Sunday, August 24, 2008

The re-Freshening of the Old

A photo I shot in the 5th grade, circa 1985, with a plastic Holga. These cameras had three choices for focus: portrait, group, mountains
Reminiscing on my past has been quite entertaining over the past couple of weeks. I have found some unique photographs in my archives including the first photograph I remeber taking. I am amazed how many different mediums I have used in my career.
I have shot with a Holga plastic camera, a pinhole camera, Polaroids, 4x5, 2&1/4, 35mm, the early digital cameras and now the latest and greatest digital SLR's. I see many photographers going back to the old tricks as they have become niche product. Photogs are shooting the Olympics with Holgas, wedding portraits with tilt/shift and even daring to go back to film for corporate work. I am all for it.
I am so glad I held onto my college camera, a Nikon 8008s. I miss the multiple exposure feature which seems to have been pushed to the waysides with Photoshop. Call me a purest, but if you can produce the effect in camera, its way better.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

The Photo Machine


Chuck E. Cheese ended up sketching a classic. Six fellow photographers finagled our way into a photo booth during a going away lunch for one of the three interns. We had a Canon EOS 1D Mk II with us but this low res sketch is by far the best shot of our lunchtime adventure. Being there is half the battle and that is true for the photo booth at Chuck E. Cheese.