I suck at Film

So I acquired a Diana F+ off of Craigslist recently, and what started out as a hobby has turned into an obsession. I went through 4 rolls of film in about 10 days, and most of the results have been less than stellar. I also purchased a scanner so I can scan in my negatives and not have to pay a printer, mostly because I’m a cheap bastard and film can be quite pricey.

Well right now I’m working on a 35mm roll in my Diana, and since the Diana normally shoots 120, the picture should bleed through the sprocket holes, kinda like this. I’m not expecting much with the first roll, but we shall see.

Here’s my first foray into the wonderful world of film:

The B&W film I used was Lomography 100 speed and it looks really crappy. I doubt I will ever use that brand of film ever again,

So I haven’t updated my blog in like a year, but I plan on updating my exploits with film more frequently. I also have my sisters Canon AE-1 35mm, I’ll post those as well.

Filed under: California, Fun List, Lomo, Orange County, Photography , analog, diana f+, film, lomography, southern california

File Magazine

Wow, I’m kind of stoked on this. I submitted a few photo’s to File Magazine and they accepted one and put it in their collection.

Here it is:

http://www.filemagazine.com/thecollection/archives/2009/02/saltonseaskyand.html

File Magazine is a little different than your traditional photo magazine, here’s a brief synopsis:

Welcome to FILE magazine. We publish images that treat subjects in unexpected ways. Alternate takes, unconventional observations, odd angles — the photographs in the collection reinterpret traditional genres.

This is the image they took:

Enough of the self promotion.

Filed under: California, Photography, Uncategorized , amatuer, file magazine, Flickr, Links, Photo, Photography, Pictures, Salton Sea, self promotion, web site

Fun with the 50mm

I could of sworn that I just heard the word “bitch” on Sesame Street. I could be wrong.

Look at these pictures from my Nikon 50mm 1.8 and laugh at the idea that Sesame Street is teaching America’s youth pimp talk.

Doggy in hand

This is a water faucet in my backyard I've never used.

I Sesame Street was teaching America’s youth pimp talk, I can’t think of a better place to learn it from.

Flickr is still KING!!

Filed under: California, Nikon D80, Photography , 1.8, bokeh, Flickr, Fun, household items, Kids, lens blur, nikon 50mm, Photo, Photography

The lighting at Ikea makes good photo’s

My family is a bunch of hot sluts for IKEA. Their hot dogs, Smaland and of course their .99 Frozen Yogurts.

The IKEA warehouse also has good lighting for pictures.

There’s a term I hate that photographers use, and that’s the term Bokeh. I prefer the term “Lens Blur”, because I don’t feel like such a pretentious goofus when I use it.

Filed under: California, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography , 50mm 1.8, bokeh, Ikea, lens blur, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photo, Photography, Picture

Shooting Perfect Strangers

There is this blog I read everyday called greyscalegorilla, and a month or so ago he posted about taking pictures of perfect strangers, so I decided to try. This is my first attempt.

It’s really bad, but I will keep trying.

If you haven’t been to the Greyscale Sight, I would definitely peep it, the author kind of yell’s at you to do your best and to get creative from time to time. Sometimes you don’t want to hear it, but sometimes it’s what you need to hear. Also, tips on design and photography. Look I’m not on this dude’s jock or anything, although this post seems like it, just if you’re into creativity, just look it up and get inspired by a white dude from Chicago.

Another thing, I should just break down and buy a really good point and shoot so I’ll always have one in my pocket. The D80 is too bulky to take everywhere.

Filed under: California, Los Angeles, Nikon D80, Photography, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized , Adobe Lightroom, greyscale gorilla, Los Angeles, Nikon D80, Photos, stranger, Update

JPG Stories

My friend Chad Cheverier wrote this very nice piece about a friend of his that has passed.

Read it here:
Phil Park

Thank you friends.

Filed under: California, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized , a-rod, britney spears, celeb gossip, chad cheverier, Friends, jpg, madonna, perez hilton

Photo’s from the day

I meet my wife for lunch at Ikea today, partly for lunch, partly to pick up a toy tea set for my daughter’s friend Nina. It’s been raining like non-stop here in socal for like 3 days, and for Pittsburgh that’s nothing, but for California that seemed like the end of days. So we have this mountain in Orange County called Saddleback Mountain and everyone has been freaking out over the amount of snow on it. What’s ironic is that it actually gets snow like once a year, sometimes for a week, sometimes for a few hours, depending on the amount of sun it gets the following week. So I took my camera to get a few pics.

Clouds Galore.

Oh well, maybe tomorrow I’ll have better luck.

We had fun with Tegan at Ikea. Sofie played in smaland while we shopped.
Here are the pictures:

Clouds over Ikea.

Tegan and Amber.

Tegan and Amber with sunlight peeking over Amber’s shoulder.

Amber & Tegan walking through the warehouse.

Tegan taking a sip.

All of my photos are hosted by Flickr , which is probably my favorite site in all of the world. Flickr is magically babelicious. I’ve had a pro account for the past 2 years and have well over a 1000 photo’s on it. I did however let my pro account recently expire, and asked my wife to renew it for me for Christmas. Easy Christmas gift.

Alright next post will be sIFR related.

TV On The Radio has been the music in my ears all day. The first and third album.

Staring at the sun indeed……

Filed under: California, Lomo, Los Angeles, Music, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography , Adobe, Costa Mesa, Ikea, Landscape, Lightroom 2.0, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photos, Santa Ana, TV on the Radio

W.I.L.T. Cascading Style Sheets 4

After a minor setback, I finally understand why I wasn’t able to get the sIFR to work. You are unable to test it on your local server (your computer), so I’m in negotiations with my awesome sister in law to see if I can borrow some server space to get them up and running. I found help via a website called Design Intellection that breaks it down for you like you’re a 5 year old. Or a 3 year old if your name is Michael Scott .

More to come after I put my daughters down for a nap and I snag a couple pictures of Saddleback Mountain with snow on it. Happens every year, but people always seem to forget come summer.

Filed under: Books, California, Cascading Style Sheets, Javascript, Orange County, Web Design , Cascading Style Sheets, Dreamweaver, Javascript, Saddleback Mountain, sIFR

My first video on YouTube – Time Lapse of course

Here it is:

It’s nothing special I know, but I was just playing around with my new Pclix having fun.

Filed under: California, Fun List, Music, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography, Time Lapse, Uncategorized , CA, D80, Nikon, Orange County, Scion, Time Lapse, Vampire Weekend

New Time Lapse @ 6 FPS – T & J Playing Games

I’m not sure what this game is called, but Jim & his family call this game Lagger’s. It was introduced to the family by a man named Bill, and he thinks he is way pro at this game. Jim & I school this guy everytime we play him. Not to gloat, but yeah we whip his ass and it pisses him off.

The Notorious TDPT & J

Best if viewed at the original site:
Vimeo in HD

Filed under: California, Fun List, Introduction, Music, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography, Time Lapse , Beer, Camera Control Pro, Fun, Games, Music, Nikon D80, Orange County, Time Lapse