My collection of photographic equipment grows ever-larger - got a HP Combi-Plan developing tank from my wife and her parents (Hooray! Now I hope I won't scratch my 5x4 negatives), and am getting a decent tripod from my parents (Manfrotto 055xprob + 808RC4 head - I really need to keep the MPP still!).
Submitted by namcom on Wed, 27/02/2008 - 11:34.Just in case you're a last.fm user, just a note to say that I've uploaded the 2003 release 'Available from Namke Communications' (originally released on Leeds' Fencing Flatworm label) up to namke communications' last.fm page - also available there is the 2003 single 'ice-9'
Let me know what you think - leave comments ;-)
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Just days before Polaroid announced they were shutting down production of their eponymous instant-film, I bid on ebay for a Polaroid film back (so I can use instant film with my LF camera). I have been chasing various 545 film backs (taking Polaroid 'Type 5x' sheet film) but they always went up to silly prices (and the film isn't cheap either). I therefore started looking at the 405 back. It takes a smaller image - 3.25 x 4.25 inches (in a pack of 10 pictures) - but it will allow me the instant feedback on my pictures that I desire.
I caught the last 85% of a program on BBC one (imagine... : The Secret of Life) where Alan Yentob looked into (I'd say investigated, but it was more of a chat with various people) the self help industry.
Well, I suppose I set myself up for this one (Read my previous rant here).
Even though I have been singularly scathing about the level of pictures that I have seen in photographic exhibitions presented at our camera club (York Photographic Society), I must admit that I cannot level the same complaint at the club competitions themselves - the judges have not always scored the interesting photos particularly well, preferring safety over great art.
I know that this is getting a little repetitive, but I am still enjoying the whole Large-Format-Photography experience - this is my favourite recent pic, this time scanned from a contact-print, so it has a bit more punch. Unfortunately my jpeg-editing has darkened it a little too much, but hey - the web isn't a medium for high art!
I have just seen the first of my photos in print - I did a set of photos for an old friend who needed a new mugshot for the column he writes for Pro Sound News Europe - check Page 4.
My first photographic credit!
I did another batch of contact prints from my set of Large Format (LF) negatives last night, mainly because I wanted to do a reasonable set of prints of the 'family portraits' I did of my sister and her family before they emigrated to Australia. The plan is to get a set of decent prints and send them off to their new address.
Ok, so anyone who has read any of my recent posts will have noticed that I recently got a Large Format (LF) camera. What's LF then? Well, basically it's a film camera Format where the negative is Large.
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