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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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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As some of you may already know, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is now less than a month away.  April 26th marks the day the world will unite behind their pinhole cameras and very slowly and silently fire away.  It is the one day a year when photographers and photo enthusiasts alike are encouraged to...
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Here is the newest addition to my small arsenal of home made cameras.  This was just a fun, quick Saturday project.  It was inspired by the paper and cardboard pinhole cameras that you see available from time to time.  For the past few months I considered buying one or two of them, but at...
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Black and White magazine has recently released a sister publication, Color.  It is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to color fine art photography.  John Lavine, the editor, says, “part of our mission is to showcase work from lesser-known or emerging artists.”  There is very little information available about the magazine on the internet and their...
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I found myself at the dollar store this morning, I’m sure you have one in your town as well. It’s the place where everything is $1, everything. I love dollar stores, I rarely buy anything at them, but I love them nonetheless. They are chock full of things that I never knew existed and...
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As I promised yesterday here are some (2) of the pictures that were taken with my Neretta Snap.  The scans are pretty bad, they were done with my CanoScan LiDE 100, which is definitely not a great scanner.  The scans came out too dark, especially on the red shift photo.  The pictures were made...
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Greetings, readers.  I’m posting this entry to ask for some help.  I’m in need of at least 12 medium format or large format lenses.  I would prefer lenses from holgas or dianas because they are cheap and they offer a fairly large image circle.  I would rather not spend a lot of money, but...
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Made this picture a few weeks ago.  It was taken with a borrowed Nikon D40 digital camera, as I don’t have a digital camera of my own.  I used the light studio on campus, which is decked out with an obscene amount of profoto gear.  It had been several months since the last time...
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I love folk music.  A friend of mine (Troy Graham) and I book, promote, and host folk shows here in Marquette.  Our latest show featured Matt Jones of Ypsilanti and Colette Alexander of Brooklyn.  Matt is probably one of the best undiscovered folk musicians in the midwest and he’s also one of the nicest...
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