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Entries in wood camera (5)

Wednesday
May272015

wood camera (iPhone app) # 6-7 ~ escape from New York

NYC ~ seashellsNYC single woman-ish

Heading over to Brooklyn to pick up the wife who, along with assorted family members, attended a Who concert last evening. Then it's off to the North Country.

This entry is the last of the NYC tourist pictures. Next up, some "serious" NYC pictures.
Tuesday
May192015

wood camera # 6 / diptych # 133 (viewmatic # 3 • civilized ku # 2899) ~ variations on a Spring theme

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potting stuff / wood camera app ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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potting stuff / viewmatic app ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur. ~ Brassai

Sunday
May102015

Polamatic # 7 / Wood Camera # 5 ~ 2 views - Spring in New Hampshire

Sunday AM, heading home.

Thursday
Apr302015

oddly exalted # 3 / Polamatic # 6 / Wood Camera # 4 ~ tchotchke

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tchotchke ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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speaker top tchotchke / Polamatic app ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
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speaker top tchotchke / Wood Camera app ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

As I continue to play with various camera and developer effects apps for the iPhone, it has occurred to me that, sooner rather than later, there will be a considerable number of iPhone derived pictures culled from which a book will emerge.

That book, in keeping with my picture making life long belief that Polaroid prints are little joys and should be seen as such, will be a small format book. And as I make display prints, those too will be kept small. All because, to my eye and sensibilities, the small thing seems to create a visual impression which I can only describe as "precious".

And speaking of small, it has come to my attention that Polaroid (the real Polaroid) offers a digital instant print printer, the Polaroid ZIP Instant Mobile Printer. The printer fits in the palm of your hand and it spits out, directly from a mobile phone or table, little 2×3" prints with a smudge-proof protective polymer overcoat (and a sticky back for extra fun!!!).

And, just like the original Polaroid film, the paper, ZINK (zero ink), has the heat activated color dye crystals embedded in the paper. No inks to replace is a most definite plus. The paper is available in 10 sheet packs at the modest cost of $.50 a sheet.

Needless to write, my wanter is in overdrive and I just might have one of these printers by this time tomorrow.

Saturday
Apr252015

screwing around in a hotel ~ getting up to pee and a great Japanese meal

In Albany for the weekend and haven't made any "serious" pictures but I have been screwing around nevertheless.

Top 2 pictures are Polamatic Polaroids - very early morning light (had to get up to pee - one of the "advantages", picture making wise, of getting older) and Chicken and Shrimp Teriyaki, haute cuisine style.

Bottom 2 are Wood Camera (app) pictures - using the nearly infinitely variable lens tilt adjustment - and should be self-explanatory.