Selfie - III

  न मे द्वेषरागौ न मे लोभमोहौ मदो नैव मे नैव मात्सर्यभावः  । न धर्मो न चार्थो न कामो न मोक्षः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम्‌ शिवोऽहम्‌  ॥ ३ ॥ na mE ...

Selfie - II

  न च प्राण संज्ञो न वै पञ्चवायुः न वा सप्तधातुर्‌ न वा पञ्चकोशः । न वाक्पाणिपादौ न चोपस्थपायू चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम्‌ शिवोऽहम्‌ ॥ २ ॥ na cha...

Selfie - I

  मनो बुद्धि अहंकार चित्तानि नाहं, न च ष्रोत्र जिह्वे न च घ्राण नेत्रे. न च व्योम भूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः षिवोऽहम्‌ षिवोऽहम्‌ mano...

My Return to Film Photography - VI

  Over the last few days I've put the Canon EOS Rebel 2000 through its paces. It has also put me through my paces. I ran two rolls of film t...

My Return to Film Photography - V

  A couple of days ago I shot a roll of 400TX 35mm. Camera-wise, I'm in clover: I was using the Canon AE-1, which is a jewel of a camera. I'...

602 Mission - II

You looked girlish, as you touched my cock almost shyly, knowing we were starting something that wouldn't easily stop. When our naked bodies...

My Return to Film Photography - IV

  When is light not light? This is the question I had to ask myself. Background: There is a setup I use all the time for digital photography...

My Return to Film Photography - III

  In the last instalment of this series, I wrote about developing a couple of rolls of decades-old color film in black-and-white chemistry. ...

My Return to Film Photography - II

 Last time I laid out my plans and wrote about one of my thrift-store gangas, the Canon AE-1 Program, an absolute jewel of a camera. A lot h...

As Seen in An Alleyway / 365.

Kodak Ektar 100 (expired), Nikon FM

Simulation Throw Pillow by Benjamin Fauvel

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Follow The Light.

Fujicolor Press 800 (expired), Superheadz Ultra Wide & Slim

My Return to Film Photography - I

  I haven't done any film photography for ten or twelve years, and at that time I was just experimenting with lomography. The other thing yo...

Orange Sun & the Minaret Metal Print by Benjamin Fauvel

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140,000 Visits and Two Rolls of Film

Yesterday we passed the milestone of 140,000 visits to this poetry/writing/photography blog. This is partly (largely) due to pirate activity...

Is Film Dead? - II

 I am in much better shape for 35mm photography than I am for medium-format. I actually do have a real film scanner for 35mm. What I have is...

Is Film Dead? - I

 Back in 1968 or '70, I got my first fully-adjustable camera. I was a penniless hippy at the time, so it was a Voightländer folding camera, ...