In the digital age, analog film as a photographic medium almost went extinct, and many variants did. We can't make them again, we don't have the technology. But somehow some survived and are actually on the upward trend. Film is a phenomenon, a century-plus-old medium seems to have developed a modern cult following. But it… Continue reading Down the Film Grain Simulation Rabbit Hole for 36Exp
I have wanted to visit the conservatory of flowers for a few years now, but I was really excited to take some infrared photos of it. The conservatory of flowers is a green house in the heart of San Francisco, located inside Golden Gate Park. We were heading into the city to shop and decided… Continue reading The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers under Infrared Light
Getting my first Leica camera opened my eyes to the rangefinder experience that made taking photos and taking a camera with me a way more enjoyable experience. Do I always take great photos? No. Does the camera make better photos? No. But the point is that I enjoy taking photos with it. My first Leica… Continue reading My First Leica Lens was it Worth it?
Deciding to do OpenSauce was a very impulse driven decision. I really loved the first one last year in 2023 and was amazed at all of the wonderfully creative people that I met. So I knew I wanted to go again. But this time I decided to push myself a bit and try exhibiting some… Continue reading Exhibiting at Open Sauce 2024 A Retrospective
The maker faire is coming back to mare island this year in 2024 and I just realized I forgot to post my previous experience from 2023! Oops! After a considerable hiatus the Bay Area maker faire found a new home on mare island in 2023. It was an amazing first comeback leaning into the stem… Continue reading Maker Faire 2023: A Mare Island Adventure
I was really happy with the original Pieca design at the beginning. It was boxy and quirky but it made it easy to add all the necessary electronics for a Raspberry Pi camera. But as I kept using it one big problem became apparent, the lens mount was not going to last… After taking it… Continue reading The New Raspberry Pi Pieca Camera for Leica Lenses
I have always been impressed by the art of street photography. Where the photographer is right in the action of others' daily lives, strangers in passing and capturing that decisive moment. Ever since I got my first rangefinder (not necessary for street photography) I have wanted to try my hand at capturing these fleeting moments.… Continue reading Making a Radar Zone Focus Device for Better Street Photography
There are lots of things that make film fun, but the one that I have been experimenting with lately are ones that flip the script on colors. These color swapping films, exclusively from Lomography, change the color sensitivity of the layers so that for example blue becomes red and red becomes blue which is the… Continue reading A Study in Turquoise: Comparing Lomo Turquoise Film to Digital Emulation
One of the areas of photography that I want to improve on is portraiture. Being able to capture someone’s likeness, their personality, their soul, is such a powerful tool. And in so many situations I consistently fail to achieve the look I was going for in my head. Inspired by Willem Verbeeck’s idea of a… Continue reading Open Sauce Maker Portraits: A Photography Self Project
I was quite surprised that my idea of using a 3D film camera with infrared film and a custom filter worked so well in creating an Aerochrome-like image. The basis of the idea can be found in my previous post below. https://teaandtechtime.com/an-analog-aerochrome-film-replacement/ But there were still problems I wanted to solve, the first being the… Continue reading Improving the optics of the Tri-Aerochrome Film Filter
