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Shake it like a Polaroid picture

I have recently stumbled across one of the coolest FREE apps I have found in a long time. It's called Poladroid. It is a Polaroid photo emulator. Just open the program, drag your image to the little camera on screen. The photo will pop out and then you can wait on the image to develop or use your mouse to shake it around to speed development. Very cool fun. It's as close as you can get to a Polaroid since they stopped making film. I've been having tons of fun with it. The novelty may eventually wear off but I doubt it since I'm easily amused.

Sky and light

This light just caught my attention while I was parking my car a few days ago. There happened to be a dark cloud moving in on the right of the frame and a jet stream trailing away from the light. I always keep a camera handy for when a photo presents itself. Shot with a Nikon D200 and 50mm f/1.4 lens. Converted to black and white. Not much else in the way of post processing. What you see is what you get. Sometimes something simple can make a nice photo.

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Til next time. Keep shootin'!

A sad day for film

I got a Nikon camera

I love to take a photograph

So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

- Paul Simon

Well, Kodak has made the announcement. The reign of Kodachrome is ending. You can read more about it here.

Kodak retires Kodachrome film

It is a sad day indeed. Granted, I have never shot a roll of Kodachrome. But it always makes me sad to see film disappear. Especially one with such a history. I have always had a fondness for film. There is just something magical about it that I don't feel with digital photography, but that being said, I don't shoot alot of film anymore, simply because my DSLR is always with me and ready to go. It's day's like today though when I hear about the announcement from Kodak that makes me realize that I am one of the reasons films are being discontinued. I need to shoot more film. Photographs taken on film, many of which were shot with Kodachrome, (ie Steve McCurry's Afghan Girl) were the inspiration for me picking up a camera. Time to dust off my film cameras and go shoot some film. There's just something about holding a roll in your hand. RIP Kodachrome.