Category: DIY

Tragedy Strikes…holes in my shutter

I can’t believe I didn’t notice the gnarly white blotch in my previous set of photos from the Yodica film review I did, but they’re certainly visible. That…

LomoPhone Purple

I dig Lomography Lomochrome Purple film. It has a really cool effect of turning greens into purples and giving an interesting aesthetic to photos. I’ve done a roll…

Olive Oil – Holga Conversion

I’m frigging grumpy, so here is a new post about my mean, green Holga that smells like whiskey and feet because the previous owner tried his hand at…

Camera Repair – Agfa Optima

Hooray for me, I did my first successful CLA on a camera and didn’t have any parts left over. In fact, it went back together very nicely. Why…

Developing Color Film With Reckless Abandon

Color film (C41) has a reputation for being needy when developed, due to its precise time and temperature requirements. One pass over the instructions and you’ll see that…

The Open Source Experiment

I recently read an article by Riley Brandt about his Free and Open Source Software (foss) Workflow, and it piqued my interest. I have been a Linux user…

Please, Step Away from the Camera

Occasionally my thrifty shopping gets the best of me, and I end up with a dud camera. This is especially true on purchases from auction sites where the…

Plastic Kamera Kit Fun

I have to admit I have a bit of a soft spot for toy cameras. I have a good collection I’ll start sharing here. My favorite, of course,…

What’s In My Lab ?

Happy New Year! I have been scratching my head for the last week trying to figure out what to do this year to make my photography and this…

Behold, The FrankenHolga!

Let me just say I love my Holga 120. If you’re not familiar with it already, it’s a Medium Format plastic camera with a meniscus lens. It fires…