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Working at Barnes & Nobel in the 1990's.

Posted 2023-11-07 12:06:00 | Views: 1,187
Working at Barnes & Nobel in the 1990's.
When I was in high school I worked at the Barnes & Nobel Cafe. It was one of the most meaningful / fun / fulfilling jobs I had growing up. I almost only remember how awesome it was. 

The people working there were a real cross roads of people. Hippie Wo-wo's types to straight lanced tuck in shirt types. I was young and in high school so everyone there was older than me. But everyone treated me with respect. Everyone was cool, even the managers were cool. The main GM was the only one that was a bit of a tight wad but then again how else would you keep everything running great.

Working retail kinda sucks so it made it even that more special. The customer were also great. It was fun while it lasted.
Barnes & Nobel Newspaper / Magazine section.

Yellow and cyan neon lights

Posted 2023-11-06 07:37:00 | Views: 1,953

Swooping lines of light

Posted 2023-11-05 05:15:00 | Views: 1,270
Swooping lines of light
Vibrant streaks of light that look like they're swirling and swooping around. The lines appear three dimensional, some curve left to right, while others forward to backward.

Moon Shine

Posted 2023-11-04 10:28:00 | Views: 1,457

Last of the roll

Posted 2023-11-03 08:41:00 | Views: 1,576
Last of
the roll

Believest thou this?

Posted 2023-11-02 09:37:00 | Views: 1,992
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: “And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
John 11:25-26

White flowes from a tree

Posted 2023-11-01 08:40:00 | Views: 1,671
FLOWERS ON FILM
Kodak Ultramax 400

Bulk loading movie film for still photography

Posted 2023-10-31 10:22:00 | Views: 938

Bulk Loading Vision3 movie Film
Items Needed
  • Kodak Vision3 film
  • DIY Homemade spooler. (Wood with long screws, nuts & washers)
  • Bulk loader
  • Empty film cassettes
  • Scotch Tape (Super-Hold version)
  • Scissor
  • Film leader cutter (Rezivot Monorail)
  • Sharpie (To write down frame count)
Remove Remjet / Develop / Scan your own film
Vision 3 film has a carbon backing called remjet. Remjet needs to be removed before developing. That being the case I found it  best to self develop my film to keep things inexpensive. 

A quick prebath of 1 quart of hot water mixed with 1 spoon full of baking soda + 4 spoons of washing soda does the trick.

Movie film is normally developed with ECN2 but C41 works great and it's good enough for me. I use the Cinestill C41 kit and get great results with it.

I scan my film using my Nikon D850 with the Nikon ES-2 Negative Digitizer. Using the film strip holder it comes with is annoying so I modified the ES-2 and attach a VALOI 35mm Holder to it for quick scanning. 
Does the Math ($$$) pan out? ( 2023 Prices )
YES! I got 400 feet of Vision3 & can spool it down to 36 exposure rolls and get about 72 rolls. $350 / 72 = $4.86! Very cheap!

As a plus I have the freedom to load up less frames per roll. Say I want to only shoot 12 exposures. No problem just bulk load 12 shots, or 24 or even 6. 

I use the Cinestill C41 developing kit, it's $30, I've easily developed 30 rolls with one kit. Less than $1 a roll.

Minus the onetime  equipment cost to develop and scan my film its costing me for film plus developing only $5.82 per roll!
Photo Samples speak for themselves
I've found Kodak Vision3 250D to be my favorite. It gives me the fine grain and color pop of Ektar 100 with versatility of Portra 400. Reminder these photos are bulk rolled, shot, home developed and scanned my me.
Totally worth it!
Shot with 300mm lens, no motion blue and great colors.
Kodak Vision3 250D has good skintones.
Great lowlight performance.
Golden hour works too!
Checkout the blue and orange on the birds eye.
Soft color on this pink rose.
Kodak Vision3 250D produces great colors in almost any lighting condition. From Dust to blue sky mid-day and even late night artificial lights.
Dusk.
Blue sky mid-day.
Artificial lights at night.
Click photos to enlarge:

Neon light is the best light

Posted 2023-10-30 06:59:00 | Views: 1,178

Grass double exposure

Posted 2023-10-29 08:35:00 | Views: 1,622
Double exposure on Kodak 5207

Fools despise wisdom and instruction

Posted 2023-10-28 10:07:00 | Views: 1,268
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
-Proverbs 1:7

How to reduce glare in your photos

Posted 2023-10-27 08:30:00 | Views: 1,119
How to Reduce Or Eliminate Glare
Its funny, I've known about polarized lenses for a long time. I think I was a teenager when I was handed a pair of polarizing sun glasses to see into the ocean and remove the glare. When taking photos of my brother's artwork, it never occurred to me to use a polarizing filter.
Long story short, if you want to reduce glare in your photos, use a circular polarizing filter. It won't work on glare caused by light in the direction of the camera; it needs to be glare caused by light coming from a 90-degree angle. Take a look at these painting photos - it makes a huge difference. It adds contrast and not shown here but it really makes the colors pop.
Glare city!
No Glare, shot with a Tiffen circular polarizing filter on my lens.

Birds caught leaving

Posted 2023-10-26 09:46:00 | Views: 1,278
Fly away birds on double exposure

Double round five petals

Posted 2023-10-25 08:29:00 | Views: 1,277
FLOWER ON FILM
FujiFilm 400

Curly Tail Lizard

Posted 2023-10-24 09:43:00 | Views: 1,301