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Play this: “Lost In The Supermarket” - The Clash

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Play while reading: “Mamma Mia” - Abba
I kill time by browsing craigslist for all the things I can’t get: Jobs, cameras, casual encounters. (Kidding). I’m not looking for those things per se, I’m just feast on distraction. But, it can be risky.
FOR INSTANCE:
I saw a post for a Mamiya 645E. No pics, $200. In [...]

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I just dropped off three rolls of black & white film at the shop. (Ilford) My aim in shooting black & white film is to present a photo such that the commenter will ask: “This is nice, but I’d love to see the color version. Could you post that too?” Thus allowing me to [...]

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When times are hard, we look for clues. Clues about the escape route, the treasure map, the method to slay the beast. We seek these clues in the usual places. Or, we don’t look for clues at all. Sometimes clues find us. Every morning, I need to imagine a new reason to get out of [...]

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Play it: “Winners Take All” - Aesop Rock
The MLB Playoffs mean way more photogs assigned to cover each game. I was at the Phillies win on Monday night. Quite a tense experience, I can say. I can’t say it was completely fun. For 7 innings, I was the lone red hat in a sea of [...]

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Play while you read: “Blinded By The Light” - Manfred Mann
Thirty-six hours straight! When someone asked me what I was up to this weekend, that’s how long I claimed I was going to sleep. I figured that was about how long it would take for life to finally leave me alone. If I could sleep [...]

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Play: “Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)” - Flock of Seagulls

As strange things go, this is me: a month ago I never would have considered myself a candidate to get into film photography. I was a digital guy for all the reasons digital cameras make sense. Film is tricky, unwieldy, expensive, slow, and [...]

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I’m semi-obsessed with this singular song today:
” Kärlekens Alla Färjor” - Detektivbyrån
I’ve played it seven times so far, and it’s not even lunchtime. It’s like happiness in a cup, which I wish I really could buy.  It’s put together so well. The band Detektivbyrån is from Sweden. Here’s their Myspace. Here’s a video of [...]

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You really want to know what happened? I’ll tell you: Wednesday was slouching off into the sunset, and I got off work too late to do anything about it. Still, I grabbed my cam with an eye towards checking out the Santa Monica Pier with the ol’ fisheye. At the last minute, I grabbed the [...]

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Look who was guarding the ol’ apartment this morning. Looming on the railing, this wrong-colored mantis was sunning itself. I thought they were green? But, tt made for a good outdoor photoshoot. Then, norbs had to go and add a monkeywrench wth this comment on Flickr:
You need a song to accompany the photo Mick. Great [...]

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