Archive for December 2009

(Brush the Cobwebs out of the Sky.)

In photography on 23 December 2009 tagged f2b, film, polaroid, sx-70 with 3 comments

After a couple weeks of being a wuss, I finally forced myself to shoot my first Fade to Black Polaroid. It was a frightening – but ultimately good – experience and I look forward to doing it again.
For some stupid reason, I decided that the best tool to open the thing up would be a [...]

Night and the City

In photography on 21 December 2009 tagged night, noir with no comments

There is little as pleasing to me as when a photo shot on the fly just comes together.
I was walking down Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey, heading back to the car after a long day of hiking. The backwards “SEASONS” sign caught my eye. Immediately, I knew the picture I wanted to take.
Then I realized [...]

Again with the Polaroids

In photography on 12 December 2009 tagged film, polapremium, polaroid with no comments

My SX-70 arrived, seemingly safe and sound, a few weeks ago. I was fiddling around with it and discovered, much to my dismay, that the lens was unable to extend which impeded the focusing process to say in the least. Luckily, I was able to mess with it enough to get it going. The whole [...]