Sep
30
One of the cameras I will be taking with me to the east coast is my beloved Holga.
Every proud Holga owner will tell you that a light leak in a Holga is an accepted risk of the trade, sometimes even sought after.
Myself, I don’t mind the light leaks however, recently I found out, my glass lens Holga (aka. Woca) (I have 4 different Holgas) produces a big red light leak at the top center of the negative which, to be honest, is quite ugly. I can only guess this particular light leak comes from the red counter window. And even though I’ve never taped my Holgas before I think this time I’m going to get the black photographer’s tape and seal her up.
And then I’m going to join the League of Photographers against Light Leaks…
Long Wharf, Boston
Camera: Holga 120FN Film: Ilford Delta 3200
Posted in Film photography, street photos, toy cameras
Sep
28
Next week I will be going to Virginia and Washington for a few days and since it’s going to be my first time in DC I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions of good areas for street photography. Let me know.
Posted in News & other stuff
Sep
28
Harlem, New York [2000]
I wasn’t sure what title will describe this process best; abused prints? Modified? Battered? Weathered? Distorted? Distressed?
So I decided to go with ‘altered’. It doesn’t sound as violent.
Altered prints, what are they good for? Actually,they can be a unique addition to various projects such as collages, altered art or journals. And since it’s such a free form you can “torture” your photo print any way you wish. However, keep in mind that most techniques won’t work as well with the homemade inkjet print and for best result you should use a photographic print which was printed in a photo lab or on a high end printing service such as dotphoto.com .
In order to achieve this distressed appearance I began with scratching lines onto the prints using an artist knife. Next I used sandpaper to get rid of the gloss appearance and bring out the color beneath the top layer of the print. In addition I randomly added acrylic paints and at last sanded the print again in order to bland the paints into the print.
Posted in Experimental, street photos, techniques
Sep
27
I think out of the latest polaroid sx70
I’ve been taking (and manipulating) recently,
this one is my very favorite one.
maybe because of the vintage point. maybe the mute colors.
or the framing.
but it doesn’t really matter.
Posted in Polaroid
Sep
26
As promised, last night I quickly put together the techniques page.
It’s a quick and dirty tutorial on some of the techniques I use, and even though it’s not much of a thorough explanation it will definitely help to get you started.
I would appreciate any questions in the form of comments (not emails).
Also as mentioned on the page I’m currently working on a book which will include all of these techniques and many more in much detail.
So if you would like to be notified when the book is published you can sign up here.
Posted in News & other stuff
Sep
25
No tricks.
The fastest and EASIEST way to take a picture which has this uniquely old photograph appearance is to actually use a classic camera.
Myself, I’m absolutely captivated by the charm of old photographs so I find it extremely cool I’m able to make 21st century images which look like they were taken ages ago.
One of the great things about old cameras is that most of them are inexpensive (not to say cheap) and can be found in thrift stores, garage sales and of course, eBay.
This picture was taken with a Yashica 35 GSN on a FUJI Superia 1600 in Hollywood.
Posted in Film photography, classic cameras
Sep
24
I thought about Andy’s comment and I think it’s a really good idea to write a tutorial about image transfer. In fact I think I will write concise and easy-to-follow tutorials about other techniques as well. so stay tuned.
Posted in News & other stuff
Sep
24
As I have the last couple of packs of time-zero sx-70 Polaroid film (I’m sure you already heard this film had been discontinued since March 2006) I find myself choosing my subjects extra carefully.
It’s kinda like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet while being on a restricted diet.
And as I take the whole practice of shooting a dying breed very seriously I began carrying around a small cooler container where I keep the pictures cold. This method prevents the emulation from fully developing and so I don’t have to work on the image right away.
Of course to avoid looking like a total loser walking around with this stupid container I make sure to keep it in my car while I take the pictures; it’s weird enough to be out there taking pictures with a bulky Polaroid camera. But I always pretend I don’t notice the puzzled stares.
Posted in Polaroid, Thoughts about photography
Sep
23
In the past I always made my image transfers from images printed on my Epson inkjet printer. Now I decided to try transferring photocopies I made of my photos in Kinkos.
I wanted to try transferring a photocopy for three reasons: 1) Curiosity, 2) different (and presumably higher quality) toner and lastly 3) because every time anybody talks about transferring images they are talking about photocopies.
I must admit this was no easy task. I found myself having trouble keeping the ink on my receiving surface and I had to throw a real fight trying to separate the original photocopy from the receiving surface. Maybe I waited too long after applying the transferring medium… I’m not sure.
Anyway, I’m going to try again and report the results back here. I have to; I made too many photocopies…
The image here was transferred onto a photo satin paper using Gel medium (Gloss).
Posted in Image transfer, Photographic art, street photos, techniques
Sep
22
Here’s my new blog I set up using wordpress publishing tool. There were a few (good) reasons for the big transformation but mainly it was due to Pixelpost being unstable lately and ever so limited with its choices to expand. And to be honest I think I simply got tired of the one- picture- a -page uniformed appearance of most photoblogs out there. WordPress, on the other hand seem to have more flexibility in layout and other variables so I’ll be probably changing stuff around here. quite often. Good.
Posted in News & other stuff
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