Defeating the Curl
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 26th, 2009 | 3 CommentsHow to scan curled negatives flat using a glass insert, and packing peanuts.
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Archive for February, 2009
Film Based Sports Photography?
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 21st, 2009 | 3 CommentsToday's topic: Sports Photography! Wait? Don't I shoot film cameras that lack motor drives and 300mm lenses? Don't I use crazy contraptions that won't focus for me and often require me to stop shooting while I empty it? Yes! Yes I do! And I'm proud to say that I enjoy shooting sports with them. I've [...]
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Absence of Ego
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 16th, 2009 | No CommentsHow editing seventy year old negatives enlightened my photographic mind.
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Stumbling onto some prints.
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 16th, 2009 | No CommentsLast Saturday I took a walk to the Tweed Museum of Arts. Among the works currently hanging on the walls was a print of Paul Strand's Wall Street, and two of Garry Winogrand's prints from his Women are Beautiful collection. No big point here. Just that I didn't expect to stumble onto such works in [...]
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Flickr Taxonomy - The 'This is my life' Users
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 15th, 2009 | 5 CommentsFlickr Taxonomy As I spend more and more time on Flickr, I tend to notice a few characteristics of other photographers that use the site. From these characteristics, I’ve been mentally filing them away into different groups of photographers. Now that they’ve been in my head long enough, I'm creating a series of posts to [...]
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Philosophy from a tea bag
by K. Praslowicz ~ February 8th, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe other day I was at my girlfriend's place, and was offered a cup of tea. While drinking the tea I took a moment and looked at the little tab at the end of the tea bag's string. Now, I'm not one for the fortune cookie sized philosophical quips that often appear on such products, [...]
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