Posted by Jason
on July 30, 2003
each time i use the new camera it becomes easier and more fun. and fairly consistent now. the scratched broken little light meter i have is serving its purpose. i feel grown up, taking a reading, writing it down, then setting the camera. like a real photographer. too bad i know nothing of the zone system, or took a class on composition, or really knew what i was doing.
none of my photographs have the qualities i admire so much in the photography that inspires me. what is it? the location? maybe i only have access to nonbeautiful places. is it the equipment used? or is it the person behind the shutter? what is it that my photographs show, anyways? some people like them a lot. do they relay how i feel? or who i am? or maybe only the way i view the world? sometimes i honestly do like looking at the world through the camera. it makes me feel more.. disconnected.
thanks to the girl at the photography store. she gave me the low-down on metal reels for 120 film. i used it for the first time on two rolls. i practiced just as she suggested, and my first real try went well– my second, even better.
thanks to boman for helping me out on the new enlarger lens. i got a 80mm Rodenstock lens for pretty cheap. it should give better coverage for the 6×6 i’m now shooting in.
photography’s been great for the past couple days. two reasons.. one, i like the attention. two, takes my mind off my otherwise dull life. it’s the only thing i’ve really done for the past several months.
Posted by Jason
on July 29, 2003
ok, one more before bed. i was sifting through postmaster email and came across the following bounce headers:
Final-Recipient: RFC822; n2040msteph186912@euromedia.pl
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.6
Remote-MTA: DNS; mail.euromedia.pl
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 551 : Recipient address
rejected: Penis enlergement not allowed
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:14:18 -0700 (PDT)
Posted by Jason
on July 29, 2003
so today i shot and developed my first roll of film with my kiev-60. it will take a little getting used to, since the camera is so heavy. the look-down viewer is really fun and this is my first time using a light meter. it’s all very exciting. i can’t wait to shoot off some film out in the wild. the camera wound the film onto the take-up reel tightly.. such a difference from the toy camera i was using.
in talking with the guy at the photography store, i should really get a different lens for my enlarger. it will prevent the vignetting my 50mm lens creates. then i’ll be doing some serious square photography. even this test roll i shot from the steps of the building i live in.. it just feels different. tomorrow i’m taking the camera with me. i can’t wait !!!!
Posted by Jason
on July 29, 2003
from russia with love. this is the first manual camera i have ever used. the lens is a little shaky and it doesn’t put any space between exposures on the negative. i’m still working on replacing the russian mercury cell battery it came with.
Posted by Jason
on July 27, 2003
tonight i started reading orson scott card’s xenocide, the third book in the ender series. my mom got me started by lending my ender’s game. with some help from michael at the coffee shop, i got the second book. tonight i hunted down the third. i’m well into the first chapter now.
reading is what i should have done this weekend, instead of nothing or waiting. it would have been more enjoyable. i’ve been enjoying the peace and solitude of my life but this weekend was way too much.
i had intended on having a fun night out with friends on friday– but got paged by work and ended up getting home from that around two in the morning. saturday i barely left the apartment. same on sunday.
maybe the kiev will arrive this week and give me something to occupy my time with.
Posted by Jason
on July 25, 2003
got to find the right note
how to make the right tone
how to keep it true to ourselves
where we are coming from
what matters most is us
what matters most is now
what matters most is this
how it comes, and where, and how.. passion!!!
every cry is a song,
every song is a prayer.
and our prayers must be heard.
to fill the air..
Posted by Jason
on July 23, 2003
oh, down in mexico
i never really been so i don’t really know
oh, mexico
i guess i’ll have to go…
at the beginning of this month i spent a week in mexico. half way through my vacation, i got sick. i didn’t eat for almost three days and i lost 7 or 8 pounds. when i came back to the ’states, i weighed 157#. almost two weeks after returning, i’m feeling much better. this morning i did my regular 6-7-8 routine and it felt good. michael at the coffee shop hadn’t seen me and was a little troubled, since he heard about the hurricane that was headed our way. everything turned out okay. i came home with some great photos in my nikon and a roll of ilford 50 in the canon. it was my first time ever really being fully out of the country.
Posted by Jason
on July 23, 2003
after watching the fifth element i have three reactions:
i dont like bruce willis as an actor
i don’t like chris tucker as an actor
milla jovovich is beautiful
also.. comcast digital cable’s jazz music channel has some great music.. pass it on.
Posted by Jason
on July 17, 2003
in less than two weeks, i purchase i made on ebay will arrive from russia.
i’ll be a member of the kiev 60 club. it was only two weeks ago my coworkers were talking about some previous, crazy coworker they had that was obcessed over russian cameras on ebay. wait til they hear what i’ve gone and done.
it reminds me of getting the lomo action sampler camera, finding a whole ‘nother world surrounding a particular toy. and now i’ve found my new toy. we’ll see.
from russia with love.
this weekend i should work on this roll of film i shot for anthony.
Posted by Jason
on July 17, 2003
Posted by Jason
on July 16, 2003
feeling a bit better. went into work for a bit. then went and saw charlie’s angels. :-)
Posted by Jason
on July 15, 2003
i’ve decided to catch up on movies by myself. no more waiting for other people. tonight i saw terminator three: rise of the machines.
Posted by Jason
on July 13, 2003
today i’m in a good mood from getting things done.
got current on all my bills
added new payee sbc to online billpay
purchased a kiev-60 on ebay
got online with my new adsl service.. 1.5mbit down, 384k up
cancelled comcast cablemodem.. good riddance
started laundry
rest!
Posted by Jason
on July 12, 2003
online with the new DSL tonight. tomorrow i’ll call comcast and cancel my cablemodem. i wonder if i’ll have to take off a half day from work to get that done.
Posted by Jason
on July 02, 2003
my cubicle at work was moved by another director. he wanted me closer to his apps guys so i could provide better support. so now i’m in another building with the apps guys and program managers. they’re all cool guys, but there are some fundamental problems with me being over here.
first, office moves are never executed well, especially at smaller companies. i currently have all my books but not my bookshelf. i have no trashcan nor my telephone.
secondly, and more importantly, location location location. i’m now two buildings away from the data center, my peers, my supervisor, and my manager’s temporary office. not to mention the data center, which houses the machines i’m responsible for. i used to walk across the hall to visit the server room a few times a day. a few times, i noticed an alarm by inspecting things visually. now i have to go outside, walk down the parking lot to our other building. all the meetings i attend are in that other building. i’ll end up walking there every day for lunch. and every friday afternoon i’ll have to walk there again to do my weekly duties. i guess i’ll be doing a lot of walking. and ya, maybe i’ll give these guys better support, but not my entire day because i’ll be in the other building or outside walking.
i’ll keep quiet and see if my phone even gets moved.
