| cameras of the Rodina |
[Aug. 12th, 2008|07:38 pm] |
My older Zenit E (the one in my icon) is showing it's age. The film advance lever is becoming a bit difficult to use. The Helios 44 lens f stop ring is bent and less than co-operative. This is what years of hard service brings. But I have no fear. I can fix it later. The Zenit is the Kalashnikov of cameras. Crude, sturdy, and hard to kill.
( story continues amd sample shot ) |
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| abort, abort, abort |
[Aug. 3rd, 2008|11:30 am] |
The expedition for this upcoming week is called off. No legging it to remote and obscure ghost towns for me.
Instead, a roam about the mountains is in order.
Ah well, at least going about it in the vehicle will allow more gear to be taken. |
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[Jul. 26th, 2008|10:06 pm] |
Earlier today, I stood in the parking lot of a grocery store while clowns cavorted and played violin, and a seven foot tall transvestite in blue glitter, a hoop skirt, and a tiara bestowed upon me the blessings of the "Holy Roman Empire."
It wasn't a Fellini film, it was just saturday in Capitol Hill.
I love my gayborhood. |
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| color |
[Jul. 7th, 2008|09:29 pm] |
( friendpage sanity )
I don't know what it is about those old russian lenses, but the color saturation is always just right. |
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[Jun. 29th, 2008|03:32 pm] |
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( light ) |
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| ohhh kay |
[Jun. 4th, 2008|08:05 pm] |
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After a long bout of no net due to vintage wiring in this building, I think I've caught up with everyone's el jay. |
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| plunging in to the dark ages |
[May. 24th, 2008|05:57 pm] |
I'm going to be disconnected from the collective until Wednesday, while they relocate my DSL.
You kids make sure my mailbox is full of viagra spam, will ya? |
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| happens all the time when the weather gets warm |
[May. 14th, 2008|08:39 pm] |
Looking at trips to ghost towns up in the mountains. I want to overnight in the places and do some light painting and night shots. I do love some ghost towns.
I have an urge to photo old military sites as well. Particularly bunkers and silos. The wars in Europe left it spotted with castles and fortresses. These missile batteries, launch command centers and the sort are the legacy of the cold war, the mark on our land. I think this is some side effect of coming upon live silos in Weld County. They're not much to look at, slumbering city killers under armored concrete, but they creep the hell out of me just the same.
I still await a backordered monolight so I can take some shots of some very pretty women. Foiled by supply and demand.
KT bought me an antique Schwinn, and I am compelled to fix it up. Seems they're popular, since someone ran me down and offered more than she paid for it in cash for it on the spot. I see it in matte black, soon. Hope it turns out well.
And what do you know, used Whizzers are very, very cheap. Hmmmm . . . |
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| bugger |
[Apr. 13th, 2008|10:25 pm] |
Shot at Pawnee Buttes today.
Only to discover my sensor needed cleaning.
I'll be shooting film a bit till I can get it done. |
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| perverting the economy- -or- I really need to know how to rip off emo kids |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|09:15 pm] |
I've ranted about lomography before. But this time it amazes me.
I have had for some years a Zenit E SLR. It clunky, mostly steel, has a mildly radioactive uncoupled metering system, limited shutter speeds, and a viewfinder made of coke bottle glass. I like the thing because it's indestructible. Plus it seems to do odd things to the color saturation. Most russian glass does.
But mostly I got it because it's cheap. I mean cheap cheap. Really effing cheap. I paid $15 for mine. Including shipping and the leather "never-ready" case.
What's the lomography shop selling them for?
$145. Each.
"But these are 1968 models! They're refurbished!" The site says.
They're still $15 cameras.
I'm amazed at the stupidity of the average trendy foppy headed lomo-emo kid. I need to find a product they'll pay almost 10 times what it's worth for. |
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| the joys of downtown |
[Mar. 24th, 2008|09:22 pm] |
The best place to buy smack in Denver is in between the Governor's office and the Mayor's office.
In Civic Center Park.
It's kind of a free-fire zone, right in the middle of downtown. The City-County building on one side, the State Capitol across from it, the Denver Post newspaper offices on one side, the Library and the Art Museum on the other.
It's filled with relentless hustlers selling higher consciousness at the going street price. And every now and then they try to kill each other. Usually when I'm waiting on the 15 I get asked what I have to sell. I apparently look like a drug dealer. Who knew.
Homeless, under the Capitol Dome.
What goes on under there is as irrelevant as it would be if it was in Taiwan.
Zenit E/ Helios 44-2/ Fuji Reala |
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[Feb. 22nd, 2008|07:10 pm] |
Looked at some studio space this week. Probably a bad idea. Doesn't keep me from wanting, very badly.
The folks who I was taking classes from seem to have imploded. Which is a bummer. But I have a tentmate for the night shoot in Moab in April. Which rocks. |
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| mardi gras- in the distance |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|06:32 pm] |
Under a cajun moon I lay me open
Y a un esprit partout
There is a spirit here that won't be broken
Some words are sad to sing
Some leave you tongue-tied
But the hardest words I know
Are I love you goodbye
Je t'aime, au revoir
I love you goodbye
Je t'aime, toujours
Thomas Dolby |
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[Feb. 1st, 2008|08:04 pm] |
This is one of the greatest groups ever. And this reminds me of a time I didn't sleep a lot. |
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| zounds |
[Jan. 21st, 2008|03:25 pm] |
I was outside shooting all day today. It just got up to a high of 9 degrees.
I'd still be out shooting but my autowinder said "screw you buddy!" and now I am forced to wait for it to thaw out again. |
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| twitch |
[Jan. 17th, 2008|06:20 am] |
I remembered how the chemicals in the darkroom got in to your veins. . .
I spent hours in a dark room for the first time in over a decade last night. All the experience lacked was the proper soundtrack. And it mostly came back to me. My chemistry is still rusty. But I want to spend every waking moment shooting and shooting and working in the dark.
Really, I need to pay off my debt, get out of the rat race, and shoot for a living.
I know, it's just a different rat race. But really. The worst day I've had shooting was still better than most days behind a desk. |
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| random observation |
[Jan. 9th, 2008|06:55 am] |
Everyone be careful.
It's exceedingly weird out there. |
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[Jan. 3rd, 2008|06:58 am] |
Ally is home and doing fine. Thanks for the good thoughts.
Whew. |
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