The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.

[Knuckledragger]

Tri-X was the last brand of film made in the 220 format, BTW. Now there is none.

In lighter news: Includes FREE case and a... a... what?

[Knuckledragger]

Well shit, yesterday was Photoshoop's 20th birthday.

The Online Photographer: Happy 20th Birthday, Photoshop

[Knuckledragger]

I have a longtime friend who lives in Vancouver. He used to make techno and do a "live PA" (that's techno-speak for dragging his synths and drum machines to the gig, vs. DJing with records or CDs.) Now he lives on a catamaran and plays the mandolin. Last week he got woken up by a hovercraft going past his cat, and took this pic:

Sometimes I'm glad I know people as crazy as him.

No, I did NOT ask him if it was full of eels.

[agile_one]

Knuckledragger ... the IR shots are beautiful. Amazing how seeing familiar scenes though a different filter gives new, interesting perspective. Almost makes me want to pick up an old body and convert it to IR just for the fun of it. Or I guess I could get some IR film for the old Spotmatic or Nikon F I have sitting in my drawer.

[Knuckledragger]

Thanks, a_o.

Anyone wanna buy a wide angle lens? NIKON Ultra Wide Angle Nikkor 5.6/13mm AI w/accs. MINT! - eBay (item 220559396058 end time Mar-01-10 10:20:52 PST)

[Beefy]

Vague memory...... wasn't Kevin Gilmore looking for something like this?

[Knuckledragger]

Today in WTF: $25,000 Holga - a set on Flickr

[Knuckledragger]

I have a new stove arriving @ 0900 tomorrow, so I should be sleeping right now. Instead, I'm editing a few photos. FML.

That laser in the center is the one that hit me in the eye.

DJ Redshift at 10 after 8 the following morning, having just disgorged a fresh bottle of Grey Goose from his freezer.

Katherine, the resident dancer for the local dnb night. She was a resident at the Limelight, in 1992. Yep, she's 41.

More later. Probably.

[Knuckledragger]

On a whim, I submitted this pic to reddit. If any H-Cers are redditors, plz oopvote.

[aerius]

[Sherwood]

Friends, I need some inspiration. My wonderful camera has just sat in its case for weeks on end now, as I'm having a hard time hauling myself away from work and life to enjoy something beautiful.

What do you guys do when you're in a creative rut, aside from psychotropic chemicals?

[laxx]

I haven't used my camera for like 3 months, lol. I think I'll take a trip to the zoo soon as the weather has been phenomenal in NYC.

[aerius]

What do you guys do when you're in a creative rut, aside from psychotropic chemicals?

Hookers.

[Knuckledragger]

Now that's pretty cool.

[HeadphoneAddict]

Recent snow shot of Cheyenne Mountain, captured with a 3mp iPhone 3GS - click to access the full res photo - no editing done:

Cropped version:

[episiarch]

Friends, I need some inspiration. My wonderful camera has just sat in its case for weeks on end now, as I'm having a hard time hauling myself away from work and life to enjoy something beautiful.

What do you guys do when you're in a creative rut, aside from psychotropic chemicals?

Go for a walk. Pick a place you haven't been but have heard about, a trail you've been meaning to explore, or just one that you haven't been on in a while. Bring the camera and probably some kind of inspiration will strike, but if it doesn't, fresh air and scenery will go a long way to helping you out of that in-a-rut feeling.

[Knuckledragger]

Friends, I need some inspiration. My wonderful camera has just sat in its case for weeks on end now, as I'm having a hard time hauling myself away from work and life to enjoy something beautiful.

What do you guys do when you're in a creative rut, aside from psychotropic chemicals?

#1 Never listen to aerius. #2, this may not apply to you, but the weather here is gorgeous today, and I'm about to take a roll of Fuji Velvia 50 out of the fridge and load it into my Rebel K2. If you don't have V50 and a film SLR lying around, get a cheap point & shoot (the dollar store me sells truly horrid film cameras, I've had a lot of fun with them) and whatever cheap print film you can find. Leave your digital camera at home. Film is much more demanding than digital, and much more rewarding. This is hardly the only technique for vitalizing one's creativity, but it works for me. Conversely, my friend Eddy has been shooting 4x5" large format B&W film for years, and just got a PowerShot G11. He's having a blast with the near infinite depth of field it provides (what large format photographers have to go through to get decent DoF is insane.)

Unrelated:

WAT.

[MexicanDragon]

Unrelated:

WAT.

Covertly conspicuous up-skirt rig for parties?

**BRENT**

[agile_one]

[aerius]

Covertly conspicuous up-skirt rig for parties?

If it were, that would be one hell of a close-up shot with those lenses.

Cherry tree

[Salt Peanuts]

One of the first shots I took with my new camera & 35mm f/2

[Beefy]

The dog shot is fantastic

[HeadphoneAddict]

teh kitteh likes warm

[Audiofiler]

Great pictures Salt, nice camera. Your Tortie looks very much like mine in the way of the markings and coloring, just with a longer coat.

[Salt Peanuts]

Thanks. The first cat is mine while the dog and the white cat are my family's - took their pics while visiting them this past weekend. I've been wanting to take the camera out and about but the weather around here hasn't cooperated of late, and when it's been nice enough, I've been stuck inside for one reason or another.