So I was schmoozing through my inbox today and saw a new one from Photojojo. Looks like Jenelle Norris has posted her entire book about how to manipulate 600 and Spectra Polaroid… FO’ FREE! She even tell you how to manipulate 600 film like SX-70. It even has a nifty diagram of the anatomy of a Polaroid film pack. I’m pretty stoked and am looking forward to trying out her various methods. You should definitely take a look at the book:

Polaroid 600 and Spectra Film: Manipulations and Creative Techniques

Photocredit: gliesh’s SX-70 manipulation, Fire Point

Alright - Photojojo mentioned this in their 10 Ways to Love Polaroid newsletter but didn’t give any specific instruction, so in the spirit of Polaroid Awesomeness, DIY and being green I have put together a little tutorial for you on how to make these sweet Polaroid frames. It’s fairly simple, looks great and gives your pictures that extra kick of DIY hipness.

Observe.

Full instructions after the jump!
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So after searching craigslist every day for weeks, I found 10 packs of Time-zero, recently expired for $6 a pack.
I then lost them because I acted just a little too slow (they were located over an hour away… I couldn’t get there until the weekend etc, w/e- it ended up being good karma anyway- because apparently some girl had called the day before me from Colorado or something and said she was sending a check, the guy didn’t believe her and said he would sell it to me. The day I was supposed to come up, the check arrived and he told me sorry.).

I’m now officially over it.
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Ah it all makes sense now thanks to Photojojo.

How to use the Unsharp Mask too in photoshop.

Now, I’ve played around with it before to get the “Jill Greenberg/Dave Hill Effect” - as noted here (Jill) and here (Dave). But it was mostly blindly following the tutorials. I had played around with it on my own, but never saw much use.

Now, after reading this article on Photojojo, I can actually pretend to know what I’m doing with it.

Thanks Photojojo!

Smashing Magazine is featuring one of my pictures.
One of my photos from Glen Echo Park in Maryland is on SmashingMagazine.com.
I submitted it to a contest of texture photos and it got chosen as one of the images for their texture gallery- Check it out here.

The split and chipping paint from an aged wooden door exposed to the elements gives way to the vibrant sedimentary colors of the natural wood it once covered. The resulting texture is contrasting and intricate.

I came across this really fascinating video about the SX-70 narrated by Ray Eames on mental_floss after reading about this extraordinary guy, Jamie Livingston, who took a Polariod photo every day for 18 years until he died. You can see the article about him and his work here. This video though was really interesting and answers a lot of questions about Polariod and the SX-70. Imagine “How It’s Made” of the 1970s.’

Enjoy.

I have the SX-70 SONAR Onestep



Picture from The Land List

However, I don’t have any Time Zero or SX-70 Blend film- although I do have some 600 and 779, so I might mod it for that- however, I’m going to hold out a wee bit longer to see if I can get my hands on the original (or blend) stuff to experience the full effect.

Do any of you have interesting Polaroid stories? I’d love to hear ‘em and feel free to post a link to your Polaroid stuff in the comments!

This is a quick one- mini spread in today’s Eagle of Friday’s ATEC fest. Check it out- pictures online here-

Found this YouTube video via found photography

I doubt all the modern day lens companies make lenses like this (I imagine that there’s much more automation) but dang, this would explain why they are so expensive.

Does anyone know how Canon and Nikon make theirs? Is it this man-labor intensive?

[Sorry for all- classes have been keeping me wicked busy (yes WICKED), I haven’t had a chance to finish this entry, I thought I would have had it done a long time ago- but I guess, get what you can from it now- I’ll have it finished soon enough - and def check out APUN]
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Tomorrow I will be attending the Aperture Road Tour 2.0 seminar in downtown Washington, DC. A full day of digital photo management and the wonders of Apple Aperture. I hope to bring you live updates of the session with hints, tips, cool tricks on digital photography and Aperture workflow. If for some reason I can’t get an internet connection or I don’t have an appropriate place to type; I’ll be sure to post a wrap up of my day later tomorrow night. (The workshop is 9am-6pm). You should also expect to see attached my review and favorite new features + upgrades in Aperture 2 that I promised you.

If you’re interested in going, there are still 62 seats left. You can even get in for free- just comment on this post and I’ll email you back the username and passcode to register for free (If not, it’s $79.00 for the day - not sure if that includes food, but I hope so…).