now that it's 6 am....

[blustocking]

that means it's time for bed.
go me.

but first....Help Me Get TO New Orleans .

Not only do I not have people to help pay for the car rental, but I don't have funds at all. So, if you ever wanted dirty watercolors or cool t-shirts, now's the chance. More will be up tomorrow. I still have the "sculptors do it in 3-D" shirts to put up.

My computer sucks and is probably dying. I'm dreading trying to process images from my new camera. Ugggggggggggwhycan'tigotobedatadecenthour?

OH and I'm a complete dumbass who undersold a print from the China show for $55. Live and learn, live and learn. I'm dumb. Dammit.

Comments

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Let me find a black t-shirt and I'll make it special. Unless you want it now.
It'll have to be after I get back from New Orleans, if that's okay.

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

OMG WHERE IS THE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT
INCONCEIVABLE!!
I WANT IT NAAAAAAAAAAAOOOO

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

I'VE GOT YOUR COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT RIIIIIIIGHT HERE.

Oh, and a kind individual has loaned my their Nikkormat EL for New Orleans use. Know anything about these? It seems like a sturdy little camera.

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

ooo nikkormat
Those where neat machines. I have never used one (I had the fg, the fm2, then the f4) but I was once told that one of its flaws was shitty reading if the battery is weak. Of course, this is specific to one jaded experience from a guy that now swears by Canon.
It a Nikon and all Nikons rule only slightly less than Leicas =P
I would still suggest that you use an external light meter. However good these cameras still are, they cannot compete with a modern light meter so besides that, enjoy.
What kind of lens is on it?
If it's one of those oldie nikkor lenses have fun with dept of field and try to take some shots at the highest possible aperture. Those are wonderfully sharp lenses.

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Wellll...I leave Saturday night, so that external light meter is probably not going to happen. I just hope I come back with at least 12 good photos.

The lens he loaned me is a 43-86mm. Know anything about that one?

My mind is swimming with trying to get everything done and I feel like I haven't played with this camera enough. I'm bringing my shitty 35mm (which now seems to be working), so hopefully, with these and the Holga just for shits n' giggles, something will come out.

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

see if you can over-expose half a stop and make sure never to shoot bellow 1/60 of a sec. However steady you think you can hold it, at low speed, even your heart beat can blur a good shot.
See if you can shoot a lot around f16, f11 and even f22. I just know that nikkor optics really pop tabular grain films so I hope you are taking some kodak max and some tmax.

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU.

And I ordered only a couple T-max, have some Tri-X, and a couple Ilford just because I wanted to try it. I guess now is not the time to try shit out, but there you go. Those are all b/w. I have a crap ton of free (which means it's probably worth dick) Fujifilm as well. I'm poor and I had to get 120 film as well (got Tri-X and Fujicolor in that).

And again, THANK YOU. Man, sometimes, I feel like a photographer imposter...sometimes the technical shit takes awhile for it to sink in with me, especially when I'm frazzled.

[i-muad-dib.livejournal.com]

Ilford is nice at high ISO's. I never bothered using it at 400 or less because I think that nothing beats T-max for tab grain and Tri-x for granular grain. I also loved plus-x which was a very sensitive film that could be pulled to 50 ISO.

I have used B&W fuji and I liked it. It's neopan, right? Nice granular film. Can't be pushed to extremes like tr-x but it's nice none the less and as easy to print as t-max.
Fuji can't be beaten for large and medium format, especially transparencies. I used to love low ISO agfa for cross processing but Agfa is no more. I was actually really sad about that. I am rather worried that all my beloved films will simply disappear one day.

I would not worry about the traditional tech stuff. Soon all that I know will be utterly useless. I'll be an "artisan" photographer and the thing is that I have to admit that the digital age will improve photography but...I dunno.There is something so freaking perfect about sloshing about chemicals and seeing the image imerge on paper or when you pull a film out of the developing tank and you look at it when it's still wet...=/

I miss the dark room and chilling with friends and sloshing about and looking at each other's work as it come out of the wash, trading printing pointers and critiques and such. That's all done with.