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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Process

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…

Flip it and reverse it.

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.

Christmas Awesomeness

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 [...]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

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 [...]

Twinkleness

Cheap trick, yes, but I still dig it

Useless Pop Quiz #2

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.

Mountain-Grown Silver Halide Crystals, or, The best part of waking up is developer in your cup.

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 [...]

Useless Pop Quiz #1

Quick! You’re building your dream house. Gambrel roof or Mansard?

Ode to Beaker

If this doesn’t make you smile I don’t want to know what does:

Shine a Light

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 [...]