A roll's worth

I took a roll’s worth of frames today, but on four different film cameras, so I still don’t have anything new to process.

June 4, 2025

Kazuyuki Hiraoka on taking notes

Kazuyuki Hiraoka, author of the Howm Emacs package: If you don’t organize notes, it’s wearisome to read them. If you try to organize notes, it’s wearisome to write them. got that right.

June 3, 2025
Color film photo of toddler playing with water table

Lincoln and new water table

I know people throughout history have successfully used Rolleiflexes for all kinds of documentary photography and photojournalism, but have they ever tried following a toddler around?

June 3, 2025
Double exposure self-portrait

Getting the hang of the Rolleiflex

I’ve not quite gotten the hang of the Rolleiflex, apparently. This is expired Kodak Portra 400 (Expired 2012).

June 2, 2025
Black and white photo of trees. There's a hole in the negative.

Hole in the universe

Looks like I accidentally took a photo of a hole in the universe. (Either that, or there’s a problem with the film negative.)

May 31, 2025

Now Playing, Rush - Roll the Bones

I can’t explain why I like listening to my old cassettes so much. All I can say is that I’m having a blast. Now Playing: Rush, “Roll the Bones”

May 30, 2025
Black and white photo of a spring

Spring

In 2010 I would walk around with the Hasselblad and a roll of Tri-X and take photos of just about anything. This is a spring from a train car. I like how it turned out.

May 30, 2025

YouTube again is a mistake

I spent hours yesterday watching YouTube videos about photographers. Ernst Haas, Winogrand, Helen Levitt, Irving Penn, Tish Murtha, etc. I loved it, but so help me if I don’t get out and make some of my own pictures soon what am I even doing?

May 29, 2025

Stupid YouTube thumbnails

What happens if a YouTube thumbnail doesn’t include someone making a stupid face and pointing? I assume there’s a fine involved.

May 29, 2025

Weird, but sweet

In Junior High, I asked a girl I had a crush on to sign my yearbook. She wrote, “You’re weird, but sweet!” I was a teeny bit offended at the time, but I like to think I’ve stayed true to her summary ever since. It now feels like a compliment.

May 28, 2025

Notes on Baty.net -> Mastodon via EchoFeed

I’ve set up EchoFeed to “echo” the content from the new /notes area on Baty.net to Mastodon. No link, just the content. If you can read this, it worked.

May 28, 2025

Adding blog notes via Emacs

This note was added via my new jab/hugo-new-note function in Emacs.

May 28, 2025

My first note

Hello, this is the first “Note” post I’ve added to my Hugo blog. The idea is for these to be short, title-less posts, syndicated to social media.

May 28, 2025