Friday, September 14, 2007
Monkey Bars
Be the best human you can be.
Brooklyn, New York - September 2007
In Owls Head Park, Bay Ridge. Taken with an unmodified Polaroid SX-70 Sonar on 600 film. I just turned the light-dark selector all the way to dark.
Be the best human you can be.
Brooklyn, New York - September 2007
In Owls Head Park, Bay Ridge. Taken with an unmodified Polaroid SX-70 Sonar on 600 film. I just turned the light-dark selector all the way to dark.
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, polaroid, polaroid sx-70, sky, sx-70
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Brooklyn Public Library Contest
Don't do it Face it's a trap.
Brooklyn, New York - November 2005
Yeah, I posted this one before, I know, but this is here for a little self-promotion. This photo was selected as a finalist in the Brooklyn Public Library's 2007 "My Brooklyn" photo and essay contest. This means, among other things, that this shot and my essay will be on display at the Brooklyn Public Library's main branch in Grand Army Plaza through the summer starting on Wednesday June 20, 2007. I'm pretty happy. This is the first time I've ever won, or come close to winning, any photography or writing contests, so here's to me. I raise my Saranac Pale Ale to myself.
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Shot with my Olympus XA2 on expired Fuji Superia 400.
Don't do it Face it's a trap.
Brooklyn, New York - November 2005
Yeah, I posted this one before, I know, but this is here for a little self-promotion. This photo was selected as a finalist in the Brooklyn Public Library's 2007 "My Brooklyn" photo and essay contest. This means, among other things, that this shot and my essay will be on display at the Brooklyn Public Library's main branch in Grand Army Plaza through the summer starting on Wednesday June 20, 2007. I'm pretty happy. This is the first time I've ever won, or come close to winning, any photography or writing contests, so here's to me. I raise my Saranac Pale Ale to myself.
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Shot with my Olympus XA2 on expired Fuji Superia 400.
Labels: atlantic ocean, brooklyn, coney island, contest, olympus, olympus xa2, pier, sky, water, win, xa2
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Boathouse
Water is the wateriest fluid.
Brooklyn, New York - May 2007
I love how old this photo looks even though I only took it a couple of weeks ago while walking through prospect park. I dig this Efke film. This is ISO100, and I feel like I had a hard time exposing it correctly. I wonder what's going to happen when I get to the roll of ISO25 I bought not long ago. If it looks old timey like this, I'll be thrilled.
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Kodak Brownie Starmite, Efke R100 127, Diafine, Canon Canoscan CS8600F
Water is the wateriest fluid.
Brooklyn, New York - May 2007
I love how old this photo looks even though I only took it a couple of weeks ago while walking through prospect park. I dig this Efke film. This is ISO100, and I feel like I had a hard time exposing it correctly. I wonder what's going to happen when I get to the roll of ISO25 I bought not long ago. If it looks old timey like this, I'll be thrilled.
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Kodak Brownie Starmite, Efke R100 127, Diafine, Canon Canoscan CS8600F
Labels: boathouse, brooklyn, brownie, bw, diafine, house, kodak, kodak brownie starmite, lake, nyc, pond, prospect park, starmite, sunday
Friday, May 04, 2007
Sentences
It's summertime in Melbourne.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Another obnoxious PhD holder.
Try throwing him a curveball.
"Dead" isn't really accurate.
Hey Jackson Browne watch out.
Sure if you were a hot chick.
I dub thee Sir Elgin McQueer.
Col. Potter to the Lido Deck.
Our only choice is to sautee.
Some say I'm not dumb at all.
So you think you know hockey.
The grand king of drag bunts.
Steven your sarcasm is trite.
I was replaced by Rudy Sarzo.
I don't need your free Monet.
Enough hair spray for Poison.
She makes a sort of quacking.
Born in Cuba raised in Maine.
I don't know what valence is.
No can do without Daryl's OK.
Greetings from Downtown Kiev.
I collect empty plastic bags.
During Satan's pre-evil days.
He just isn't into you Linda.
I got a Macintosh bomb error.
Yanks combine on nine-hitter.
I used to be daft like Al is.
A farewell to Mr. Tom Poston.
Yet you think iPods are cool.
I shouldn't be this terrific.
This is Emeril's last hurrah.
My villain laugh: Bwuhahahah.
We prefer the term "ice box".
They call this thing a woman.
Just dusting off the old gun.
Daryl only talks about Daryl.
You can only be so Pakistani.
Found the elusive hoser gene.
The correct answer is: Belen.
Four thousand seven hundreds.
As Lou might say: "I am Lou".
There's just no pleasing you.
Ok Pete go put on some pants.
Ho go scare me up some toast.
Love in the time of Ed Asner.
I think she's just overtired.
Your old man's a real square.
I'm sorry I slept with Diane.
You and your free hamburgers.
But today's not her birthday.
Thems some big ears you gots.
It's time for Mork and Mindy.
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Nikon F, 50 mm f/1.4, expired Fuji Superia 200, Diafine
It's summertime in Melbourne.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Another obnoxious PhD holder.
Try throwing him a curveball.
"Dead" isn't really accurate.
Hey Jackson Browne watch out.
Sure if you were a hot chick.
I dub thee Sir Elgin McQueer.
Col. Potter to the Lido Deck.
Our only choice is to sautee.
Some say I'm not dumb at all.
So you think you know hockey.
The grand king of drag bunts.
Steven your sarcasm is trite.
I was replaced by Rudy Sarzo.
I don't need your free Monet.
Enough hair spray for Poison.
She makes a sort of quacking.
Born in Cuba raised in Maine.
I don't know what valence is.
No can do without Daryl's OK.
Greetings from Downtown Kiev.
I collect empty plastic bags.
During Satan's pre-evil days.
He just isn't into you Linda.
I got a Macintosh bomb error.
Yanks combine on nine-hitter.
I used to be daft like Al is.
A farewell to Mr. Tom Poston.
Yet you think iPods are cool.
I shouldn't be this terrific.
This is Emeril's last hurrah.
My villain laugh: Bwuhahahah.
We prefer the term "ice box".
They call this thing a woman.
Just dusting off the old gun.
Daryl only talks about Daryl.
You can only be so Pakistani.
Found the elusive hoser gene.
The correct answer is: Belen.
Four thousand seven hundreds.
As Lou might say: "I am Lou".
There's just no pleasing you.
Ok Pete go put on some pants.
Ho go scare me up some toast.
Love in the time of Ed Asner.
I think she's just overtired.
Your old man's a real square.
I'm sorry I slept with Diane.
You and your free hamburgers.
But today's not her birthday.
Thems some big ears you gots.
It's time for Mork and Mindy.
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Nikon F, 50 mm f/1.4, expired Fuji Superia 200, Diafine
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, diy, fuji superia, nikon, nikon f, nyc, sentences
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Thriftee
Look into your soul and sing.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
That's some intense grain there. That's what happens when you develop expired Fuji Superia 200 color film as black and white in Difine. Shot with a Nikon F and it's beat up 50 mm f/1.4 lens with a loose inner element.
I like this one. The grain makes it look old, maybe taken from a newspaper, even thuough I just shot it last week.
Look into your soul and sing.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
That's some intense grain there. That's what happens when you develop expired Fuji Superia 200 color film as black and white in Difine. Shot with a Nikon F and it's beat up 50 mm f/1.4 lens with a loose inner element.
I like this one. The grain makes it look old, maybe taken from a newspaper, even thuough I just shot it last week.
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, diy, fuji, fuji superia, grain, nikon, nikon f, nyc, store, thriftee
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Owl's Head Park
And such songs as Down Under.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
I was wrong. Getting hit in the head with a rubber duck over and over isn't such a bad way to wake up.
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Shot with an Agfa Isolette on expired Ilford HP5+ at EI800, give or take, developed in Diafine, and scanned using a Canon Canoscan CS8600F
And such songs as Down Under.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
I was wrong. Getting hit in the head with a rubber duck over and over isn't such a bad way to wake up.
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Shot with an Agfa Isolette on expired Ilford HP5+ at EI800, give or take, developed in Diafine, and scanned using a Canon Canoscan CS8600F
Labels: 6x6, afga, agfa isolette, bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, ilford, ilford hp5+, isolette, nyc, owl's head park, park, tree
Monday, April 30, 2007
Brooklyn Through Bubbles
Rick just sent me more fruit.
Brooklyn, New York - March 2007
It's important to never forget the simple and perfect enjoyment there is to be gotten from lying on the floor, throwing a ball toward the ceiling and catching it over and over.
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Taken with a Canon Powershot S80.
Rick just sent me more fruit.
Brooklyn, New York - March 2007
It's important to never forget the simple and perfect enjoyment there is to be gotten from lying on the floor, throwing a ball toward the ceiling and catching it over and over.
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Taken with a Canon Powershot S80.
Labels: brooklyn, bubbles, canon, canon powershot s80, purel, window
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Play Here
I know Montel you're not him.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Taken on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. Nikon F, 35mm lens, Expired Fuji Superia 200.
I know Montel you're not him.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Taken on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. Nikon F, 35mm lens, Expired Fuji Superia 200.
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, deli, fuji, fuji superia, ice, lotto, nyc, superia
Monday, April 23, 2007
In the Grocery Store
Dance to Spain or old Bombay.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.
Dance to Spain or old Bombay.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.
Labels: aisle, bay ridge, brooklyn, bw, diafine, diy, grocery, ilford, ilford hp5+, olympus xa, xa
Saturday, April 21, 2007
In the Laundry Room
Someone get me an enchiladas.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
In the laundry room of my apartment building. Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.
Someone get me an enchiladas.
Brooklyn, New York - April 2007
In the laundry room of my apartment building. Olympus XA, Ilford HP5+ at EI 800, developed in Diafine.
Labels: brooklyn, diafine, diy, hp5+, ilford, ilford hp5+, laundry room
Friday, April 20, 2007
Tall Grass
You know he needs a manicure.
Brooklyn, New York - October 20006
I biked from my apartment to the Gateway National Recreation area in Queens last fall. On the way back, I stopped for a break along the way, and noticed that the stretch of the Belt Parkway I was riding along was lined with a thick curtain of tall marsh grass, separating the highway and bike path from the hidden wetland behind. The air was briny and soft, in spite of the smell of exhaust, and the swishing and creeking of the grass in the wake of the passing cars reminded me of the sound of the bamboo blowing in the forests Tanja and I hiked in on Oahu a few years ago. For those few minutes, I felt like I was far away from Brooklyn.
Shot on Fuji Portra 400 with a Yashica Mat 124.
You know he needs a manicure.
Brooklyn, New York - October 20006
I biked from my apartment to the Gateway National Recreation area in Queens last fall. On the way back, I stopped for a break along the way, and noticed that the stretch of the Belt Parkway I was riding along was lined with a thick curtain of tall marsh grass, separating the highway and bike path from the hidden wetland behind. The air was briny and soft, in spite of the smell of exhaust, and the swishing and creeking of the grass in the wake of the passing cars reminded me of the sound of the bamboo blowing in the forests Tanja and I hiked in on Oahu a few years ago. For those few minutes, I felt like I was far away from Brooklyn.
Shot on Fuji Portra 400 with a Yashica Mat 124.
Labels: 120, brooklyn, fuji, grass, nyc, yashica, yashica mat
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Night Falls on 77th 78th Street
We despise Nor'eastern dudes.
Brooklyn, New York - March 2007
The block of 77th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Brooklyn is one of my favorite in this neighborhood. For most of the block, the houses are the same, triangular, punctuated by a couple of trees and light posts.
Correction: While everything I said about that block of 77th street is true, I'm a bit of a blockhead. That photo was taken on 78th street between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
I took this with the Nikon F on expired Fuji Superia 200.
We despise Nor'eastern dudes.
Brooklyn, New York - March 2007
The block of 77th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Brooklyn is one of my favorite in this neighborhood. For most of the block, the houses are the same, triangular, punctuated by a couple of trees and light posts.
Correction: While everything I said about that block of 77th street is true, I'm a bit of a blockhead. That photo was taken on 78th street between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
I took this with the Nikon F on expired Fuji Superia 200.
Labels: bay ridge, blue, brooklyn, dusk, house, nikon, nikon f, purple, sky, tree
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Garage Door On 77th Street
The Rocky Mountain High ball.
Brooklyn, New York - March 2007
For years, since I started to really get into photography, I've always wanted to shoot a classic Nikon SLR. Any would do, but I wanted to be an old, manual everything one, no tricks, just me, the camera, and a little Sunny 16. Just once, just one roll.
Last fall, a while before I quit my job I tried to buy a bunch of photo and darkroom gear from a woman I came across on Craig's List. It never worked out, and I forgot about her and the stuff. Then, last month, she emailed me out of the blue and told me I could have the stuff free if I came to her place and got it.
So, here we are. Not only did get to shoot a Nikon, but I now own a Nikkormat EL from the early '70s, and the camera this photo came from, the classic Nikon of classic Nikons, a Nikon F, probably from 1960-something. It's weighs about 40 pounds, looks like it went head-on with a train, the lenses are a bit iffy, and it has no light meter. I love the way the earth moves when you push that cold metal button.
The Rocky Mountain High ball.
Brooklyn, New York - March 2007
For years, since I started to really get into photography, I've always wanted to shoot a classic Nikon SLR. Any would do, but I wanted to be an old, manual everything one, no tricks, just me, the camera, and a little Sunny 16. Just once, just one roll.
Last fall, a while before I quit my job I tried to buy a bunch of photo and darkroom gear from a woman I came across on Craig's List. It never worked out, and I forgot about her and the stuff. Then, last month, she emailed me out of the blue and told me I could have the stuff free if I came to her place and got it.
So, here we are. Not only did get to shoot a Nikon, but I now own a Nikkormat EL from the early '70s, and the camera this photo came from, the classic Nikon of classic Nikons, a Nikon F, probably from 1960-something. It's weighs about 40 pounds, looks like it went head-on with a train, the lenses are a bit iffy, and it has no light meter. I love the way the earth moves when you push that cold metal button.
Labels: bay ridge, brooklyn, garage, nikon, nikon f, nyc, paint
Monday, April 16, 2007
Under the Pig
Now I've found how eggs work.
Brooklyn, New York, January 2007
I've entered the "concerned about safety features on spoons" stage of my life.
With the world turning more and more megapixelish, I've started developing my own film here in the bathroom (no, I'm not in the can rightnow). I figured the time was right to have noxious chemicals lying about in my apartment, what with a now-crawling child.
This photo is from the first roll I developed: Arista.EDU 120 (ISO 100), shot in an Ansco Ready Flash, and developed in Diafine. This was taken on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
Now I've found how eggs work.
Brooklyn, New York, January 2007
I've entered the "concerned about safety features on spoons" stage of my life.
With the world turning more and more megapixelish, I've started developing my own film here in the bathroom (no, I'm not in the can rightnow). I figured the time was right to have noxious chemicals lying about in my apartment, what with a now-crawling child.
This photo is from the first roll I developed: Arista.EDU 120 (ISO 100), shot in an Ansco Ready Flash, and developed in Diafine. This was taken on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
Labels: ansco, ansco ready flash, brooklyn, bw, diafine, park slope
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The Expectant Father - Armin A. Brott
On The Radio - Donna Summer
Early Stan - Stan Getz