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Every time I dream of photography I get stuck in an anxiety-loop of not being able to load film or operate my camera. 
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burzum karaoke posted:Every time I dream of photography I get stuck in an anxiety-loop of not being able to load film or operate my camera. I had this dream last night. I spotted an amazing picture, and I was loading what I thought was 120, and then the frames looked really small, and then I figured out that it was 35mm in 120mm frames (?!), and there was a dude over my shoulder trying to tell me what to do and I kept loving it up and just couldnt get it right and it was so stressful.
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Dec 23, 2016 23:47
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https://twitter.com/mibuki3939/status/813722462986768384
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Dec 31, 2016 03:36
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Is he not being paid to pull up his own pants?
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Dec 31, 2016 08:29
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insideoutside posted:Is he not being paid to pull up his own pants? People tell me that at work all the time.
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Jan 7, 2017 19:00
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The portfolio site thread is archived and I don't think it's worth starting a new one, but I added the initial content to my new photo-blog. Mostly it's an excuse for me to talk about my collection of Soviet cameras but hopefully it will become more of a resource for me to point potential collaborators at and to showcase how terrible my photos are. I'd appreciate any feedback (telling me to take better pictures won't work however) and maybe people might be interested to read some hands-on impressions of various analogue cameras. Gear pages are here. I have some more sample images from some of the cameras to post yet and I might do some video content too, talking about particular items.
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Jan 7, 2017 23:51
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A friend of mine in his 60s recently started shooting 4x5, so I've been introduced to the "amazing" world of greybeard LF facebook groups. I know there was a goon who wound up receiving a series of ranting emails from Steve Icanberry after daring to ask him a question about one of his cameras. Thanks to you, he's had to go to gofundme for help!An American Businessman posted:The last six months I have had an unprecedented amount of potential customers suddenly back out of a deal to purchase a lightweight 4x5 format rangefinder camera, usually I sell in excess of 20 of these cameras on an annual basis, this year only 7 sold so far. How dare you not make 4x5 conversions of polaroids a completely viable business for a man!  And he's so reasonable too! An American Businessman posted:Now that this country is under new leadership it is hoped that funds will circulate more freely like they used to and my situation will improve in the future. But at least Trump will make it all better!
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Jan 13, 2017 22:02
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Shellman posted:A friend of mine in his 60s recently started shooting 4x5, so I've been introduced to the "amazing" world of greybeard LF facebook groups. I know there was a goon who wound up receiving a series of ranting emails from Steve Icanberry after daring to ask him a question about one of his cameras. Thanks to you, he's had to go to gofundme for help! Beware, though: he probably feels that by looking at his GoFundMe page, you're creating a legally-binding obligation to help him out, and if he can ever get a hold of your email address, he'll send you a monthly email about it.
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Jan 13, 2017 23:34
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I like how he mentions he's a veteran in the first sentence.
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Jan 14, 2017 15:47
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bobmarleysghost posted:I like how he mentions he's a veteran in the first sentence. steve icanberry fought to defend are freedoms we should respect that and buy a bunch of 4x5s
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Jan 14, 2017 21:58
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I have a photo in the Analogue Portrait Exhibition as part of Month of Photography, Los Angeles. The shot is here in the Peoples' Choice gallery, feel free to hit like. https://www.facebook.com/MOPLA/photos/a.1170358706347436.1073741839.158301224219861/1170359173014056/?type=3&theater I'm thinking of going down to LA for the opening on Sunday the 22nd. Are there any LA Dorkroomers who have been taking in the MOPLA shows?
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Jan 17, 2017 21:54
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McMadCow posted:I have a photo in the Analogue Portrait Exhibition as part of Month of Photography, Los Angeles. Nice shot, nice result for you. Wish I could be there for the opening.
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Jan 18, 2017 00:44
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torgeaux posted:Nice shot, nice result for you. Wish I could be there for the opening. Thanks! I'm trying to push the juried exhibition thing pretty hard in the New Year, and that was some great news to start off. I live in San Fran, but I'm thinking of making the drive down south if MY GIRLFRIEND and I can make a day or two work.
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Jan 18, 2017 02:22
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Guess I'm done ordering from B&H.quote:Dear customer, Just kidding, after a friend told me that they made minorities use a different bathroom i stopped ordering from them. But I had considered, in a pinch, getting the odd this and that from them.
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Jan 19, 2017 20:00
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insideoutside posted:Guess I'm done ordering from B&H. Adorama has become my go to. Not just because of the great sale I got on the XT2.
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Jan 19, 2017 22:35
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insideoutside posted:Just kidding, after a friend told me that they made minorities use a different bathroom i stopped ordering from them. Come again
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Jan 20, 2017 02:06
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Karl Barks posted:Come again Yeah I'd like to hear about this too because uhhhh 
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Jan 20, 2017 02:18
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/us/bh-photo-lawsuit/
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Jan 20, 2017 02:31
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insideoutside posted:Guess I'm done ordering from B&H. Hassids: just as racist as anyone else!
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Jan 20, 2017 03:55
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I was curious if it is good old fashioned racism or even more old fashioned racism based on religious beliefs. I don't know enough about Orthodox Judaism to guess which kind of racism it is.
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Jan 20, 2017 04:48
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NICE! The only reason I use them sometimes over Amazon is because they don't charge sales tax. Guess I'll just order from another NY based camera store.
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Jan 20, 2017 04:51
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akadajet posted:NICE! I'm not sure Adorama is much better. http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2015/02/workers_at_elizabeth_warehouse_claim_they_were_fir.html
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Jan 20, 2017 06:17
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MrBlandAverage posted:I'm not sure Adorama is much better. http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2015/02/workers_at_elizabeth_warehouse_claim_they_were_fir.html Sucks to be sure, but if you want to boycott businesses that fire people for unionizing, you might as well stop buying anything from any store in the US.
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Jan 20, 2017 06:28
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Sucks to be sure, but if you want to boycott businesses that fire people for unionizing, you might as well stop buying anything from any store in the US. I dunno, I haven't had much trouble buying my stuff (other than film) from companies that operate ethically. Try harder. Also: https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/whats-law/employees/i-am-not-represented-union/your-rights-during-union-organizing
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Jan 20, 2017 17:29
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So I have been looking to enter some of my amazing art into competitions, but most of the ones I had seen, seem to be just cheap scams. "Pay us 35 bucks and you might be featured in our lovely magazine, or earn $500 gift certificate to McDonalds". I dont need an ego boost that badly. Anyone can recommend places I should look into to have my amazing photographic fine art pieces shown to people?
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Jan 21, 2017 02:33
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Putrid Grin posted:Anyone can recommend places I should look into to have my amazing photographic fine art pieces shown to people? I've entered and been accepted to several exhibitions through SPE: https://www.spenational.org/resources/calls-for-entry
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Jan 23, 2017 05:33
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Am I hallucinating or did Facebook recently entirely disable any embedded gif functionality whatsoever? I seem to remember a half assed click to play gif from external website type thing but if it still exists I can't figure out how to activate it. My Nishika demands blood.
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Jan 23, 2017 06:37
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Which one of you was the hand model for this ad? 
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Feb 1, 2017 09:40
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At least the nails are clipped.
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Feb 1, 2017 14:22
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And if you order their upgraded model you might be able to spot the Apollo landings!
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Feb 1, 2017 15:30
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I worked at that Adorama warehouse for 2 months, it was loving awful. Dingy, gross warehouse, they keep all the windows sealed shut because of worries of theft, but the air circulation sucks so it's brutal in the summer.insideoutside posted:I was curious if it is good old fashioned racism or even more old fashioned racism based on religious beliefs. I don't know enough about Orthodox Judaism to guess which kind of racism it is. It's not really overt racism, it's more like if you're outside the tribe you're not trustworthy. There's no upward mobility for workers, but somehow these Orthodox jewish people who know nothing about cameras are somehow managers, and there's at least 2-3 'managers' for every worker. They only begrudgingly put in a 'women's bathroom' to comply with basic workplace standards, but it quickly became the Management Only bathroom because "we try not to hire women" Their entire MO was absolute bare minimum compliance with the law.MrBlandAverage posted:I'm not sure Adorama is much better. http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2015/02/workers_at_elizabeth_warehouse_claim_they_were_fir.html They had a union vote shortly before I got there, and Adorama hired a union breaking corporate consulting company, who of course did everything they could to mediate, then broke up the secret vote along skilled/unskilled and racial lines, as anyone who's ever read a book on union organize would expect. The mediation was hilarious and you could see the double cross coming a mile away, it was insane to watch. Like they had shop representatives meet with the consultants, and came up with a list of things to implement, like better conditions, better workstations, or like relaxing the rule that vacation days could only be used on Jewish holidays. So the consultants promised that these things would be implemented if they didn't vote to unionize. The vote failed and suddenly the response is 'we're working on it, it's complicated, lawyers, etc.' They almost didn't pull it off though. The shop rep guy told me later, the consulting company sent a woman to work with them. He said the senior management, hardcore Orthodox guys, were like visibly upset that a woman was speaking to them as equals. In Orthodox/Hasidic culture women are second class citizens. I worked an Orthodox wedding a few weeks ago, it's unsettling to witness.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:11
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I was at my local camera store today to pick up some film and there were two ladies ahead of me in the queue waiting to have their pictures transferred off their little digital compact cameras onto a CD. The shop has a kiosk thing that you cam plug a USB cable or an SD card into and preview your pictures then print them but these ladies didn't want prints, they just wanted to have the pictures on CD 'so that they could see them on the computer'. After they'd gone, I asked about it and apparently this service makes up a massive portion of their daily take. Because old people can use a CD drive but not a USB port apparently.
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Feb 4, 2017 20:58
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Helen Highwater posted:I was at my local camera store today to pick up some film and there were two ladies ahead of me in the queue waiting to have their pictures transferred off their little digital compact cameras onto a CD. The shop has a kiosk thing that you cam plug a USB cable or an SD card into and preview your pictures then print them but these ladies didn't want prints, they just wanted to have the pictures on CD 'so that they could see them on the computer'. After they'd gone, I asked about it and apparently this service makes up a massive portion of their daily take. Because old people can use a CD drive but not a USB port apparently. It's probably more so the software that tries to install itself and set itself as default when they plug the camera in.
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Feb 5, 2017 01:50
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Connecting the camera to the computer is for suckers (with the exception of tethered shooting). Everyone knows you eject the card and read it directly.
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Feb 5, 2017 02:02
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CDs are widely believed to be a good way to store digital files long-term. Right or wrong, a camera store that's making money off of transfers like that isn't going to discourage it.
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Feb 5, 2017 03:12
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Platystemon posted:Connecting the camera to the computer is for suckers (with the exception of tethered shooting). You can't really do that easily with arthritic and old lovely fingers these days.
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Feb 5, 2017 03:14
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Anyone in the Bay Area, I'm giving an artist talk at the Harvey Milk Photo Center this Thursday, 2/9. Stop by and see me make a pretentious rear end of myself! EDIT: JFC it won't resize. Sorry. EDIT 2: Correct date. McMadCow fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Feb 5, 2017 |
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Feb 5, 2017 04:09
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Platystemon posted:Connecting the camera to the computer is for suckers (with the exception of tethered shooting). I'm prepared to believe that they are using some lovely computer from the 1990s that doesn't have a card reader but I can't imagine a computer that has an optical drive but not a USB port. Also I'm pretty sure that any of these lovely point and shoots will be detected automatically by any flavour of Windows as an external drive so you don't even need to gently caress about with whatever software that comes with it.
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Feb 5, 2017 11:19
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usb card readers aren't horrendous. they are faster than transferring from the camera and cost $3
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McMadCow posted:Anyone in the Bay Area, I'm giving an artist talk at the Harvey Milk Photo Center this Thursday, 2/11. Stop by and see me make a pretentious rear end of myself! Very cool, but I won't be able to make it. Are you sure about the date? The image says Feb 9, which is Thursday. What's happening on the 11th?
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