Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Today I shot film in Petersburg with Jake, and this evening I developed my first roll of medium format at home. It’s some kinda great rush you feel when you realize that what kinda control comes with this setup. I posted the top three pics from the roll on my photostream…
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Having Aperture has caused me to take another look at many of my older photos. I thought this was a fitting frame for the end of the major retail shopping season.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Okay, so I know the point of Christmas is a celebration of God’s Son coming to us, but I can’t help spilling some sweet details of Christmas gift giving between Val and I.
First, Valerie gave me Aperture 2, Apple’s professional photo-editing software. I’m only scratching the surface so far, but I plan to learn [...]
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Just in case I’m not blogging tomorrow on, oh, CHRISTMAS DAY, I figured I’d take a moment to wish a very merry Christmas to all who do and might read my website. Travel safely, if that’s what you’re doing, and God bless everybody.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have [...]
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Cheap trick, yes, but I still dig it
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Your life will end in 5 minutes but you’re the only person who can know that. Who do you kiss good-bye - your pet hamster, or Ernest Borgnine? THERE ARE NO OTHER CHOICES.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
So it turns out you can make your own B&W film developer using coffee, sodium carbonate (soda ash or washing soda), and water. I don’t know that I’m up for trying this out just yet, but it sure seems like a good idea in a pinch, and would likely work out much cheaper than [...]
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Quick! You’re building your dream house. Gambrel roof or Mansard?
Friday, December 19, 2008
If this doesn’t make you smile I don’t want to know what does:
Friday, December 19, 2008
I just finished skimming through the first 50 minutes of Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light and had to turn it off. Netflix delivered this DVD to my place nearly three months ago and I’m finally sending it back tomorrow morning, incompletely viewed.
Don’t get me wrong - the direction was great, the camera work was [...]