On the Streets Half of what you see, none of what you hear Today was a good day, yesterday was pretty lousy. Let's start with the lousy. It started off ok. The building manager and the gas meter inspector folks were coming round. You know what that meant - stuffing everything into a closet. I'm exaggerating, a little. (TB
Read Watch Listen Dana Frankoff film Voice Above Water I watched an incredible short film on Vimeo today - Dana Frankoff's Voice Above Water [https://vimeo.com/495325925]. You probably already guessed most of that from the post's title. Powerful, beautiful, sad. It's about 12 minutes. I recommend it. And maybe if enough
On the Streets Limbo Things are as weird as ever. Cue Mr. Byrne - Same as it ever was. I can't make heads or tails of it. I've stopped in at Corvus a couple of times this week to see friends. It's been wonderful, but it wasn'
Black and White Photography Vintage: Second Attempt at Leica IIIA I hope everyone is having a great holiday season and that we can look forward to a better 2018. I wasn’t thrilled with 2017, but there’s plenty to be grateful for. I’m home visiting family in Phoenix through the New Year. I brought my grandfather’s Leica
35mm Palmyra, Syria 2001 Palmyra, Syria*, summer 2001. The photo is not very good. I’m posting it for two reasons. It’s from my first attempt at scanning 35mm film negatives on the Epson V800 [https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/Perfection-Series/Epson-Perfection-V800-Photo/s/SPT_B11B223201] flatbed photo scanner. I used the basic scanning
Film Syria, before the storm I’ve started on a second archival project. Scanning and preserving photos I took in the Middle East in the early 2000s. The photos are flawed. I was using a Nikon 8008. Great camera, but even though I knew the basics, I got the settings wrong more often than not.
