Chris

It Happened

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After two years of silence, I finally heard the fan kick in on my M1 MacBook while downloading images off Adobe to my external hard drive. Took me by surprise!

Crazy From The Heat

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Working outdoors in this 100+ heat and humidity for 10-12 hr days, 6 days a week and weeks in a row makes for a boring and exhausted Chris.

Wish I had the energy to create or read.

Less Study More Life

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[I]n order to write a book, do a deed, paint a picture with some life in it, one has to be alive oneself. And so, unless you never want to progress, study is a matter of very secondary importance for you. Enjoy yourself as much as you can, have as many diversions as you can, and remember that what people demand in art nowadays is something very much alive, with strong colour and great intensity. So intensify your own health and strength and life a little; that is the best study.

Vincent Van Gogh

Damn I Am Hot

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The previous three weeks of +100 temperatures and prolonged heat exposure while working outdoors has taken it’s toll on my body. The only benefit I can take away from all of that is I am now closer to my goal weight.

Kodak H35 Film

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I received that magic email that my prints and scans are available this morning. Because this was a new camera, there were a few images that were too dark (low light never helps either.) Over all though, I am pleased with how very analog the film scans and prints look. The grain, the dust spots and even the occasional light leak are what makes them real as opposed to digital corrections. Check out more in the “FILM” section of the website.

2023-07-26

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Complete fail while loading a new roll of film into the Pentax K1000 this morning. The film lead would not stay in the take-up spool after several attempts. A quick look online tells me that this is a known issue in the photo community as well as the fact that there is no real fix for it. Frustrated. Thankfully the film roll was a freebie bonus from the manufacturer. But I really wanted to shoot with that film stock!

I did perform a successful test of the new Shiftcam iPhone grip on a photowalk this morning. The shutter button on the grip was responsive and fluid. Even though the case has a tight fit in its case and locked in with a magnet, I was still wary of the iPhone slipping out. I need a few more walks with it to totally feel secure enough in it to relax. 

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In previous post I’ve shown a Field Notes notebook in the photo which was the inspiration for this webpage. The analog notebook is used to document and organize my film notes such as dates, film used, ISO, and the event the film roll is used for. 

Example: 

“7/15-7/25 Kodak Ektar H35 camera. Ilford HP5+ B&W 35mm film. 36 exposures at 1/2 frame yielding 72 exposures. Black & White night shots and urban photography.”

Other practical applications for the field notes book will include lands well-scaped, a portable Dorian Gray, drawings drawn, erased and redrawn, camera obscura, sunsets witnessed, Polaroids shaken, urban canvassing strategies, concentric thoughts, personalized personalizations, portraits of personable persons, found objects, lost objects, broken things, beautiful things, ephemeral ephemera, scenic scenery, collected collections, eclectic electric expressions, memorable memories, and a whole lot of shitty captures meant to pass off as art.