Month / April 2020

by russmorrisphoto

‘Roid Week Recap.

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At week’s end.

Here are a number of my absolute faves from 6 days of Spring 2020 ‘Roid Week.

There was tons of great work, so many talented shooters. Check out my Flickr gallery of all 171 personal faves.

The Flickr pool. All 1,284 photos.

IG tags > #roidweek2020 #polaroidweek2020

*Note to self…  Fall ‘Roid Week will happen October 18 – 23, 2020.

by russmorrisphoto

WPPD2020

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#4, #4, #4.

Today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.

I’m planning to get out with this guy – my 8Banners Mc – but it’s gonna be a bit of an adventure.

It has a roll of 120 film in it. The first roll I loaded actually, exactly 10 years ago.

The only clue I could find about which film I’d loaded was in a Flickr post for WPPD in 2010. The plan then was to shoot with the Mc, my Zero Image 6×9, plus a Polaroid Colorpack II I’d hacked into a pinhole. I noted that I was using Fuji film in all three.

Yup. As previously noted, there was a roll of Fuji Acros 100 in the Zero Image 6×9, and that leads me to believe the film in the Mc is the same. That roll in the Mc is on picture #4.

I’ll probably bring my Panny GF1/Pinwide combo, too. Just in case things go south with the Mc, I want to make sure I have something to show for the day.

It’ll be perfect weather for shooting ISO100, sunny and low 80s. I plan on avoiding people as much as possible and not wander too far from home.

Like I said, it should be an adventure.

by russmorrisphoto

The Blue Set.

Check your settings.

I make mistakes. Some big, some little. Consequences vary, but I always learn from them.

Take for instance these half-dozen shots made back in early 2011. I used my Panny GF1 and a c-mount lens, the SLR Magic Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4, to make a few pictures around the neighborhood.

Love that swirly bokeh. But the blue was a bit of a surprise.

Neighbor
Neighbor
Blue bench
Blue bench
Red berries
Red berries
Lock
Lock
Hoop
Hoop
Pitted hood
Pitted hood

Anyway, as I noted in comments made about the portrait on Flickr “…the blue cast is from my not remembering to switch back to AWB before I headed out for a walk around the block. The Tungsten setting casts blue in daylight. But I think it works in the handful of pictures I posted this afternoon. A lesson, of sorts.” The unusual portrait got a good number of views, a coupla’ faves, and a handful of comments.

I seem to recall noticing what I’d done about 6 pictures into my stroll and changing back to AWB. Oh, well. Interesting results.

The lesson? Check your settings.

 

by russmorrisphoto

Safe at home.

Hope you are well.

It’s been a while since my last post. The COVID-19 lockdown is mostly to blame. At my age it’s a good idea to avoid people as much as humanly possible right now.

I get to the grocery store once a week. Costco is totally out of the question, and trips to Walmart are as infrequent as possible. I just don’t want to chance getting the virus.

I’ve taken a few digital shots around the yard with the LX100, GX8, and my iPhone 8. It’s Spring here in Central Texas. Lots of color showing up right now, and some things I simply cannot resist.

Other than that, I’ve been sifting through my archives (2004-present) for film scans to post on my film-only IG @dogbonesoup. Along with select shots from recent film-camera outings, I’ve whittled my choices down to around 50 photos. I’ll be posting there twice a week for the foreseeable future.