Tag: analog
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Film Review: Rollei RPX 25
For the last few months, I’ve been shooting with a large format film camera, and I’ll review the mediums I’ve been using during this time. First up is Rollei RPX 25 in 4×5 sheet film. And let’s be frank, I hate it. This film is thin. Like, 1-ply toilet-paper thin. It’s also flimsy. On location,…
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Hello 2021! Time for an update …
Despite the lack of posts here, I have been working on my art. A few projects that are in the works or wrapping up: Industrial Heartland seriesI still need to wrap this one up. I took photos last year, edited them, but didn’t get around to turning them into a published series. Large format photography!After…
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Ghost Pumpkin rising
My adventures in 4×5 homemade pinhole photography continue, this time with Rollei APX 25 film. Exposure time was ~55 minutes. The collage photo used two continuous dish lights, as my LED lights’ batteries drained about 20 minutes into the second shot. I’m using a Jobo 2520 to manually rotary process the film, and I’m pleased…
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So, … I kind of built a camera
I ordered the 0.5mm pinhole on EBay as well as the film back, but everything else was from scratch. I didn’t have a proper router table and hobbled one together from scrap wood. Some of my cuts weren’t perfect, although it seemed to get the job done. The photo of the ghost pumpkin is a…
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Guinness
This photo was taken back in the days of film and from a moving tour bus. I clearly got the settings wrong. This is the Bob Ross photography equivalent of a “happy little accident” that shows the post-tour effects of a visit to the Guinness factory. Eaves, Chris (Spring 1998). Guinness [Photograph]. Dublin, Ireland. Shot…
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Killarney
While crossing this road twenty-one years ago, I pointed a Canon Rebel G at the cars, shoppes and people. Today you can visit that same street via Google Maps. Thanks to the Redditors at /r/Ireland for the help in reminding me this was Killarney. Eaves, Chris (March, 1998). Killarney [Photograph]. Killarney, Ireland. Shot on a…