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Archive for April, 2009

My Pinhole Day Photos

My Pinhole Day Photos

Today was the day, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.  I’ve been getting geared up for today for a couple weeks.  The weather here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was dreary, damp, and chilly.  The sun rarely poked through thick gray clouds and it rained and drizzled for most of the day.  Definitely not the...
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The Photo Playground is Getting a Makeover (updated)

Greetings gentle readers. Over the next few days I will be making some changes to this blog. The current theme that I am using has become too limited in its range of functions so I’m forcing myself to scrap it and install another one. I rewrote some of the CSS and php for this...
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Photographer’s Rights

Photographer’s Rights

Photo by Boris Kafka, all rights reserved As photographers it’s imperative that we understand and exercise our rights appropriately.  In the age of terror, which the US government persistently tells us we live in, it is becoming more and more common for photographers to be met with hostility, harassment, and sometimes physical intervention while...
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sean stimac’s great pinhole hack…

sean stimac’s great pinhole hack…

Some very exciting news, my DIY 35mm pinhole tutorial has been reposted at Four Corners Dark you can view the post here.  If you’re unfamiliar with Four Corners Dark you should go check them out.  They are without a doubt the best toy camera blog ever.  Their new online store, the Four Corners Store...
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My Senior Exhibition at the Devos Art Museum

My Senior Exhibition at the Devos Art Museum

Yesterday afternoon I installed my senior exhibit in the Devos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University.  As you may or may not know I am currently an undergraduate photography student drudging through my final semester.  This small body of work is the foundation of my newest series “Recollections.”  My regular readers will recognize a...
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