Lens cap: $3., Working Polaroid SX-70: $35., Free ELVIS cards thrown in the...
Who knew. Well, we used to know. Every month in the Pasadena Elks Lodge, all kinds of used gear photography dealers gather and lay out their wares on long tables. What do they have ? All kinds of...
View ArticleFuji fills an analog void
When Polaroid decided to end the instant film production, they crushed the hearts of many an aficionado of the instant grat arts. The world was going all digital, so who would want an instant print?...
View ArticleThe Impossible Project Delivers – New SX-70 Instant Film
Yep, we’ve been waiting for this. The Impossible Project package arrived today! The envelope arrived today with 1 pack of of PX 100 Silver Shade/First Flush film. Of course, we had already ordered up 2...
View ArticleWhat’s In The Bag? w/ Jim McHugh-Fine Art photographer
We’ll take a lightly different turn with the What’s In The Bag? series this time, as we feature Jim McHugh, fine art photographer. Ohm, he started as a magazine shooter, and all of that experience led...
View ArticleWhat’s In The Bag? w /Jim McHugh: Part 2- The process
In this next segment with Jim McHugh, you get a chance to see how he works the magic. Folks have been curious about the Speed Graphic Cameras he showed off in the last vid, and how he got to the print...
View ArticleWhat’s in The Bag? w/ Jim McHugh Pt. 5 – The studio
As we come to the last segment in the series with Jim McHugh, he gives us a look around his work environment. Not where he shoots, but where he makes the images. His history, including a photo album...
View Article3D & Cameras & Tablets, oh My! CES 2011 brings on the new gear for the new year!
Seems like we just went thorugh the barrage of picking up what’s new in the electronics world fro the holidays, when right around the corner comes CES in Las Vegas. That’s the Consumer Electronics...
View ArticleInstant Giveaway! Save your neck and back. It’s a Disgrace!
And by disgrace, we mean an The Industry Disgrace , by Crumpler! We just came back from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, touted as the worlds largest trade show, and after days and days of...
View ArticleCES 2011 – Gaga, Gaming, Tablets, & 3D TV: Connect the Dots!
So the word is that this year’s CES had almost 150,000 attendees! We’ve only gone for 4 years and this was insane with bodies. Good for Vegas, bad for making meetings. We’re going to give a full photo...
View ArticlePatrick Hoelck checks into the Polaroid Hotel, and leaves his door slightly...
Multi talented artist Patrick Hoelck has produced a new book of his work, all consisting of Polaroids, from the SX70 family of formats. Initially raising money to fund the project on Kickstarter, the...
View ArticleHow Pro will you go? Tethered shooting primer: Part 1
While shooting a model a while back, we found that the constant looking, or “chimping” at the LCD was a distraction, both for us and the talent. Couldn’t help it. In the days of film, you shot a bunch...
View ArticleWeekly Giveaway : Faces of Ground Zero by Joe McNally and Rudolph Guliani
You may know Joe McNally from his speedlight adventures on the Strobist, or teaching his methods for getting some great photo journalistic shots. Quite honestly, our first encounter with Mr....
View ArticleAnother PhotoPlus Expo in the books. More meat, less filler.
On the last day of PhotoPlus Expo 2011, a storm blew into NYC like none since 1952 at least. The slushy sleet was filling the streets outside the Javits Center. It didn’t stop the photographers who...
View ArticleHO-HO-Holiday Shopping Guide 2011 for the photographer on your list
OK, maybe the holiday gift is for you. Do you have folks asking you want you may like for the holidays? Maybe there are some things on this list that will give you and them some ideas. We’ve looked at...
View ArticleWet, Metal, Photos – yeah, we’re talking about Tintypes @PhotoboothSF
Billing themselves as “The world’s only Tintype and Polaroid portrait studio” Photobooth SF came onto our radar via the interwebs, and a couple of our chief spotters, Kate and Tito, who scan daily for...
View Article2012 Photoinduced Holiday Gift Guide : Ahh, the Toys!
And when we say toys, we’re not just talking about the Barbie with a video camera embedded in her body, or the Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera , although no doubt there is an exhibit about to...
View ArticleLens cap: $3., Working Polaroid SX-70: $35., Free ELVIS cards thrown in the...
Who knew. Well, we used to know. Every month in the Pasadena Elks Lodge, all kinds of used gear photography dealers gather and lay out their wares on long tables. What do they have ? All kinds of...
View ArticleWhat’s In The Bag? w/ Jim McHugh-Fine Art photographer
We’ll take a lightly different turn with the What’s In The Bag? series this time, as we feature Jim McHugh, fine art photographer. Ohm, he started as a magazine shooter, and all of that experience led...
View ArticleWhat’s In The Bag? w /Jim McHugh: Part 2- The process
In this next segment with Jim McHugh, you get a chance to see how he works the magic. Folks have been curious about the Speed Graphic Cameras he showed off in the last vid, and how he got to the print...
View ArticleWhat’s in The Bag? w/ Jim McHugh Pt. 5 – The studio
As we come to the last segment in the series with Jim McHugh, he gives us a look around his work environment. Not where he shoots, but where he makes the images. His history, including a photo album...
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