Aloha. Hope everyone’s first half of the semester, first half of fall, what have you, has been a swell one. I’ve gotten a bit experimental in my time since summer, so I hope you guys enjoy what I’ll be dishing out this upcoming winter. This set is a special one to me because it involved…
Almost every single day I get asked this question, “Why do you still shoot film when digital cameras are more convenient and don’t constantly cost money?” Oh my lawd. I have seriously thought about getting the answer to this question put on a tee shirt, both front and back, since I answer it so much.…
The National Gallery of Art in D.C. is having an exhibit featuring photography manipulation before Photoshop. Photographers have been manipulating and editing their images long before we had fancy editing software. We are so used to people making these changes on computers that it’s strange to think about how they could be done without current…
Yes, this actually works. I came across this today and wanted to share it right away. I haven’t done this myself yet, but I plan on it this weekend and hopefully you guys will also follow suit. I’d love to have some submissions of attempts! Now your results won’t be perfect like they would be…
I get asked a lot of questions like, “what’s the most fun thing you’ve photographed?” or “what do you suggest I start photographing to learn photographer better?” or “where are some cool places to photograph?” So, I decided to compile a list of what I think every photographer should do to get better or increase…
Most of you know that this is my homework, not to say that I don’t enjoy it ;), and one of our blog challenges this week is to create a platform of different medias for our blog. Basically, you can look for videos and podcasts from me. I wanted to make an ebook, but time…
You took a great roll of film at a friend’s house party only to realize that there wasn’t enough lighting and all your photos look like poo. It happens. Especially when you are working in all manual with no flash. So what do you do? There are a plethora of ways to solve this dilemma!…
I recently received a question asking what a multiple exposure was. A multiple exposure is just what it says, a photo that has been exposed multiple times. This simply means that you open the shutter twice on the same frame, resulting in two images on, well, one image or one photograph. How do I do…
Halloween is Wednesday! Not to be cliche, well actually yes it is, I decided to give you guys some creepy techniques that I thought about today. 1. Silhouette – Silhouettes can be beautiful but also super creepy. Try using a shower curtain, light colored sheets with a bottom lit light, plastic, or any type of…
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I like to play with a lot of different types of cameras. I’ve gotten a good amount of questions as to what sizes film comes in. Then I realized, when I say things like “35mm” “620” and “120” film, most of you who aren’t…
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