Moore Musings
cruft and crunk, by tom moore.
Sep 17
Jul 06
I re-worked this picture this weekend, as the original wasn’t exposed in the sun long enough. I’m confident I have the process down, so I will be making larger cyanotypes soon.
Apr 12
This is a cyanotype from a digital negative of a Polaroid. I exposed the image in sunlight for 12 minutes.
Feb 19
Traveling Toy Camera Project
I’ve signed on to do a traveling camera project. Essentially a camera gets shipped from place to place with each person shooting a roll of film. In this case, the camera is a Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim. I’ve had two of these great toy cameras, so I’m looking forward to the opportunity.
Jan 05
Dec 14
» Grain Edit interviews ISO50's Scott Hansen
ISO50 is the site that got me shooting film again. Hansen leans toward a retro ’70s esthetic which was never my thing, but the more that I looked at the vintage photos on his site, the more I came to like them.
I doesn’t hurt that the design and typography of the site is wonderful as well.
Dec 02
To save me from my recent Redscale film obsession, I recently bought a Kodak Brownie Cresta II. This is one of only a few Brownies that uses 120 film. Made about 50 years ago, it has a shutter speed of 1/40 second, and has slider in front of the lens that be switched between a yellow filter or a 4’-7’close up lens.
I shot my first roll with Ilford Pan F ISO 50 velcroed to a tripod since there isn’t a dedicated tripod mount. The results were very close to what you’d see with a Holga: a soft, blurred focus and a subtle vignette.
I’ll try a roll of ISO 100 color film in the camera soon, maybe without the use of a tripod, though the shutter speed may preclude that.
Nov 24
This is a shot from my Olympus XA2 using homemade redscale Kodak 400 Max (or maybe Ultramax, I forget.) I shot this using an ISO of 200, thus overexposing the photo. It’s lost a lot of the yellow/red/orange tones that you get from shooting redscale, but I still like it. To me, it’s very much like a watercolor.
Oct 29
This is a picture from my new-to-me Polaroid 3000, AKA “Big Swinger.” The only film it takes is B&W ISO 3000, which is kind of limiting since the shutter is fast, essentially rendering indoor shots useless.
That said, what I like about it is that it vignettes with it’s crappy plastic lens, uses AA batteries and seems easier to pull out the film compared to my Polaroid 104.
Something about this shot reminds me of the photo-realistic paintings of Mark Tansey.
Sep 27
I wish Kodak Portra 400VC wasn’t such a pain to scan, because I like the vintage look I get when I shoot it with my Stellar (Diana clone.)
