from an old photo meetup event, taken outside AT&T Park in SF.

local guy playing guitar at local park. nice hat!

National Trust

NPH400 double exposure

another scan i hadn't gotten to yet, from an abandoned building i went into a couple times during the holidays...

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on 01 jan 2010, i began my journey w/ a new flickr group i've formed, ~365: experimental

the idea is that i strive to push myself daily; experiment, learn, & develop my photography skills further by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments. hopefully, some of you might consider joining and we can work on our journey together! cheers.

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i kinda liked this frame, for some reason, so... i propped my holga on a newspaper dispenser (the shiny reflection you see in the lower right hand corner)...

excellent detail and extra-fine grain pattern in the fuji acros.

i just got delivery of this camera not even 8 hours ago, and decided to go out and give it some testing.

you can read my (somewhat) full review on this image. for a 30-150mm camera w/ 848x480 video and a fast 4GB sd card and shipping for $100, i am t-h-r-i-l-l-e-d!

i'm sure i will be learning its capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses over the course of a few months' time. so bear w/ me while i'm a n00b w/ this gear.

Homeless living next the Los Angeles River, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA

i love this house.

The North Broadway-Buena Vista Street Bridge, Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, California, USA

somehow, i kinda liked this one.

a few more images from my rollei R3 test roll, these are about the only ones i really find 'acceptable'... kinda flat, lots of graininess, not great detail in the scans, even though the negatives look fantastic.

rollei R3 400 film, xtol stock developer, about 18:15 dev time

ferrari 599 at the sf auto show

i just got delivery of this camera not even 8 hours ago, and decided to go out and give it some testing.

you can read my (somewhat) full review on this image. for a 30-150mm camera w/ 848x480 video and a fast 4GB sd card and shipping for $100, i am t-h-r-i-l-l-e-d!

i'm sure i will be learning its capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses over the course of a few months' time. so bear w/ me while i'm a n00b w/ this gear.

Cars driving in rainstorm on 101 Freeway. Los Angeles, California, USA

National Trust

ah, it's tough always being the bad guy. sometimes, you just need a 'time out'.

i really like this church for some reason... i mean, photographically.

but this image represents an absolute first for me... i don't think i've ever in my life done an artsy frame/border before for any presentation.

here, i leveled this negative in photoshop (yeah, i get a lil' off kilter now'n'then)... and just decided to leave it. yup. just like that. as if i don't care.

(i guess i don't.) lol.

you make the call.

Day 1

just a shoot-from-the-hip shot, lomo xpro 100 film.

while my wheelman Rafa was driving, i was busy doing the shooting (thru the windshield) inside the Webster Street Tunnel from Oakland to Alameda. LOL.

A mother and her ducklings at the Glendale Narros. Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA

okay, so i got to thinking (my first problem, right there)... and when i was thinking i thunk...

what would happen if i made a body cap for my lovely D300 into a pinhole?

just earlier today the neighbors that live across the street in what i can only guess is a $15 million dollar home, had a six-person team professionally installing these holiday lights. 30 second exposure here.

curious how the edges are in much sharper focus. usually pinhole photography is the opposite, with the edges having a seeming 'zoom' type blur. huh.

shot during an SF meetup group event down on the channel near AT&T Park.

lilac mural project, mission street, sf.

this is just about the only image i spent more than 30 seconds on in post. i decided to see if i can do similar pp to what i'd be confident doing to a dSLR image. not quite there, but fairly close.

attempting a long exposure pano... not a very good result, but i think i learned from this one how i'd prepare and improve the next one...

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at the Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA

i just got delivery of this camera not even 8 hours ago, and decided to go out and give it some testing.

you can read my (somewhat) full review on this image. for a 30-150mm camera w/ 848x480 video and a fast 4GB sd card and shipping for $100, i am t-h-r-i-l-l-e-d!

i'm sure i will be learning its capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses over the course of a few months' time. so bear w/ me while i'm a n00b w/ this gear.

i was trying to get some good digital double exposures while riding BART. i guess this is prolly the most interesting of the bunch...

which, quite honestly isn't saying much. LOL.

at the exploratorium, this was an exhibit that shows how comets are formed. IIRC, they use frozen nitrogen (or some other super-freezed compond) and drop small rock-like 'bits' into a liquid... it 'runs around' and eventually evaporates.

yeah, i did some photoshop to this.

handheld high ISO shot during a solo nighttime photowalk. this place is really cool for photoshoots.

shot at the Fillmore Street Jazz Festival. i think this is a tad too subtle, what do you think? any comments?

ran a roll of fuji Velvia 50 thru my holga and did a pretty extreme cross process on it...

yeah, i don't often do this, but here i changed my white balance to blow out (i eye-droppered the white curtain in the window top-left). it made everything kinda pop.

Stacks of cardboard. Recycling Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

this building wasn't there last time i was around lake merritt, but i dunno how many years ago that was. maybe last time i led a photowalk here, about 3 years ago?

i think it is a Church of Christ. but i'm really not sure. anybody care to help inform me better?

i wasn't in love w/ this shot, so decided to convert in to b&w. added a touch of sepia toning and deepened the contrast.

A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at the Glendale Narrows. Los Angeles River, Glendale Narrows, Los Angeles, California, USA

Nance Klehm. Foraging for wild edibles in Los Angeles neighborhood Echo Park. Nance Klehm leads her Urbanforage guided walk showing and educating attendees about various greens, herbs and other edibles readily found along streets, lots and front yards. Los Angeles, California, USA

i ran this APX w/ D76 developer, maybe it needs something more contrasty... heck, maybe a higher water temp and tmax developer, or a coffee developer would be really nice... i dunno.

skater in the presidio. ran a roll of cheap walgreens 200 film and actually... really liked the results on the holga!

sculpture between a couple buildings, near SF MOMA. even though i took this shot several months ago, i think my eyes are still trying to recover from staring at the sun. LOL.