What's in your future? A new camera? A new project? A new website? a new philosophy? an Exhibition? Making a book?
This is just a thread to discuss what you are thinking about doing, or are doing, next...
This is just a thread to discuss what you are thinking about doing, or are doing, next...
webOSUser
Well-known
Argust Day is coming on on the 20th. I'll take out my favorite Argus cameras and run some film through them.
Good idea for a thread.
Steve W
Good idea for a thread.
Steve W
aizan
Veteran
I'm still working on the design for a zine. Then I have to get it printed and figure out order fulfillment, distribution, and marketing.
kshapero
South Florida Man
I'm culling my herd (see Classified for Nikon Film SLR's for sale). Trying to make my life more simple.
KM-25
Well-known
Since commercial work is down about 70% for the year, I am shooting tons of film and spending lots of time in the darkroom. I figure it is poop or get off the pot time for me to make the shift to less commercial and more fine art anyway. I have started using 8x10 now and the contact prints are amazing.
On the plus side our area has seen a lot of new wealthy homeowners who need art but on the downside, we are currently being ravaged by wildfires yet again so it is really taking a toll on us.
The only thing that could shift this for my wife and I is if we get another 4 years of the current leadership....we have decided we will sell our home and leave the country for good.
Tough and weird times, just taking it day by day that's for sure.
On the plus side our area has seen a lot of new wealthy homeowners who need art but on the downside, we are currently being ravaged by wildfires yet again so it is really taking a toll on us.
The only thing that could shift this for my wife and I is if we get another 4 years of the current leadership....we have decided we will sell our home and leave the country for good.
Tough and weird times, just taking it day by day that's for sure.
largedrink
Down Under
I put my first film through a Wirgin Edixa Stereo recently. I want to get the best shots printed onto stereo cards so I can view them through an old hand-held stereo viewer I have.
Alongside that, I am hunting for a self timer lever for a Leica IIIg I restored recently (the other thing missing is a screw for the plastic eyepiece). Once done, I'll put a first film through it!
And alongside that project, about to disassemble another Wirgin Edixa Stereo and plan how to turn it into a panoramic camera (Wirgin sarcifice, if you like).
Alongside that, I am hunting for a self timer lever for a Leica IIIg I restored recently (the other thing missing is a screw for the plastic eyepiece). Once done, I'll put a first film through it!
And alongside that project, about to disassemble another Wirgin Edixa Stereo and plan how to turn it into a panoramic camera (Wirgin sarcifice, if you like).
maddoc
... likes film again.
Selling lots of film, two scanner and maybe some other stuff.
Bob Michaels
nobody special
What I should be doing more of instead of spending too much time procrastinating.
* get back to work finding a book editor to help me put together another book. This one is a challenge as it includes 7 different but related photo stories contemplated from each ones beginning to be a different format. it is no simple one photo per page collection but mix of writing and photos. Honestly, being limited by COVID quarantine is not a valid reason but I have let it become a bit of an excuse.
* find an exhibit venue for my "cockfighter" series. I have let my US network get stale from so much time in Cuba. Many people are not that accessible currently since many are academics. No real interest in exhibiting in Cuba for this one as it is "ho-hum" to most Cubans.
* develop a new photo project in the US. These start off as rough ideas and then come into focus once I start. I haven't been struggling for fresh ideas for decades but am now. This one is really constrained by lack of mobility here in the US.
* complete re-do of my website. It is 12 years old and while updated, needs a new approach. Easier said than done because everyone I talk to wants to talk about code and technical stuff while I am interested in how it looks and flows. Realistically, no constraints from lack of mobility on this one.
* one thing I do have in process is cleaning out my office, garage, and home art / decor. Since I do better with goals and timelines, I now have set a goal to fill up my huge garbage can on wheels once a week. 3 weeks ago, I thew away about 13-14 years of negatives, slides, and proof prints since I have great scans of all the good photos. 2 weeks ago, I threw away a multi decade collection of music CDs. Last week I removed over 30 framed photos from the walls and tables and threw them away. No more procrastinating about sorting and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. it is all going.
* get back to work finding a book editor to help me put together another book. This one is a challenge as it includes 7 different but related photo stories contemplated from each ones beginning to be a different format. it is no simple one photo per page collection but mix of writing and photos. Honestly, being limited by COVID quarantine is not a valid reason but I have let it become a bit of an excuse.
* find an exhibit venue for my "cockfighter" series. I have let my US network get stale from so much time in Cuba. Many people are not that accessible currently since many are academics. No real interest in exhibiting in Cuba for this one as it is "ho-hum" to most Cubans.
* develop a new photo project in the US. These start off as rough ideas and then come into focus once I start. I haven't been struggling for fresh ideas for decades but am now. This one is really constrained by lack of mobility here in the US.
* complete re-do of my website. It is 12 years old and while updated, needs a new approach. Easier said than done because everyone I talk to wants to talk about code and technical stuff while I am interested in how it looks and flows. Realistically, no constraints from lack of mobility on this one.
* one thing I do have in process is cleaning out my office, garage, and home art / decor. Since I do better with goals and timelines, I now have set a goal to fill up my huge garbage can on wheels once a week. 3 weeks ago, I thew away about 13-14 years of negatives, slides, and proof prints since I have great scans of all the good photos. 2 weeks ago, I threw away a multi decade collection of music CDs. Last week I removed over 30 framed photos from the walls and tables and threw them away. No more procrastinating about sorting and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. it is all going.
Mackinaw
Think Different
Four photo jobs scheduled sometime in the next few weeks (portraits, model shoots, etc.) and I'll be teaching a 20 year old how to process B&W film.
Jim B.
Jim B.
jarski
Veteran
am contemplating about different brands and systems way too much, and spare the forum from that meandering 
my photo projects are usually travel related. its been now 10 years since I began my round the world trip, so am planning to revisit some of the places again (when it becomes possible again). Nepal, Japan. used Leica M8 last time, so would be fun to use M again but am quite happy to Sony's as well.
little about gear. been researching to build Lightroom laptop that can store all my photo archives, over TB of files. I want everything inside the machine, no USB disks and dongles! its probably going to be Windows machine, because LR 6 is no-go on new Macs. SSD to run OS and apps, 2+TB drive to images themselves.
my photo projects are usually travel related. its been now 10 years since I began my round the world trip, so am planning to revisit some of the places again (when it becomes possible again). Nepal, Japan. used Leica M8 last time, so would be fun to use M again but am quite happy to Sony's as well.
little about gear. been researching to build Lightroom laptop that can store all my photo archives, over TB of files. I want everything inside the machine, no USB disks and dongles! its probably going to be Windows machine, because LR 6 is no-go on new Macs. SSD to run OS and apps, 2+TB drive to images themselves.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
New career as a mental health clinician. New moneymaking hobby as a typewriter repairman. New (to me) Bolex RX4 with a gorgeous set of Schneiders and thousands of feet of black and white film. Hopefully some time to do some of the things I like. If COVID-19 sticks around into 2021 though, I don't know how I'm going to survive, mentally, myself. This is a really bad existence, in my opinion.
Phil Forrest
Phil Forrest
Jake Mongey
Well-known
Ive been shooting less, taking a year out of my degree after processing film out of my bathroom for students. Ive moved home and insulated and sorted out an outbuilding so im now running film development services for the next year under the latent lab hoping that itll go okay. Its more realising theres a market for what I do well but this time taking it seriously and giving itthe proper means to succeed
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
I have been editing and scanning 20 years worth of negatives and have around 300 images that I thought were keepers. I need someone to edit them further and tell me if they are crap. I want a pdf book in the end. I have nothing else to do.
I am in the process of selling off nearly all my gear. That’s it. The end.
I am in the process of selling off nearly all my gear. That’s it. The end.
Jake Mongey
Well-known
Wow, thats a lot. i`d be more than happy to help with editing them
Archiver
Veteran
For the immediate future, I want to get back out and shoot. Stage 4 lockdown has been going for the past two weeks, with another four weeks before we go back to stage 3. Most likely, I'll use my M9 with 28 Elmarit and 50 Summicron as usual. My Canon 30D has been given new life with a secondhand Sigma 18-35, so I want to do some general photography with that combo, too.
For some time, I've wanted to put together a book of my 2010 Japan trip, complete with small essays about the experiences. It would be in the style of Moriyama's Memories of a Dog book, which is comprised of a series of articles he wrote for a photography magazine. The book wouldn't be for general distribution, although I will look into having it entered into the State Library of Victoria and National Library of Australia, if possible. In some small way, I'd like that aspect of my work to achieve some kind of immortality.
For some time, I've wanted to put together a book of my 2010 Japan trip, complete with small essays about the experiences. It would be in the style of Moriyama's Memories of a Dog book, which is comprised of a series of articles he wrote for a photography magazine. The book wouldn't be for general distribution, although I will look into having it entered into the State Library of Victoria and National Library of Australia, if possible. In some small way, I'd like that aspect of my work to achieve some kind of immortality.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Lately I have been trying to catch up on the huge backlog of work I have waiting to be edited. I have close to 500 photos I have shot over the last several years that I never had time to edit, because I have a hard time sitting long periods in front of the computer. I've been feeling better lately and been able to get more work done.
I also have about 100 rolls of film to go through and scan stuff from, but that will have to wait while I figure out what to do since my scanner died a few weeks ago.
I also have about 100 rolls of film to go through and scan stuff from, but that will have to wait while I figure out what to do since my scanner died a few weeks ago.
peterm1
Veteran
I have been asked to run some photo walks / courses and I suppose sooner or later as the world reopens I must do something serious about working with the people who want this to happen --- and make it happen. That is number one.
I also have been thinking of setting up a photo blog (Oh no, not another bloody photo blog !....Yes another bloody photo blog!) I am still thinking about what the exact concept for that would be. Though my heart is drawn to writing about using old lenses I think being practical I need to work with camera businesses to undertake reviews etc of equipment lent to me for the purpose. (A nice way to play with new toys without buying them perhaps and maybe monetize it too to make some extra cash). BTW learning how to monetize web sites is something I know nothing about.
To make it happen I have put my name down for a video making course at a local college. I have no experience in video making and feel entirely ill equipped so need so basic training at least to get me going. Part of that also must be selecting a suitable video editor and learning how to use that for editing and post processing both in terms of the technology and the artistry. More learning.................!
Also I have decided I would like to have a try at using a DSLR (actually most likely a mirrorless camera) to scan a considerable number of slides and negatives I have had for many years - mostly taken on an over seas holiday sailing around the South Pacific about 30 years ago or in Europe on a trip with my now departed dad and therefore dear to my heart. I have mapped out a plan for a home made scanning rig and will try my hand at making that soon. Though the actual scanning is likely to take much longer - I have scanned negatives and slides before using flat bed scanners and I know just how slow it is and how much ancillary work is involved in touching up and optimizing images after the event.
On a non photography theme I have been experimenting with mixed media art works and texture a bit and, for example, I am presently in the process of making this thing - which will eventually hang on a wall some where. Its quite large (about 1 metre square) and heavy, incorporating both wood and steel in its construction. More design and experimentation is needed on this before I am happy (needs more colour somewhere) but you can see the basic idea. And I already have the next one in mind too and will begin that probably before I finish this one.
BTW Quite by accident the texture of the two panels on the right actually ended up looking like turbulent waters. Hey, "Turbulent Waters" is not a bad name for this piece given that "The Great Wave off Kanegawa" is already taken and "Turbulent Brown Waters" is a slightly less excellent name for reasons I need not elaborate upon
The little gold cartouche at the bottom right will eventually be a copper or brass plaque with the artist's name (i.e. me) transliterated into Chinese Characters - as below in the final image. Lots of fun!
I also have been thinking of setting up a photo blog (Oh no, not another bloody photo blog !....Yes another bloody photo blog!) I am still thinking about what the exact concept for that would be. Though my heart is drawn to writing about using old lenses I think being practical I need to work with camera businesses to undertake reviews etc of equipment lent to me for the purpose. (A nice way to play with new toys without buying them perhaps and maybe monetize it too to make some extra cash). BTW learning how to monetize web sites is something I know nothing about.
To make it happen I have put my name down for a video making course at a local college. I have no experience in video making and feel entirely ill equipped so need so basic training at least to get me going. Part of that also must be selecting a suitable video editor and learning how to use that for editing and post processing both in terms of the technology and the artistry. More learning.................!
Also I have decided I would like to have a try at using a DSLR (actually most likely a mirrorless camera) to scan a considerable number of slides and negatives I have had for many years - mostly taken on an over seas holiday sailing around the South Pacific about 30 years ago or in Europe on a trip with my now departed dad and therefore dear to my heart. I have mapped out a plan for a home made scanning rig and will try my hand at making that soon. Though the actual scanning is likely to take much longer - I have scanned negatives and slides before using flat bed scanners and I know just how slow it is and how much ancillary work is involved in touching up and optimizing images after the event.
On a non photography theme I have been experimenting with mixed media art works and texture a bit and, for example, I am presently in the process of making this thing - which will eventually hang on a wall some where. Its quite large (about 1 metre square) and heavy, incorporating both wood and steel in its construction. More design and experimentation is needed on this before I am happy (needs more colour somewhere) but you can see the basic idea. And I already have the next one in mind too and will begin that probably before I finish this one.
BTW Quite by accident the texture of the two panels on the right actually ended up looking like turbulent waters. Hey, "Turbulent Waters" is not a bad name for this piece given that "The Great Wave off Kanegawa" is already taken
and "Turbulent Brown Waters" is a slightly less excellent name for reasons I need not elaborate upon The little gold cartouche at the bottom right will eventually be a copper or brass plaque with the artist's name (i.e. me) transliterated into Chinese Characters - as below in the final image. Lots of fun!
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Making books! They drive me to start or complete projects, or as a way to edit my photographs more critically.
petronius
Veteran
My recent Rollei 35 book (500 pictures from 500 rolls) is on it´s way from the printshop and I am currently starting the work with the Rollei again (after an eight month break), completely in color.
RichC
Well-known
Preparing for an exhibition with my colleagues in the MAP6 photographic collective called The Finland Project, on what makes that country tick and why it's so successful.
My contribution is the following. It comprises seven triptychs, one shown below.
The two upper photographs are my own: life – the forest as a place that has nurtured and sustained Finns for millennia. The bottom image is archival, a photo of World War 2 in Finnish forests: death. Both aspects shaped modern Finland.
Draft statement: Metsänpeitto
''Finland was ranked as the world’s most content country by the United Nations’ World Happiness Report in both 2019 and 2020, and the forest has had – and continues to have – a significant role in shaping Finnish culture with its hallmarks of egalitarianism and respect for nature. This work explores Finland through its forests.
Finns and the forest intertwine through history, and this relationship endures: three-quarters of the country remain forested, and two-thirds of Finns go to a forest every week. The forest has provided shelter and sustenance for millennia. But the forest can be a perilous place too. This was apparent during the Second World War, when the vastly outnumbered Finns fought Soviet soldiers in the country’s tree-covered landscape, using their woodcraft to resist the invaders; this led to Finland retaining its independence. The forest is a frequent motif in Finnish art and folklore – such as Werner Holmberg's paintings and the epic poem the Kalevela. More sinister is metsänpeitto (the ‘forest cover’), a confounding glamour cast by the forest on wanderers, turning reality otherworldly and strange.''
My contribution is the following. It comprises seven triptychs, one shown below.
The two upper photographs are my own: life – the forest as a place that has nurtured and sustained Finns for millennia. The bottom image is archival, a photo of World War 2 in Finnish forests: death. Both aspects shaped modern Finland.
Draft statement: Metsänpeitto
''Finland was ranked as the world’s most content country by the United Nations’ World Happiness Report in both 2019 and 2020, and the forest has had – and continues to have – a significant role in shaping Finnish culture with its hallmarks of egalitarianism and respect for nature. This work explores Finland through its forests.
Finns and the forest intertwine through history, and this relationship endures: three-quarters of the country remain forested, and two-thirds of Finns go to a forest every week. The forest has provided shelter and sustenance for millennia. But the forest can be a perilous place too. This was apparent during the Second World War, when the vastly outnumbered Finns fought Soviet soldiers in the country’s tree-covered landscape, using their woodcraft to resist the invaders; this led to Finland retaining its independence. The forest is a frequent motif in Finnish art and folklore – such as Werner Holmberg's paintings and the epic poem the Kalevela. More sinister is metsänpeitto (the ‘forest cover’), a confounding glamour cast by the forest on wanderers, turning reality otherworldly and strange.''