Weekend Photography Plans: What are you up to?

Brusby likes the light around my area. Maybe not so much today. It is gray, overcast, light misty rain and ~65F. It is a good day to put on a pot of soup and enjoy what others are shooting or have shot. So first the kettle goes on for "a nice pot of tea" and then the soup. I have lived in Astoria since the beginning of '03 and this is the coldest, wettest, grayest summer I have seen. I am still heating on many days. So much for summer. The Pacific NW is known for rain but this year's gray is ridiculous. The Chamber of Commerce has moved to California.

Here is what it looks like off my back porch, so much for PNW summer. ;o)

B0002705 by West Phalia, on Flickr​
 
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boojum said:
Brusby likes the light around my area. Maybe not so much today. It is gray, overcast, light misty rain and ~65F. It is a good day to put on a pot of soup and enjoy what others are shooting or have shot. So first the kettle goes on for "a nice pot of tea" and then the soup. I have lived in Astoria since the beginning of '03 and this is the coldest, wettest, grayest summer I have seen. I am still heating on many days. So much for summer. The Pacific NW is known for rain but this year's gray is ridiculous. The Chamber of Commerce has moved to California.

Here is what it looks like off my back porch, so much for PNW summer. ;o)

B0002705 by West Phalia, on Flickr​
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When I lived in AK, this was the norm and was called "liquid sunshine".
 
Testing a new - to me - matte inkjet paper (Fotospeed Natural Soft Textured Bright White) with Piezography Pro inks.

Printing some digital negatives and setting up the equpment to do some argyrotypes (an updated Vandyke Brown alt process).
 
@ Xabier, and others if interested: I cut from my blog the process which I use to make my zines and the thoughts or ideas about.
There are more pictures in the article but here I'm allowed to insert only three photos no more. I think it is ok to get the process but if you are curious here is a link to the original article: my zine and the story behind it

Sorry for the longer than usual post, but this work was done in many weekends!

This is a zine I made short time ago. Today I would like to tell you its story, the idea and the realisation and why a paper made low-fi zine in a digital world so much connected via internet.
At the end of last summer my wife and I decided to spend a few days on Lake Como, in Tremezzina. It is an area we have been frequenting for many years and where in the hotel always conducted by the same family we feel at home. It is quiet and the view is beautiful.

Obviously as a photography enthusiast, I thought of taking some photos, but I faced a problem: how to photograph a place that has already been photographed by me many times without repeating myself?

The answer came when I was browsing through a book by Karl Lagerfeld “Fotografie” and looking at his pictures of the Trevi’s Fountain: the contrast between the fluidity of the water and the stillness of stone could be the starting point of my pictures.
When I think about a project I always take notes. Avoid (if possible) making postcards, that is, photos that have already been seen so many times, look for fountains and washtubs, small streams, alleys, paths, details of old houses, not forgetting the turtles that are in the pond in front of the Church of St. Lawrence.

I also wanted the photos to have a “look” of their own, personal. So I decided to shoot on film in B&W. A light kit, after all it was a vacation: a camera with one lens (fixed focal length for the more technical readers) and another small lens in the bag. Simply. Uncomplicated. As always when I take photos.

After having taken the photos, returned home, developed and scanned the films, I made a series of small prints. At this point I wondered how to proceed. Those who have been following this blog for some time already know how much I like printed photography, the tangible object that you can hold in your hand. True, the Internet offers many opportunities to share one’s work, and this blog is part of it. And I’m glad for that. But I believe that a printed photograph, a physical object, a book or a magazine offer a different way of enjoyment. The slowness of looking at it or flipping through its pages, the feel of the paper, the sound of the pages of a magazine when turned are part of another experience. I don’t mean a better experience, I simply mean different which I think is important and enjoyable.

So I decided to show this work in form of a small magazine, which for me who come from the times of cyclostyle (I guess it can be translated as mimeograph) had to be a “zine” all made in house and without too much expectation. Therefore I went for a size and a layout which I could print with my inkjet on a A4 sheet and where I could print a full photo on a double page. And to keep a low profile I decided to print not on high quality photo paper but on a sketching paper, bamboo made in order to keep an eye on the echological aspects.When putting several photos together, it is important to choose them, to do proper editing, but it is even more important to decide in what sequence and where to put them. Two photos close together can either strengthen each other or weaken. Sometimes a blank page in front of an image can say a lot more than a page full of photos. My method is to…try, try and try again different combinations until I feel I am satisfied. And if necessary I also involve a few friends to get their opinion. Since I love working with physical images this means having in my small studio (and not only there) photos all over the place! But let’s be honest: this is actually a pleasure!Now were only missing a few words to complete the story: not many because I wanted to leave the narrative to the pictures, after all I love to exprime myself with the photography!
Printing, cutting, trimming, folding and assembling the pages was part of the fun. Of this first “edition” I made about 30 copies which I distributed to friends and acquaintances a little everywhere. Their appreciation was the greatest satisfaction for me, so much so that a new issue with a top secret theme will come, soon or later ! Keep in touch!

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My photo weekend started yesterday - shot some exposures on Fompan 200 on a Nikon F3 with 20mm f/2.8 AIS and 28mm f/2.8 AIS lenses and processed the film last night in 510 Pyro.

About to hit the Room Of Darkness for a few hours to try and catch up on the last 3 or 4 weeks of shooting.

Our new kitty cat is not impressed with the darkroom door being closed...
 
Mine will be another wild and crazy get-together with other folks from the fringes of the underworld and guilty of interstate flight to avoid prosecution when we meet at the Portland Camera group at the Crema Coffee House, in an old church. It's good cover fo us. Most of us bring our mouthpieces along in case of a raid. ;o) Some of us have ;legit day jobs, others, . . .
 
boojum said:
Mine will be another wild and crazy get-together with other folks from the fringes of the underworld and guilty of interstate flight to avoid prosecution when we meet at the Portland Camera group at the Crema Coffee House, in an old church. It's good cover fo us. Most of us bring our mouthpieces along in case of a raid. ;o) Some of us have ;legit day jobs, others, . . .
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Portland is known for its riff-raff and marginal characters. I shudder to think of the shenanigans that shall unfold ...
 
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