1. Overlapping Goodness - I have been using my Holga without either the 12 or 16 frame mask and getting some really nice results. I love the exaggerated vignetting and light leaks that occurred on every picture. These pictures all come from The Art of Waiting roll from September 2010, shot on Fuji Velvia. I also got some really [...]
  2. Lost Film Found - Funny things happen when you start to clean up your office, like finding rolls of film that you thought had been developed. Remember that cool FlashFun camera my friend Pam gave me? I can finally share with you the first roll of film I ran through it. It was taken in the summertime on a [...]
  3. Most Underrated iPhone App - Fusioncam, in my opinion, is one of the more underrated iPhone photography apps. I really love the ability to create double, triple or quadruple exposures and the fact that it has three different filters: black and white, saturated and washed-out color. Here are some shots I took this week. These are saws hanging on a [...]
  4. Phoebe’s Misadventures in Developing Film - Earlier this week I decided to tackle a pile of black and white film that’s been waiting to be developed for months. As I was setting up the chemicals my oldest daughter, Phoebe asked if she could help. Since I had four canisters to develop, each at different times, I readily accepted. I’ve been hesitant [...]
  5. Light Painting and Help The Photo Palace - Over the holidays I decided to try my hand at some light painting while walking along the streets of my town at night. For these shots I used my Smena 8 with Kodak Gold iso 400 film. I was getting warmed up here. As you can see, it’s just a hand-held long-exposure shot, but I [...]
  6. Fuji Natura Classica Review - The Fuji Natura Classica is a small, 35mm film camera that boasts the ability to take pictures in low light without flash. When loaded with 1600 iso film, the Natura Classica’s shutter speed is very fast in challenging light situations, which eliminates the inevitable blurry subjects that appear after attempting to hold the camera still [...]
  7. 2011 in Review - Happy 2012! Hope your holidays were fun and full of great food, drink, friends and family. I thought I’d share some of my favorite iPhone shots from the holidays. These were iPhone shots in Hipstamatic taken with my iPhone Holga lens turret on the ‘Quad’ setting. It was fun to goof around with the different [...]
  8. The Photo Palace Needs Your Help - It all started in the early 1990’s as an idea to capture portraits of America but with the advent of digital photography, Anoton Orlov decided his traveling darkroom, called The Photo Palace Bus, could serve a higher purpose: to educate and spread the knowledge of traditional and silver based darkroom techniques. Now he and co-creator [...]
  9. Recesky DIY Camera Adventures - The Recesky is a do-it-yourself TLR camera kit, much like the Gakkenflex. The camera produces beautiful, soft pictures often with a sweet spot of focus in the middle. The pictures I’ve seen remind me very much of lensbaby-type digital photos. I’ve been wanting to construct my own for quite sometime and FINALLY got around to [...]
  10. How to Dress Up a Brownie for the Holidays - Purchasing vintage cameras requires a certain leap of faith and sometimes instead of landing on your feet, your fall flat on your ass. Take my Brownie Junior Six-20. I spotted it in an antiques shop and thought it was a bit overpriced at eight bucks, but I got it anyways (turns out that’s about list [...]