Caught in the Act
November 8, 2013
Tag: film
“Vintage” DIY flash tray
A friend of mine, JJ Murphy, is an author. JJ held a book release party for a third book, and since the book is set in the 1920s, the party…
January 15, 2013
Boy’s Room
Also taken this spring: gold-toned kallitype on arches HP 140#. Shot with a Mamiya 7, HP5+, developed in Xtol. And this is gold toner #2 at the end of its…
July 17, 2012
Schuylkill
Taken this spring; Philadelphia, looking north from the Chestnut St. bridge. Gold toned kallitype on Arches HP 140#. Shot with a Widelux FV and Delta 3200, developed with Perceptol. This…
July 16, 2012
Fire
From the 2012 St. Patty’s parade in Jim Thorpe. Taken with a Widelux F5, on Kodak 400GC. Recommendation: look at this one large. For some reason my image scaling program…
April 8, 2012
Vague Recollection
From a photo walk through Durham Township a few weeks ago, this shot of the interior of the Durham Mill was taken with a Widelux F-V: a 35mm panoramic camera.…
January 29, 2012
Joe
Originally shot on Delta 3200 in a Diacord G; developed in Microphen. This is a palladium-toned kallitype. I’m reasonably happy that it came out (yay, my chemistry survived the flooding)…
October 13, 2011
Travelers
YES YES YES it’s FILM! Shot with my Diacord G, Acros 100, DD-X. And after replacing a dead hot water heater (probably a casualty of the flooding), I’m just about…
October 12, 2011
Nate the Builder
Shot on Delta 3200 in a Mamiya 7, developed in Perceptol. Printed on Arches Aquarelle hot pressed 140# as a kallitype and toned with palladium. From his fifth birthday, our…
May 21, 2011
Coffee Coffee Coffee #2
I promised this one a few days back and then was distracted by kallitype fun. Perhaps I should have just printed this and killed two birds with one stone! Markus…
May 6, 2011
Burlesque Nr. 3
Mamiya 7, HP5, Microphen, EI around 35000. Yes, another 50-ish minute developing effort – then printed as a gold-toned kallitype. The print picked up more density during the toning than…
May 2, 2011
Coffee Coffee Coffee
Acros 100, developed in… coffee. We’ve had a couple of house guests this week – Johanna (here) and Markus (tomorrow’s post). The two of them have been on a year-long…
April 29, 2011
Burlesque Nr. 2
I love it when things just work. From the Jim Thorpe Burlesque Festival: the negative comes from 4 rolls of HP5+, under-exposed at least 3 stops at the Mamiya’s metered…
April 22, 2011
It’s That Simple
This one takes some explaining; it’s some of what’s been eating up my time for the past few weeks. This shot started life on HP5+ developed in Xtol. I digitally…
March 28, 2011
This Is What Motherhood Looks Like
Portra 800. From a couple of weeks ago: Jo-Ann, formerly of Thorazine, rocking it out. The title of the pic is a partial quote from her as she took the…
March 23, 2011
Clubbing
Delta 3200 in DD-X. Third of Four in my cell phone series – here, we have a cell phone providing the entire club experience. Without the people. Shot in New…
March 19, 2011
Social Connectors
Second in a series of four on cell phones. (I’ve lost the film and developer data.) I’ve got two more of these to post, and now a boatload of color…
March 18, 2011
Navigational Aid
Ilford FP4, DD-X. For those wondering about the silence on the posts: two reasons. First, I’ve been working on gum prints for the last month. Pretty much every night. So…
March 10, 2011
Huey
A crop from a Mamiya shot; hp5+, Microphen. Huey was happily pickin’ as I walked past him in Suburban Station on the evening of January 5th. I was impressed. While…
February 12, 2011
Hard Lines and Chilly Softness
Acros 100; Xtol. The deep blankets of snow on everything remind me of a bit of Dickenson: Snow beneath whose chilly softness Some that never lay Make their first Repose…
February 10, 2011
Racing at the Speed Of Snow
Vroooooooo… wait, whut? Acros 100 developed in Xtol. Acros likes snow, by the way.
February 8, 2011
Out of Order
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Jim Thorpe, PA with a number of the Philly Photobloggers. This shot came from that morning, in what used to be East…
January 30, 2011
Mochitsuki
Delta 3200 in Xtol. From the 2011 Mitsuwa rice pounding (“Mochitsuki”) and Lion Dance in New Jersey. I’ve also got three rolls of Pro 160S that are heading out to…
January 10, 2011