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When Good Memory Cards Go Bad
On this #filmfriday I had planned to publish my review of JCH Streetpan 400 black and white film that had been shot at a recent Cars & Coffee events as well as in and around the town of Parker, Colorado. I dropped of the film for processing and scanning at Mike’s Camera in Lone Tree Colorado on November 19 and as of this morning have not received either the proceed film or scans.
Using the Three Layer Background Concept
I have written many times about my “falling apart JTL background stands” and it’s still falling apart—faster it seems. At my recent shoot with Erin Valakari, the left upright kept collapsing during the shoot sending the Savage Infinity vinyl backdrop askew. In anticipation of an yesterday’s shoot (that got canceled) with Erin, Mary decided to bypass the standards entirely and created the “3-layer” concept.
Corset Monday 6: In a Makeshift Studio
Some time ago—it seems like yesterday but wasn’t— I went through a phase where I asked models to brings a corset to one of our sessions together.
Joe’s Movie Club: Questions and Answers
“The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.” ― Terry Pratchett
Color or Black and White: Which Do You Prefer?
As Rod Sterling one said, “presented for your approval” are tow versions of a similar image of the one and only Tia Stoneman. One is vertical and in black and white; the other is in color and was shot horizontally.
A Clean Sensor is a Happy Sensor?
I have often asked, somewhat facetiously, Is a Clean Camera a Happy Camera? Recently, I’ve expanded that concept to “Is a Clean Sensor is a Happy Sensor? Let me tell you why: