Saturday, March 17, 2012

Flipped Lens Brownie Hawkeye Part 2




" Brownie Hawkeye"
Some more images shot with a flipped lens Brownie Hawkeye camera. I also used a No. 13 Kodak Portrait lens on the last shot.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Flipped Lens Brownie Hawkeye






"Flipped Lens Brownie Hawkeye"
A few test shots with my newly modified Hawkeye camera. Added some Zebra color and flipped the lens to get the blurred effect. Here is a link on how to flip your own lens- http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/10/how-to-flip-a-brownie-hawkeye-flash-lens/ If you would like to buy your own customized Brownie, Randy from Holga Mods does some very sweet mods- http://www.hawkeyemods.com/

Monday, February 20, 2012

Plastic Fantastic Workshop March 11, 2012



"Plastic Fantastic"
I will be giving an introduction to Plastic Cameras at B&H Photo NYC on March 11. Seats are limited so please sign up at  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/find/eventDetails.jsp/id/1184

Friday, January 06, 2012

Holga 120 Pan Review


Holga 120 Pan (Panoramic)

Manufacturer: Universal Electronics Industries
Date: 2010
Format: 120 film
Price: $89.99 US
Summary: Plastic wide angle panoramic camera

Technical Details:
 Close to 180° view angle
 90mm Lens
 6x12 sized negs
 Plastic build

Attributes:
 Subtle vignette and edge blur
 Wide angle view
 Big negatives

Field Notes:
  The Holga factory continues to keep churning out plastic goodies and this one is super. Super wide that is! The Holga 120 pan camera boasts an incredible almost 180° view. Following along the lines of their 120 WPC pinhole camera, this model adds a shutter and lens assembly to the mix. The camera features a pretty decent viewfinder, dual hot shoes, and a tripod mount. It has your typical Holga zone focusing and usual cloudy/sunny aperture switch. A nice touch is a spirit (bubble) level that allows you to make sure your camera is level when using a tripod. The camera back suggests ISO 400 speed film for best effects but the manual does say 100 speed is OK with sunny days. Just remember your fixed shutter speed is about 1/100 second unless of course using the bulb shutter mode. Loading your film is just like any 120 Holga camera. Make sure you leave the film selector switch on the camera back set at 12. When advancing your film after each shot, you have to advance to an odd number. This will keep your exposures from overlapping due to its panoramic format. Shooting with the 120 Pan was fun. It really is like any other Holga except for the fact of its size. You need to make sure you hold its larger body steady when hand holding. If you decide to use a tripod, they do recommend the Holga Shutter Release Set (SRS-120). For this test I loaded the camera with some expired Fuji NPS 160. The results were favorable to my lighting conditions at the time, but in the future I would probably use 400 speed film as I do most of the time with Holgas. Since your shooting panos, remember you only get 6 pictures with a roll of 120 film. The format is 6x12 and that makes for some great sized negs! If your into wide pano style photography, then I would definitely recommend getting one. Cant wait to get this baby down to the shore! I bought this unit from the good people at  http://www.holgadirect.com/





Saturday, December 24, 2011

Monday, December 05, 2011

Support Toys for Tots- Play for sale now

"Play"
Play! is a collection of 63 photographs made with film using 30 toy, lo-fi, and handmade cameras made by 36 amazing photographers in 12 countries on 5 continents.
In 2011, there were 552 tornado-related deaths in the United States—tied with 1936 for second as the most deadly in US history (the highest being 794 in 1925). 100% of the proceeds from sales of Play! will be donated to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to benefit children in areas ravaged by those tornadoes.
I have 3 images in this book, its for a great cause! http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2762143

Saturday, December 03, 2011

More Clownfest 2011


"Clownfest 2011"
Finally getting some scanning done of my film from Clownfest 2011. Seaside Heights NJ. Shot with a Holgamods TLR modified camera.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011

Friday, September 23, 2011

Low Tech / High Art Show


"Low Tech / High Art"
Very honored to be invited and included with these great photographers. It opens Oct. 28th 2011 at the Buisness of Art Center in Manitou Springs CO.  http://www.thebac.org/

Wings and Wheels 2011




"Wings and Wheels 2011"
Annual show at Teterboro Airport in NJ. Shot with the Holga 135BC TLR camera.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ol Barney

"Ol Barney"
Holga 135BC camera shot. Barnegat Lighthouse, Long Beach Island, NJ

Sunday, August 28, 2011

LBI Pano

"Long Beach Island"
My film advance jammed on my Holga 135BC. Stitched the 3 shots together. Kind of a happy accident.

Monday, August 15, 2011

NJ State Fair 2011





"NJ State Fair 2011"
Some more pics from the Lomo Sprocket Rocket camera.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Freak Show

"Freak Show"
Fun day a the NJ State Fair with the Sprocket Rocket camera.