film – vague traces

November 18, 2021

Weekday Morning Hill Hike

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It’s definitely a bit exceptional (in the strict definition of the word) for us to be up on the hill around sunrise during a normal weekday morning. It’s kind of nice though as it provides a different perspective to something…

Photography

November 4, 2021

Ocean Beach SF, CA

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Pentax 67 Takumar 6×7 105mm f/2.4 6×7 100TMX HC110-b Pelicans making their way South © July 31, 2021 Still testing things out here. I went through my photo catalog looking for pictures from Ocean Beach and pulled this small set…

August 16, 2021

Finding a 120 Film Carrier

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Over the course of 2019 I finally decided I wanted to try out camera scanning. I wasn’t in a hurry, I figured I’d spend a couple of months figuring out a plan and then try to get everything together in…

August 9, 2021

Flatbed Scanning Negatives

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From ~2004 up until around 2020 I scanned all of my film using an Epson 4990 flatbed scanner. I used it for 35mm, 120, 4×5, and 8×10. At the time I bought it it was one of the best (consumer…

August 2, 2021

Accumulated Mess

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As a long time film photographer in both the pre-digital and digital camera eras I eventually came to understood that having a reliable end-to-end developing|scanning|printing workflow was key to my enjoyment of photography. It sounds like boring monotony to put…

July 30, 2021

How it started… How it’s going

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(This started as a test post and I think I’ll just leave it here for now.) Canon EOS 630 EF 24mm f/2.8 35mm Full-Frame (24mm x 36mm) Fuji NPS 800 Lab Basketball remote setup © c. 1999 Testing my remote…

Photography

January 4, 2009

Rocks in the Merced River

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I feel like my sabbatical is reaching its end. More to come.

eBokeh

October 12, 2008

Stone in the Merced

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I had a little accident a few weeks ago that left me with 2 broken arms. Seems i got into an argument with a car. He thought he was allowed to drive through the cross-walk while i was riding through…

eBokeh

September 21, 2008

The Merced River

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I hope your not getting too bored of looking at the Merced! I’m getting down to the end here and will have to run a bunch of film soon. Some focus was lost over the summer – it should return…

eBokeh

September 15, 2008

El Capitan and the Merced River

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We spent this past weekend in Yosemite and the river certainly didn’t flow like it did back in May when this picture was taken. The Merced was mostly idle and rather shallow. The only waterfall that showed even a wisp…

eBokeh