I took a little time off and haven’t been shooting or developing any film for a few weeks. It feels good. Every once in awhile I like to step back and leave the cameras at home. This week a friend has been talking about flatbed scanners which had me thinking about the first rolls of … Continue reading »
I took this picture on the fourth floor of the Seattle Public Library, the blood red floor, and wanted to play with the geometry of the grids and the reflection on the floor. Two of my photos were underexposed but I like the look of this picture: This is a scan of the full 4×5 … Continue reading »
SCD66U6VMA8M It’s my birthday today and I’m recalling these words by Winston Churchill from my challenging, but ultimately rewarding, Comparative Politics class: “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of … Continue reading »
This week I took on the challenge of developing my own 4×5 sheet film for the first time. I did a lot of research into different types of tanks and knew I wanted a sturdy, reliable, daylight developing tank. Although the Yankee 4×5 tank is cheaper, I decided on the MOD54 invented by London-based photographer … Continue reading »
Good morning! Just a quick update today as it’s Chinese New Year and I’m headed out to Chinatown for lion dances, dim sum and more. Come out if you can! A few months ago I decided to place my pinhole camera on the lazy susan at a dim sum restaurant just to see what the … Continue reading »
