August 21, 2009 • 2:29 am
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
I’ve ignored this blog of mine for a couple months now. Maybe I’ve been a little busy to share, and truth be told, I do this more as a time capsule for myself than anything else. I do have a few photo’s to share…
Friday night was intended for the family to make a short trip down south to San Diego for Cara’s graduation party but we were unable to acquire babysitting, so Cara, I’m sorry, but we had every intention of going.
We had babysitting for Friday night only and we drove into Los Angeles to hang out with Ryan and Gina.
We ate dinner in downtown (Blue Cheese Fries = crazy delicious) and ended up at Akbar in Silverlake where the drink situation is wack. Bring cash.
We ended up being in the car quite a bit due to traffic suckin. So I basically took a picture at every stop light, and the results were pretty lackluster, here’s the best.
Even did a tiny timelapse, and I mean tiny.
Filed under: Nikon D80, Photography , 50mm 1.8, apartment, downtown, handheld, Los Angeles, Night, Nikon D80
February 22, 2009 • 4:59 am
February 19, 2009 • 4:34 pm
Amber and I have some friends named Gail and Guy, and they threw a Valentines/Birthday party on the 14th.
Below are the best pictures. My goal was not to fire the flash.
Filed under: Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography , Flickr, Link, nikon 50mm 1.8, Nikon D80, party, valentines day
February 17, 2009 • 2:53 pm
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
February 15, 2009 • 12:28 am
I rode my bike to 7-11 to get a Slurpee with Crysta. I actually towed her via jump rope and we both talked about how immature it must look for a 33 year old man towing a 24 year old lady on roller blades to 7-11 to get slurpees. But then we said who gives a shit, because if more people rode bikes to 7-11 for Vanilla Coke Slurpees, then everybody wouldn’t be so fuckin miserable.
Another thing. I absolutely love the neighborhood I live in.
Filed under: Nikon D80, Orange County, Photography , 7-11, bike ride, nikon 50mm 1.8, Nikon D80, Orange County, Photos, slurpee
February 12, 2009 • 5:59 pm
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
February 9, 2009 • 4:32 pm
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
February 7, 2009 • 5:40 am
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
January 22, 2009 • 6:10 pm
This kind of came from an idea of putting together a bunch of short timelapses into one. Play-doh is one and I have other ideas that would be too short to put together as a stand alone timelapse.
Shortcuts, if you will.
Enjoy
Filed under: Nikon D80, Photography, Time Lapse , D80, Flickr, Fun, Internet, Nikon, Nikon D80, Pclix, Photography, Photos, Play-doh, Time Lapse
