Mike's Arty Crap: 2011

Friday, September 2, 2011

Rock It Rocket

Nothing like burning off a roll with your besties...

Weezy Reads

Amber Doesn't Believe Her

Weezy Explains It Again

Amber Researches...(Amber doesn't believe anyone)

Mac Smokes

Mac Glows

Luchador Mac

All photos shot on Kodak 35mm film with a Lomography Sprocket Rocket Cam. All photos are un-retouched and property of ME!

Sprocket Rocket Long Island

Went to Montauk with my brilliant sister Kirsten and my Sprocket Rocket camera. The local lighthouse is one landmark well worth seeing.

Look into my eye.

Kirsten Is Short.
Lighthouses Are Tall.

Lighthouse Interior

Lighthouse Exterior

Remembering Those Lost At Sea...(lobster is delicious)

Disappearing Tower I

Disappearing Tower II

Building Backflip

All photos shot on Kodak 35mm film with a Lomography Sprocket Rocket camera. All photos un-retouched and property of ME!

I Like Hot Dogs (and fish...)

I like food
I eat food
Sometimes with my mouth
Sometimes with my head
Sometimes with my camera

The ever brilliant DC-3 hot dog shop in our nation's capital.

The inside of DC-3, complete with fellow unsuspecting hot doggers.

Meat for me
Meat for you
Meat for the whole crew

And potatoes too

Shiloh had chili

I doubt the American Fish sign would have tasted as good as the hot dogs, but it looks awesome, ever vigilant, standing guard over one of the many parking lot wastelands in this fine country it represents.

Hey buddy, can you spare a pellet?

All photos shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with whatever lens was attached (which means I can't remember for the life of me). All photos are un-retouched. And property of ME!

Big 'Vert & Lil' 'Vert

Big 'Vert is a friend who stopped by one day when we were shooting at a subway station.

Big 'Vert does a mean street boogie.

Later that day we went to his place and I took a few shots of Lil' 'Vert, who is clearly a prince ruling his domain with a benevolent hand.

It's hard to take a bad picture of such a good looking kid.

HA!

All photos shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with whatever lens was attached at the moment (which means I can't remember for the life of me). All photos are un-retouched.

Friday, March 4, 2011

I got a new camera last week - a Sprocket Rocket from my favorite camera store, Lomography. As you'll see, this camera is a panoramic cam that exposes the entire frame, including the sprockets. It gives the shots a kind of built-in framing and a little bit of vignette that looks FUCKING AWESOME.

I love the Lomo cameras, I've bought six of them and given four of them away so far, because they're so user-friendly that anyone can throw in a roll of 35mm and get cool photos.

Despite their protestations, analog is definitely not the future. Of course, that's no concern of mine. I'm in it for the art, and Lomo analog cameras make good art.

They had a short workshop on the Sprocket Rocket cameras last Sunday, a real basic how-to taught by one of their very sincere shopkeepers. These are from the first couple rolls I shot on the camera, I'm really happy with them. A few were underexposed, but this is fantastic results for my first go.