff in high school. There was one time (in 2012) when I was sick of writing regular "Morning Pages" and instead wrote a 750-word poem all at...
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Speaking of photos of ordinary people, here are a few more from my stack of found negatives. I think they're amazing.
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Or this one, which at first appears normal, until you notice that both of the gentlemen are wielding knives.
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Makeshift photo studio slash home gym slash listening room slash home theater slash aquarium slash nap hq.
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The great part about sheet film is "immediate" gratification. No waiting to finish a roll. I made two exposures just for fun less than an hour ago, and they're drying now.#FilmPhotography
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I hesitate to recommend Web Curios only because getting through each issue can be exhausting. Lots of great stuff, though. https://webcurios.co.uk/(edit: It's "Curios" not "Curious" but you can...
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For example, in the current Web Curios I learned about Diane Lindo's stop-motion animation. She's like a modern Phil Tippett. https://www.instagram.com/dianee.lindo
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An f/1.4 lens can feel like overkill in both size and capability for a lot of normal situations, so I'm using the adorable little Color Skopar 35mm f/2.5 from Voigtlander. It's a really nice lens, and...
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Scanned the 4x5s I made today. We'll call this one a goofy "environmental self portrait". Alice was there to assist.Graflex Crown Graphic. HP5. HC-110(b).#FilmPhotography
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That last photo was taken with this beat-to-shit Crown Graphic. It's got rust spots and it's covered in gaffer tape, but I love it so much. It does one simple thing well.#FilmPhotography
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Oh my, look at what I'd gotten myself into by 2013. Film cameras were less expensive then, but good grief. I wanted to try everything, so I kind of did. All at once, it seems.
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Some days, I'd like to go back in time and be this woman, sitting alone, smoking, and enjoying a big glass of wine in a local bar. (This became illegal in Michigan May 1, 2010). Photo is from 2009.
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I should have never started looking at the old found negatives again. It's turning into a project.#FilmPhotography
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I'm making brand-new silver gelatin prints from century-old negatives and it's making me giddy. I had always planned to make a custom holder and dig out the 4x5 enlarger, but it occurred to me that...
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I don't really know why I'm doing this, but I want to keep going. They're such cool photos. Here's the first contact print.
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Instead of posting dozens of old negative scans, I'll just link to a gallery I uploaded a few years ago. https://static.baty.net/galleries/found-negatives/
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