It's official: I am now a cyber slacker

[CraigK]

Hi All,

I have now joined the ranks of the 7 gajillion other cyber-nauts out there.

Yup, I am a blogger.

In fact I have two blogs, both with lots of rangefinder content.

The first is Chiendogblog and features random and disconnected thoughts mainly regarding dogs and photography.


The second is Prairiedogblog . It is the blog of my photography school and features lots of rangefinder stuff included a mini rant posted yesterday on the virtues of the Yashica Lynx.

If you have a minute or two to kill, have a look.

Cheers!

CK

 

[bmattock]

Hi All,

I have now joined the ranks of the 7 gajillion other cyber-nauts out there.

Yup, I am a blogger.

In fact I have two blogs, both with lots of rangefinder content.

The first is Chiendogblog and features random and disconnected thoughts mainly regarding dogs and photography.


The second is Prairiedogblog . It is the blog of my photography school and features lots of rangefinder stuff included a mini rant posted yesterday on the virtues of the Yashica Lynx.

If you have a minute or two to kill, have a look.

Cheers!

CK

Doesn't 'chien' mean 'dog'? Dog dog blog? OK, then.

Here's my nasty floor-eating mutts, well one of them anyway:

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[Rich Silfver]

Craig, nice blog - love the "Felix is Felix" photo.

As you said - 'everyone' seems to be blogging these days even me at http://silfver.blogspot.com

 

[zuikologist]

CraigK - nice blog. Excellent photos. Hand held 1/15 shots are cool.

Bill- nice dog. Excellent photo.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Nice stuff on both blogs. I'm bookmarking you.
I need to point the camera at my chessie more often. She's such a spaz though that if I even look at her she mugs me (figurin' that she might get taken out to play).

 

[CraigK]

Thanks for the feedback all.

Nice blog Rich. I love tone of your black and whites. May I ask how you are getting it in PS?

The shot of "Felix is Felix" was taken with a point and shoot believe it or not....well not just any point and shoot...a Yashica T4 no less.

Cheers,

CK

 

[CraigK]

Bill, that is one fine looking dog! Love the eyes, nice shot.

What camera/flim conbo?

 

[JoshRoot]

Eh, blogging is fun. My brother and I post our random thoughts on www.brothersroot.com

I wish I was dedicated enough to post up a real photoblog. But I don't see that happening at the moment.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Dazed, nice blog with some great photos (I like that they were all in b&w) 🙂
How is the Balda working out for you?

 

[bmattock]

Bill, that is one fine looking dog! Love the eyes, nice shot.

What camera/flim conbo?

Canon T-60 SLR with Canon 55mm F1.2 FL. Shot f1.2 @ 1/60 on Walgreens Studio 35 200 film (Agfa Vista 200).

Here's the other pair of the deadly duo - Milo, taken with same setup, only Tri-X rated at EI 1600, f2.0, 1/125, processed in Diafine. Frankly, I am not sure Tri-X is a 1600 ISO film in Diafine after having experimented some with it. 1000, maybe. But others got much thicker negs than I did shooting at 1600, so maybe I'm doing something wrong. Anyway, here's the photo:

 

[dazedgonebye]

Dazed, nice blog with some great photos (I like that they were all in b&w) 🙂
How is the Balda working out for you?

Thanks,
A month or so ago, I made a commitment to go all black and white. I'm sure I'll do color now and again, but black and white is where my heart is and I want to improve along those lines.
I've only gotten one roll back from the balda and I didn't have a single usable frame. At this point I don't know if the lens is very poor or if I just haven't figured out how to hold a folding camera. I'm leaning toward the second explaination.
I shot 4 more rolls through it (before I got the first one back) so I should know more soon about its actual abilities.
It looks and handles well though....

 

[bmattock]

Thanks,
A month or so ago, I made a commitment to go all black and white. I'm sure I'll do color now and again, but black and white is where my heart is and I want to improve along those lines.
I've only gotten one roll back from the balda and I didn't have a single usable frame. At this point I don't know if the lens is very poor or if I just haven't figured out how to hold a folding camera. I'm leaning toward the second explaination.
I shot 4 more rolls through it (before I got the first one back) so I should know more soon about its actual abilities.
It looks and handles well though....

Are you souping your own B&W? If not, you might want to consider it - a worthwhile investment.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[dazedgonebye]

Are you souping your own B&W? If not, you might want to consider it - a worthwhile investment.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

I REALLY want to...but, my time is already so limited. For now, the chromogenic b&w films will have to do. Plus, I shoot lots of digital.