Just a little update
After five rolls of film I have decided to give Snapfish the heave-ho as far as film processing goes.For experimentation's sake I took a roll to the local camera store (Monells in Newburgh) and had them develop and print it.The difference was mind blowing.Snapfish's work looks dull, flat, and lifeless when compared to work done by a place that actually seems to know what they are doing. Also,

I made me a picture.
So....I developed my first two rolls of film today.It's surprisingly easy. I used to help my dad in the darkroom when I was just a wee lad so I sort of knew what to expect and wasn't suprised at the stank ass odor of the chemicals. Of course color chemicals are 100 times worse and when I worked in the camera shop I made the mistake of sniffing a bottle of something or other and spent the next 10

Some early attempts
Ok, just got back from Nashville, TN.I was looking forward to shooting a butt load of pics on this trip but my camera broke on Monday right after I shot two rolls of black and white film. I did procure a back up camera of sorts and shot a roll of color film on it...that will get sent off to Snapfish today.I will attempt to develop the two rolls of black and white myself and then scan the

Shooting on Film
Lately I've been having a torrid love affair with late 1970's Japanese technology. Specifically stereos and cameras. Thanks to eBay, Craigslist, and their cousins, I have discovered that it is now possible to own many of the most expensive and desirable systems of stereo's "Golden Age" and many of the cameras I remember from TV advertising are still available and are now ridiculously cheap.Sure

Back To The Earth: End of Season Report
So, while I was away from here, blissfully not blogging or bending my brain into any funny shapes I spent the better part of late 2008 and most of 2009 planning, designing, and executing a project that resulted in my wife and I having our very own vegetable garden. (As evidenced by the pics below)I grew up in a family of avid gardeners and as a child I spent many a long hour processing the bounty