Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Project 365 - On Film
A few weeks ago I was given a perfectly working Rolleiflex X and later a mostly working Yashica C by the same person. I have had a Yashica D for a couple of years or so but never really used it.
I don`t know why but ever since I received my Rolleiflex I have been completely obsessed with film and shooting like mad. It is nice to be back home in the film world again.
Having started with film as a kid but basically going cold turkey and shooting digital for the last 10 years I finally made a switch back to film for the most part. I am sure I will shoot digital from time to time for projects where instant viewing may be needed but not for my art photography.
On 1/1/10 I started a Project 365 with my Rolleiflex and am 6 days into it now. As far as I know not many of us who do 365`s are doing so on film.
My only issue is I wanted to do it mostly if not all on black and white but due to poor planning I did not think to get black and white medium format film until New Years Eve night. This is when I realized the only local camera store that would carry the film I wanted had closed this past summer and as of yet I still have not had time to travel to Sacramento to Pardees Camera to get the film I want.
So, I guess once I get what I have developed I will have to make the images black and white through Photoshop. I had hoped to not have to use Photoshop for this project or any of my film work for that matter.
Hopefully I can make it there this coming weekend.
I will post images from my Project 365 as soon as possible.
I don`t know why but ever since I received my Rolleiflex I have been completely obsessed with film and shooting like mad. It is nice to be back home in the film world again.
Having started with film as a kid but basically going cold turkey and shooting digital for the last 10 years I finally made a switch back to film for the most part. I am sure I will shoot digital from time to time for projects where instant viewing may be needed but not for my art photography.
On 1/1/10 I started a Project 365 with my Rolleiflex and am 6 days into it now. As far as I know not many of us who do 365`s are doing so on film.
My only issue is I wanted to do it mostly if not all on black and white but due to poor planning I did not think to get black and white medium format film until New Years Eve night. This is when I realized the only local camera store that would carry the film I wanted had closed this past summer and as of yet I still have not had time to travel to Sacramento to Pardees Camera to get the film I want.
So, I guess once I get what I have developed I will have to make the images black and white through Photoshop. I had hoped to not have to use Photoshop for this project or any of my film work for that matter.
Hopefully I can make it there this coming weekend.
I will post images from my Project 365 as soon as possible.
Project 365 - On Film
A few weeks ago I was given a perfectly working Rolleiflex X and later a mostly working Yashica C by the same person. I have had a Yashica D for a couple of years or so but never really used it.
I don`t know why but ever since I received my Rolleiflex I have been completely obsessed with film and shooting like mad. It is nice to be back home in the film world again.
Having started with film as a kid but basically going cold turkey and shooting digital for the last 10 years I finally made a switch back to film for the most part. I am sure I will shoot digital from time to time for projects where instant viewing may be needed but not for my art photography.
On 1/1/10 I started a Project 365 with my Rolleiflex and am 6 days into it now. As far as I know not many of us who do 365`s are doing so on film.
My only issue is I wanted to do it mostly if not all on black and white but due to poor planning I did not think to get black and white medium format film until New Years Eve night. This is when I realized the only local camera store that would carry the film I wanted had closed this past summer and as of yet I still have not had time to travel to Sacramento to Pardees Camera to get the film I want.
So, I guess once I get what I have developed I will have to make the images black and white through Photoshop. I had hoped to not have to use Photoshop for this project or any of my film work for that matter.
Hopefully I can make it there this coming weekend.
I will post images from my Project 365 as soon as possible.
I don`t know why but ever since I received my Rolleiflex I have been completely obsessed with film and shooting like mad. It is nice to be back home in the film world again.
Having started with film as a kid but basically going cold turkey and shooting digital for the last 10 years I finally made a switch back to film for the most part. I am sure I will shoot digital from time to time for projects where instant viewing may be needed but not for my art photography.
On 1/1/10 I started a Project 365 with my Rolleiflex and am 6 days into it now. As far as I know not many of us who do 365`s are doing so on film.
My only issue is I wanted to do it mostly if not all on black and white but due to poor planning I did not think to get black and white medium format film until New Years Eve night. This is when I realized the only local camera store that would carry the film I wanted had closed this past summer and as of yet I still have not had time to travel to Sacramento to Pardees Camera to get the film I want.
So, I guess once I get what I have developed I will have to make the images black and white through Photoshop. I had hoped to not have to use Photoshop for this project or any of my film work for that matter.
Hopefully I can make it there this coming weekend.
I will post images from my Project 365 as soon as possible.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Artists,don`t fear the eye doctor!
In September at the age of 37 I had my first complete eye exam and first pair of glasses ever.I had basic exams throughout my school years but never a full on exam.
In the 8th grade my vision started to get a touch fuzzy but I never did anything about it. Having had a lot of operations through my life util my teen years I got sick of doctors and developed a fear of"what will the doctors find if I go to one again?".
Over the years I guess my vision steadily got worse slowly bit by bit and I never really realized how bad it had gotten until the exam when the optometrist part of the test where she did the part of the test where she used the Phoropter for the "Same?Better?Worse?"part of the exam and I eventually saw things perfectly clear for the first time since 8th grade.
A week later I picked up my glasses and put them on and it was like a whole new world as I saw leaves as individual leaves,signs weren`t blurry,the smallest details were sharp as a tack.
I have not done any of my photography really for at least the last couple of years or so.Apparently my bad vision had a lot to do with that without me realizing it until I noticed myself gaining new inspirations from things I was seeing and actually started to pick up my cameras that have been gathering dust.
So,fellow artists...if you find yourself with any vision problems but are afraid of doctors or what they might find,go see your eye doctor.
I found out that my eyes are perfectly healthy outside of the blurry vision.
Also, I feared the glaucoma test because of the puff of air being shot onto my eye but this doctor did a much simpler test where they touch something to your eye to test the eye pressure.The doctor uses a simple eye drop to numb your eyes so you don`t feel anything.
If you schedule an eye exam just look for an eye doctor who uses the non-air puff test.
In the 8th grade my vision started to get a touch fuzzy but I never did anything about it. Having had a lot of operations through my life util my teen years I got sick of doctors and developed a fear of"what will the doctors find if I go to one again?".
Over the years I guess my vision steadily got worse slowly bit by bit and I never really realized how bad it had gotten until the exam when the optometrist part of the test where she did the part of the test where she used the Phoropter for the "Same?Better?Worse?"part of the exam and I eventually saw things perfectly clear for the first time since 8th grade.
A week later I picked up my glasses and put them on and it was like a whole new world as I saw leaves as individual leaves,signs weren`t blurry,the smallest details were sharp as a tack.
I have not done any of my photography really for at least the last couple of years or so.Apparently my bad vision had a lot to do with that without me realizing it until I noticed myself gaining new inspirations from things I was seeing and actually started to pick up my cameras that have been gathering dust.
So,fellow artists...if you find yourself with any vision problems but are afraid of doctors or what they might find,go see your eye doctor.
I found out that my eyes are perfectly healthy outside of the blurry vision.
Also, I feared the glaucoma test because of the puff of air being shot onto my eye but this doctor did a much simpler test where they touch something to your eye to test the eye pressure.The doctor uses a simple eye drop to numb your eyes so you don`t feel anything.
If you schedule an eye exam just look for an eye doctor who uses the non-air puff test.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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