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My first photo books available for pre-pre-order
I have been working on producing a book of my photography for several years now. Organizing and curating your own work is a tough task of critical self-examination, second guessing, and pattern recognition. In the end I actually have three collections of photos centered on three themes. The titles are: Motion and Distortion Reflection and [...]
Tips for Buying a Camera on Ebay
I spend more time than I would care to admit watching cameras on Ebay. I have a feeling that my knowledge of cameras has come as much from Ebay, as it has from anywhere else. Why? Because when you are considering making a purchase, you do research. Research builds knowledge, and before you know it [...]
Panoramic Photography
I have been experimenting with panoramic photography for the last few weeks and I wanted to share some of the things I have learned and offer some tips for anyone wanting to learn how to take panoramic photos. This isn’t a comprehensive panorama tutorial, but it should cover the basics and point you in the [...]
Found Photography News
I wanted to make a quick post saying thanks to Lost at E Minor (and Ben Keys who wrote the article) for the kind words and the traffic. Also, thanks to Hongkiat.com for mentioning my affordable tilt-shift lens tutorial. Also worth noting is a pinhole Lego Camera Spotted on Flickr. That’s about all going on [...]
Photographers on Twitter
It seems like the number of photographers on Twitter is exploding. I have been using Twitter more and more lately and I wanted to help point you towards some lists of photographers who Twitter that I have used to get connected to Twitter Photographers. Here are some of the best lists of photographers on Twitter [...]
Receipe for Processing Film with Coffee, aka Caffenol
I made a post a couple months ago talking about how you can develop film using a mixture of coffee and vitamin C. Coffee Developer has been called “caffenol” and “folgernol” and there are various recipes online for making homemade developer with household products. In my last post there was a great video tutorial, but [...]
5 Essential Things You need to Do to Capture Excellent Group Photos
Taking photographs of a large number of people can be a huge, challenging task. However, with the right tools, knowledge, and most important of all, attitude, you can make your group photo shoots a lot more fun and easier not only for you but for your subjects as well. Apply the five essential tips listed [...]
Solargraphs: Extremely Long Exposures
As I continue to explore solargraphy, I wanted to show you my latest experiment. After about two months sitting in front of my house, I finally couldn’t wait any longer to see if my extra long exposure would turn out. The photo above is a solargraph taken with a pinhole camera using photo paper as [...]
6 Non-Traditional ways to use a Panasonic Lumix LX3
As you probably know I love pinhole cameras, antiques, hacked and modified cameras, and pretty much anything except for flawless image making devices. I like the chaos and the chance of photography. That’s where the excitement is for me. I am not interested in perfectly exposed, perfectly boring photos. So it may come as a [...]
Develop film with Coffee and Vitamin C
I have been talking about doing this experiment for a long time, but have never gotten to it until this weekend. It is possible to process your own film using coffee. Hard to believe, I know, but it works. The other ingredient besides vitamin C and coffee is washing soda. It was a little hard [...]
