photography

A set of links to videos I used to remind myself how to use my Toyo 45A 4×5 field camera, and a bit of inspiration I needed to get out there with it. » about 300 words

I’m a stickler for detail and love to add exif metadata for my film cameras to my scanned images. These are my notes to self about the data I use most often. I only wish exif had fields to record the film details too.

Delete your old photos, rebrand your page, and delete it entirely are all common advice. Plus some tools and traps to be aware of. » about 600 words

From the Space Tourism Guide:

Can You See the Milky Way in the Bay Area? Unfortunately, it is very difficult to see the Milky Way in San Francisco. Between the foggy weather and the light pollution from 7 million people, you can imagine that the faint light of our galaxy is lost to view.

But C. Roy Yokingco argues:

Some people say the Milky Way cannot be photographed within 50 miles of a major metropolitan area. Well, this photo of the Milky Way was captured 12 linear miles south of downtown San Francisco, California.

Where to look to find the milky way and when to get the best view. » about 700 words

Spencer Wynn’s Hello Project is everything I need right now. » about 100 words

A friend asked the internet: Can anyone recommend a mirrorless camera? I have some travel coming up and I’m hesitant to lug my DSLR around. Of course I had an opinion: I go back and forth on this question myself. My current travel camera is a Sony RX100 mark 3 (the mark 4 was recently released). […] » about 400 words

After playing with Fuji Instax and Polaroid (with The Impossible Project film) cameras, I realized I had to do something with Kodak. My grandfather worked for Kodak for years, and I have many memories of the stories he shared of that work. He retired in the late 70s, just as the final seeds of Kodak’s […] » about 300 words

Airport x-rays can damage, maybe ruin film, and there's nothing more you can do about it than beg for hand inspection. » about 500 words

Short answer: Triggertrap app audio triggering latency is too long to capture a fast moving event. The app, the dongle, my trusty EOS Rebel XTi, Lensbaby (manual focus, soft edge details), and Neewer flash worked, but too slowly. The phone was just inches from where I was throwing the dice, but the flash and camera […] » about 300 words

The core point of Triggertrap is to release the camera shutter faster and more reliably than can be done by hand, so this is a bit concerning: The explosion was so fast, that the Triggertrap and camera just weren’t fast enough to capture it. So…what is the minimum latency between trigger noise and shutter signal […] » about 200 words

First there was the bad engagement photos tumblr, but now it’s been one-upped by this crazy Russian wedding photos LiveJournal. » about 100 words

I’ve been re-reading David Hobby‘s Lighting 101 tutorial while at the same time exploring HDR (Wikipedia’s HDR article is a good read for those unfamiliar with it). The question that eventually came to mind was how the guy that wrote the following feels about HDR? How often have you heard this, usually with a tone of superiority: […] » about 800 words

John Gruber links to Mike Johnston’s post asking: I mean, with hundreds of cameras on the market, wouldn’t you think they could make one that was super-simple, just for that segment of the population that wants it? To this I offer the Panasonic Lumix LX3. I’ve been pretty in love with it lately, and I […] » about 400 words

Enfojer is an enlarger that uses your smartphone as both light source and negative. It’s on Indigogo now. From the FAQ: What lens are we using in the Enfojer? It is a wide angle polycarbonate toy camera style meniscus lens. It blurs the image just right so you don’t see the pixels on your print. […] » about 100 words

If I get a new camera system I’ll need new lenses. I’m looking carefully at the Sony NEX E-Mount and Fujifilm X-mount because they offer fairly compact cameras with large, APS-C sized sensors. On top of that, however, I usually like to shoot a very wide-angle lens. On a Sony NEX, my best choice might […] » about 600 words

Amazon is now selling EOS M cameras for $329 with free shipping. At that price you have to think about buying it as a joke, but that’s exactly what it is. The camera is hobbled by Canon to avoid cannibalizing sales of their other products. Consider this: Fujifilm’s X series, Sony’s mirrorless NEX 6 and 7 […] » about 300 words

I concluded my review of current camera options with the claim that I’d switch lens systems for a compact interchangeable lens camera that had built-in GPS. Why do I want GPS? Because the competition for all the cameras I listed there is my iPhone, and one of the reasons I prefer my phone is because […] » about 300 words

My love letter to film cameras as a solution to smartphone addiction at parties had me looking for some old film photos. Do we enjoy the idea of film more than the reality? I found a set of photos from a vacation to Las Vegas in April 2001. It’s clear that whatever photographic technique I’d […] » about 300 words

This all started because I went looking for a way to remote trigger a Panasonic Lumix LX 3. The internet is pretty certain that the only way to do it is mount a servo to mechanically press the shutter button. Sad. But that led me into Cris Benton‘s world of photography from poles. Yes, he […] » about 300 words

I recently backed the Syrp Genie, one of a handful of recent motion control timelapse projects on Kickstarter. It’s well past its expected ship date, but they done a good job of keeping backers updated on progress and just today they shared photos of the box that will soon be on it’s way to me. […] » about 100 words