Living the High Life

I have no idea who these people are.  But I think the guy in the middle thinks he's hot stuff.  It's all about the socks.

Scanned this from some of my mom's color negs and stylized it.

Storms Arriving Shortly

No Extra Cost

This is an image I took with a film camera over 20 years ago.  Digitized and highly processed, I tried to give it a postcard feel.  I could envision this being sold in the Machine Shed's gift shop.

The 50s in Color

Color images weren't all that common in the 1950s.  This wedding had one roll of color slides added to the mix.  I'm sure the slides cost a mint!

More experimenting with my Epson V600.

Smoosh

Slight Chance of Rain

Trying out my Epson V600 negative scanner again.

Lick

When all else fails...CATS.

Perception

Are you seeing what you think you're seeing?  Are you sure?

From a trip to the Franconia Sculpture Park in 2007.

View from a Water Taxi

I heard on the radio the other day that there was an accidental fire in the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago, which made me think back to the last time I was in the area, which was 2007.

I pulled up images from that time, which included this view from a Chicago Water Taxi ride through the canals.  I updated the image, stylized it, and changed it to black and white to emphasize lines and structure.

Move! That! Bus!

I originally took this image in 2009 during the taping of a home reveal for Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

I was feeling nostalgic today and decided to update and stylize it.

You can read more about that eventful day in my original blog post.

Sliver Moon

Spudlings

This is the shot I was planning last night.   After my Spudling Surprise, I got down to business and set up my lighting the way I had wanted in the first place.

What a difference lighting makes!  Feel, mood and texture totally transformed from last night's blog pic.

Spudling Surprise

Fingerling potatoes in a vase, you say?  Sure, why not.  But where is the surprise?

The surprise was on me.  I realized after I hit the button on my first shot that my flash was not on.  I look at mistakes anyway because sometimes I'm pleased with the result, as was the case here.

Tomorrow I think I'll post one I took with flash.  I like both versions!

Wazzup

Shadows in the Light

Frowny Face

Blink

Basic Flesh

A throwback to the days of film and dust and spotting prints.  Lots of prints.  Thousands and thousands of prints.  I am not joking nor exaggerating.

Anyone in the biz who was a spotter had their own palette of inks on the back of a discarded photograph.  I still have mine!

This bottle is part of a set I acquired from a former boss when he decided to close up shop.

I thought this particular bottle would be appropriate on Friday the 13th as it sounds especially macabre.

Before the Collapse

In March of 2001, I was taking pictures of the 35W bridge over the Mississippi in downtown Minneapolis.

6 1/2 years later, this bridge would collapse into the Mississippi, killing 13 people.


Testing my new Epson V600 scanner again, as this was back in my film shooting days.

On Street Parking

I got a negative scanner today and have been testing it out this evening.  I like it so far, but I thought the negative scanning light area would be bigger than it is.

Spent some time going through some of my mom's negatives.  I think this might have been her car, but I'm not sure.

CSI: Old School

A Foreign Film

Most Worthless Camera Ever

Not sure why Kodak ever thought the disc camera was a good idea.

With film photography – the larger the negative, the higher the image and print enlargement quality.

Standard 35mm film gives a decent image.  The disc camera, on the other hand, utilizes film only 11mm wide.  Images are utter crap.  Worse than 110 film.  On a scale of crappiness, they would probably be equal in quality to the first generation digital camera photos.  *Shudder*

Sweet Scent from a Bygone Era

Happy Pig

Obsolete Office Gadget

If you know what this is, you've probably been around awhile.

Pictures? Again?

My kitty humors me.  Barely.

Last Dregs of Autumn

"Made in Occupied Japan"

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Is this where the bodies are burned?  Plenty of spectator seating.