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Category Archives: Photography, general
Introducing Kids in Madagascar to Photography: Results (3)
This is the third in series of posts in which I write about introducing kids to photography, using point-and-shoot film cameras from the 1980s and 90s, at the youth center, Le Cameleon, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. You can find previous posts in … Continue reading
Introducing Kids in Madagascar to Photography: Results (2)
This is one of a short series of posts in which I write about introducing kids to photography, using point-and-shoot film cameras from the 1980s and 90s, at the youth center, Le Cameleon, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. You can find previous posts … Continue reading
Introducing Kids in Madagascar to Photography: Results (1)
I wrote last time about the youth center, Le Cameleon, we crowdfunded and built in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and the project we organized to introduce a half dozen interested kids to photography, using point-and-shoot film cameras from the 1980s and 90s. … Continue reading
Twelve Months, Twelve Cameras, Twelve Decades…and One Film. #ATG365
In August 2017, the hosts of podcast Against the Grain discussed photographers’ tendency to immediately look at photos they’ve shot (chimping) and how film photography slows the process down, resulting in an increased emphasis on capturing the photo, without constantly worrying about … Continue reading
Posted in film processing, Photography, general, Vintage cameras
Tagged 365, 400, Against the Grain, antique, chimping, decades, film photography, Kodak, tri-x, vintage cameras
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Testing Silberra’s New Film
Tell most people there’s a new kind of photo film and they’ll think you’re crazy. But there have been a number of new film types over the last year or two – some reboots by companies like Kodak, new film … Continue reading
Posted in film processing, Film tests, Photography, general
Tagged black and white, film, Indiegogo, new film, Pan200, Photography, Russia, silberra
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Kodak T-Max P3200: My First Roll
A notification from 35mmc today with Hamish Gill’s review of Kodak’s re-released P3200 reminded me that I, too, recently shot my first roll of P3200 – I just hadn’t gotten around to sharing my results. I’m a little bit late … Continue reading
Posted in film processing, Other Places, Photography, general, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Addo, Alaris, elephant, film photography, Kodak, P3200, push development, South Africa, T-Max, zebra
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More Ilford Delta 3200
I posted awhile back about my first experience with Ilford Delta 3200 film – or any high-ISO film, for that matter. I was initially disappointed, but later the results grew on me. I had no idea just how much grain … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general
Tagged 3200, black and white, cemetery, contrast, Delta, high-speed, Ilford, ISO, Reunion
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Heartbreaking
As in many parts of the world, when you drive around urban areas of Madagascar, people will tap on your window asking for money. Frequently these are little people. There are many theories about how to respond – sometimes the … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Photography, general
Tagged begging, hunger, Madagascar, Photography, poverty, street children
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Introducing Analog / Film Cameras to a New Generation
You don’t have to be as old as me to remember using analog/film cameras. But there’s an entire generation entering university (depending on where you grew up) that has grown up with photography as a purely digital phenomenon – often … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general, Vintage cameras
Tagged analog, film, Photography, teaching, village, youth
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Washington, DC by Night
Washington, D.C. is an interesting place to photograph, but it goes without saying that it’s completely different from the photography environment we had gotten accustomed to in India. A couple of weeks ago we became aware that there was going … Continue reading
Posted in Other Places, Photography, general
Tagged Columbia, D.C., District, Jefferson, Lincoln, Memorial, Monument, moon, night, Photography, supermoon, Washington
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Stars over Shenandoah
It’s Labor Day weekend in the Shenandoah Valley and it’s packed with tourists escaping to the country to enjoy the fresh air, nature and sunshine. I wonder how many of them noticed the night sky? I used a low … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general
Tagged long exposure, night, Photography, Shenandoah, start trails, startrails
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Birdwatching from the Hotel Pool
One of the highlights from our recent trip to Jaipur was the beautiful hotel pool. On our last day there, fed up with the heat, waiting for an evening flight, we arranged for a late checkout and decided to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged bee-eater, birds, bulbul, diving, high-speed photography, passerine, Photography, red-vented
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The Ashram: Following in the Beatles’ Footsteps
One of the places we were eager to see on our recent trip to Rishikesh, in northern India, was the so-called “Beatles Ashram.” The former ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, on the left bank of the Ganges overlooking Rishikesh, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general
Tagged 1960s, abandoned, ashram, Beatles, black and white, domes, Maharishi, Mahesh, meditation, Retina 1a, Rishikesh, Yogi
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It’s 1914 and Everyone’s a Photo Critic
One hundred years ago this month, much of the world was at war. But in the United States – which would eventually mobilize 4 million military personnel – public opinion in 1914 was still firmly on the side of neutrality. This … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general, Uncategorized
Tagged critique, history, magazine, old photos, Photography, The Camera, vintage, world war 1
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Flower Collage
Here’s a fun photo project…and an idea I stole from my wife (I explained to her that I was improving on her idea – it didn’t go over well). Go find a green space and see how many flowers you … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged collage, flowers, photoshop
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A Brief History of Photography…as of 1912.
I have a few old camera magazines – about a century old. It’s fun to flip through them every now and then and consider how much has changed…and in some cases, how little has changed…in the field of photography. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1800s, Daguerr, Davy, history, J. Gordon Ogden, Niepce, Photography, technology, Wedgewood
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Photowalk: Gritty Black and White
One of my favorite camera/film combinations is a (relatively) cheap Ricoh Kr-5 Super II – at just over 20 years old, one of my newest cameras – and Tri-X black and white film. Lots of people go for “fine grain” … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, black and white, Chennai, gritty, mosque, thousand lights, tri-x
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Shooting with Expired Film
One of the folks I often get “found film” from accidentally shipped me unused film. Typically people will discover a partially or fully shot roll of film that has been completely forgotten inside an old camera. Sometimes (rarely) the roll … Continue reading
Multi-Camera Composites
I came across an interesting image-producing technique a few months ago, the “multi-camera composite,” on the Flickr page of Tony Kemplen. [Sidebar: Tony Kemplen is known for his “52 film cameras in 52 weeks” project, which he started in 2010 … Continue reading
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At the Fair – Chennai Style
There’s a place in north-central Chennai where they set up the local “fair.” Called the “Island Grounds”, it’s the site of the 40th Tourism and Trade Fair. To be honest, we skipped most of the trade fair itself, but found … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general, Photowalks
Tagged Chennai, Fair, ferris wheel, Island Grounds, night photography, photowalk
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Two Towers, Two Cameras, Two Views on Photography
Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers make interesting photographic subjects – not because they are the tallest twin buildings in the world, but because of their shape and the textures and patterns on the outside of the building. At night, they are lit … Continue reading
Diwali Fireworks – 7 Steps to Help Photograph them Effectively (Even if it’s Cheating!)
Yesterday I posted about scenes from Diwali (Deepawali), the festival of lights, as seen during the day in Chennai, India. The firecrackers that had been steadily and constantly building over the last few days continued to build until Saturday night, … Continue reading
Going to Goa: Rome of the East
When I asked some photographer friends what I should look to photograph in my (then-) upcoming trip to Goa, I was told, “Churches! Goa is the ‘Rome of the East’”. I did some digging around and discovered that in fact … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general
Tagged Basilica de Bom Jesus, churches, Goa, Photography, Rome of the East
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