Archive for April 2010

48 Hour Magazine, planning

iPhone, composite

28 April 2010     Photos    

May-cation Update

Grandfather George and his sister.

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day gave me the push I need to face our demons in the storage space. As such, I was able to get a bit of a jump on my initial May-cation list, crossing off two of the lesser items. In the end, I couldn’t face another Bay Bridge crossing without digging out the EZ Pass. I don’t think George quite understood my insane hooting and hollering as we sailed down the Fast Pass lane. The list is very much a work in progress and I have two new additions:

9. 48 Hour Magazine. The second weekend in May is going to be very exciting.
10. Yoga

27 April 2010     Photos    

Tomcat, USS Hornet

Zero Image 75mm 4 x 5 pinhole with Polaroid 100 Blue film, 1 second.

27 April 2010     Photos    

Clarissa, 14th Street

Polaroid SX-70 w/ expired Polaroid 600 film

26 April 2010     Photos    

Adventures in pinholing

When I was young, my mother used to call me “Miss Fiddle Twiddle Pick Bang.” I lived up to that name this morning when in a fit of silliness, I pulled off the tension wire that was in the slow process of unraveling from my Zero Image pinhole camera. This, only after a few pointless moments of trying to wind the darn thing back around the screw that holds the pinhole cover lever thing in places (A).

Once removed, it became quite obvious as to what it’s purpose was as the lever pretty much flopped around. With no replacement wire in place and only minutes to spare before leaving the house, I fell back back on my standby fix it strategy and grabbed the dental floss. My first attempt had to be picked off with an x-acto when I realized that a too tight lever might result in wobbling the camera while taking photos. There’s a fine balance between smooth movement and stability. Sadly, I had not found it. My second attempt was far more successful and the camera had a quite pleasant minty scent.

George and I headed out into the wilds of Oakland to try and see how close we could get to the “AT-ATs” in the port. The short answer is “not very” given all of the necessary security required to keep us all safe from bad things happening. I’d pay money for a port tour and the opportunity to photograph the cranes up closed. Anyway, we found other lovely things to photograph.

Just after the brilliant “shopping cart as impromptu tripod” moment, my photos started coming out all white. Being not so bright, it took me two shots to realize that the screw holding on the pinhole/zone plate wheel on the inside of the camera had come loose and had fallen off. A pinhole camera with a permanent aperture to the outside world isn’t all that functional. Luckily, I’d stuffed a roll of black electrical tape into my bag and was able to cover up that little monster (B).

Tip of the day: dental floss and electrical tape can be your best friend.

25 April 2010     Photos, Words    

May-cation

An incomplete list of things that I’d like to think about accomplishing next month that may embiggen.

1. NERT training — scheduled. Given that I’ve completely lost my shit during the most gentle rumble, I’m hoping that NERT might bring me some semblance of dignity when everything goes to hell. Thinking postive, right?
2. Lucky film book project: Are you feeling Lucky?
3. Scan that pile of vintage family photos.
4. Find that pile of vintage family photos that have been sucked into the void of our storage space.
5. While looking for the pile of vintage family photos, keep an eye out for the “car” box that’s holding our EZ Pass hostage.
6. Oh, and those three boxes of Polaroid Type 55 sheet film.
7. Run midweek. I’m thinking of running the Nike Women’s Half Marathon with Team in Training again this year.
8. Roadtrip. I have fantasies of an SF –> Bonneville Salt Flats –> Salt Lake City –> Spiral Jetty –> Zion National Park –> home type thing. Chances? Fair to slim.

23 April 2010     Words    

Corona Heights

Kodak Brownie No. 2 (Bill’s Box Camera)

22 April 2010     Photos    

I’m working on a magazine

I’ve been testing out MagClouds wonderful new integration where you can (very easily) make a publication out of a set of Flickr photos. Given that I’ve wanted to create something around my “Polaroid 366″ photo-a-day project from 2008, that seemed to be a logical place to start. The above are a few sample photos of my magazine that will be available for sale soon. That’s soon, and not a Flickr “soon”.

Canon SD960 IS

19 April 2010     Photos, Words    

McCoppin

Kodak Brownie No. 2 (Bill’s Box Camera)

17 April 2010     Photos    

Safeway, Church & Market

Polaroid SX-70 w/ expired Polaroid 600 film

16 April 2010     Photos