dehara yukinori, take two

so i finally managed to get some new pieces, then get them down to one of my favorite indoor locations to shoot and THEN wait for film to come back from the developers.  (i'll admit that i did start looking at digital slr's, but once i got these back... i remembered why i love film so much!)

here are the quick highlights... will have to pig through the rest of the rolls to see what other gems i may have hidden in there.


cheers!

random rolls of film

it's no excuse to NOT shoot, but i just find it hard to take photos during the winter. (or at least anything outside... there's no excuse if you're shooting indoors.) anyway, one of the few fun things about the winter is that i start digging through unprocessed (and often unmarked) rolls of film.

most of the stuff is crap and i know it, hence the never getting it developed, though some of it is experimental stuff that i put aside and promptly forgot about. either way, i'll often find a few interesting captures... enough to pass the time until i decide it's time to get back outside and start shooting again. (or find a suitable indoors shoot. =p)

these are a couple SERIOUSLY out of focus images from a roll i shot from the inner loop platforms around chicago. i was using a zorki 3, which is an old leica rangefinder knockoff, so there's no through-the-lens viewfinding, and all focusing is guesswork because i don't have an accessory rangefinder to set my distances right.


cheers!

dehara yukinori

i'm not sure when i first saw dehara's work, but i remember finding one of his paperclay sculptures for sale... and i was hooked. these things are amazing, full of personality and simply wonderful to hold and examine up-close. i have a total of four figures so far, and i can't wait to find my next one.

also, first post of the new year! hooray! =p


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harpy horidaze

yeah, it's THAT time of year. even though i'm on vacation, i feel like i'm constantly running about, or doing something around the house, or what have you. but there is some good news on the photography front: finally got not one, but two sets of extension tubes. one for the minolta and one for the kiev. and you know what that means?

MACRO!

coming soon, i promise. i mean, i've got to test them out SOMETIME, right?


cheers!

rhapsody in blue shyly

i've gone through some pretty drastic shifts in my toy collection, but this guy is in for the long haul. his name is shyly, and he's designed by an awesome artist out of japan that goes by T9G. between the smile, the too-big necklace and the bucket, what's not to love about this guy?


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killer's day out

finally got around to correcting the three rolls of color film that came back with my la photos. when five rolls come back at once, it's certainly exciting, but also means i've got my work cut out for me.

here's the first series, a little sunbathing session with one of my bwana spoon's custom sleeping killers.


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really wanna be in la, part 2

and here's the second half of that roll i shot walking down melrose. i have to say, i don't particularly care for the film i used this time around. i bought some kodak color-process black & white film, thinking it might be easier to have it developed at the hour photo place just down from my office, but now they ONLY do processing with two sets of prints, which is pretty stupid if you ask me. so now that everything gets mailed off for processing, no more skimping of film. and even though i'm fairly happy with the way these turned out, i wonder if i would have liked them more had i shot a roll of ilford instead...


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really wanna be in la, part 1

walking down melrose, couldn't help but bust out the camera. lots of fun stuff, definitely too much for one post. second half will go up tomorrow, provided i can work of some of the turkey i'll be packing away tonight.


cheers! and happy thanksgiving!

between venice and hollywood

so i went to la for a my soon to be sister-in-law's wedding. my other soon to be brother-in-law law and i were ushers, so we were pretty much useless for a couple of days before the wedding while everyone else was running around. so we went and hung out on venice beach one day. i'll leave the commentary alone, but suffice it to say there was plenty to watch, but not much to take pictures of. that's why i finished off the roll walking around the bride and groom's apartment in hollywood.


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okay, so i lied...

i thought it was going to take another week or so to get the black & white previews back of my trip out to los angeles. but there they were, waiting for my in my email after i got off the train last night. really excited about these ones, and these previews do not do them justice at all. (a word of advice when it comes to processing: the higher resolution negative scans are ALWAYS worth it!)

should get everything back next week, so i'll have some time to clean them up over thanksgiving.


cheers!