Here I sit on New Year’s Eve watching the snow swirling outside and thinking I should introduce myself to the 52 Rolls community. My name is James. I’m a paramedic, married, father to 1 daughter, 8 cats, and a dog. I have photographic ADD. For over 5 years I have been blogging and rambling about…
Wow, I wasn’t sure when I started this journey if I would be able to complete it, but I did. I will admit that I ran out of things to say from time to time, but I am glad I did this project for 2014. This will be my last post. In 2015 I plan…
After 50 rolls and 50 weeks I am running out of things to say. My roll 51 is from my Olympus OM1 and Portra 400 film. I scanned on an Epson V700 and did no editing, which is pretty obvious. I think I am burned out. I made a trip into downtown Portland to do…
I found a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm 1.8 lens in an antique store near Paso Robles, CA for $35. What luck! The camera is in great shape, has a good battery, and seemed to work fine. I visited 2 graveyards. One outside of Paso Robles, and one in Cambria. http://goo.gl/maps/coImd http://goo.gl/maps/ALdp7 I got some…
So this year for 52-rolls I am still entirely undecided on how to follow with it. Last year was a near on disaster as I shot far more than 52-sheets, but didn’t scan.. Laziness.. Then as the summer dragged on into autumn, and now winter, I have printed more than scanned. Also losing my little…
(Photo by Todd Graham of Todd Graham Media) My Name is Blake Griffin and I have been shooting under UNDEREXPOSED: Alternative Photography (UNEXPhotography) since 2007-ish. I started out primarily shooting film, and then moved to digital when I started working more professionally. Long story short I decided around October-ish that I wanted to challenge myself…
Sometimes the simplest images are the best.. and sometimes not.. I wanted to try some still life (reminder, don’t use WIDE LENSES).. Unfortunately I completely missed seeing the front of the rail in the image (yes bottom there) as I was concentrating entirely on getting the bananas in sharp focus.. Oh the joys of “Live…
One place I love to photograph is down by the water treatment plant in Toronto. Sure, it seems like an odd place, but there are some really amazing views down there.. Of course, metering properly and putting the filter in the correct spot (Wratten #25a) would have been a smart thing to do as well.…
**Editors Note: I learned about this project after starting my own on my own blog. I’m trying to set up so that posts will filter automatically when I make them, but until then I will go ahead and repost “Week -1” that I made last week. The official week 1 post should be coming Friday.…
After seeing the post on reddit about this project I became excited because I knew that this would motivate me to continue to shoot throughout the year. I usually tend to pick up a camera and then put it down 3-4 weeks later and something else holds my attention for the time being. I recently…
As a child on Sunday afternoons I would often sit on a small stool in front of my father and play chess with him. He was a kind, humble man who worked long hard hours as a baker to provide for his family. As an adult, he seemed stoic, enduring difficult times during the Nazi…
Once again I wielded my trusty Holga and went to Hunstanton in Norfolk! These aren’t the most exciting pictures and the negatives got a bit scratched by the developers but I still like them. Thanks for looking!
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