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Naptime

toves — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:50:38 +0000

I know the feeling…

Tagged: black and white, nap, new york city, sleep, stranger, union square

Winter, warped

toves — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:01:24 +0000

Nope, it’s not a lensbaby shot! It was taken on my iPhone, using my new neato cheapo Jelly Lenses! Yay! Three arrived in the mail the other day – starburst, kaleidoscope and wide angle – and I promptly stuck em on and experimented on my way to work. FUN!

Tagged: black and white, creek, frozen, iphone, ithaca, jelly lens, ny, photography, snow, starburst, winter

Dairy do

toves — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:07:15 +0000

So I went on a barn tour in the town of Ulysses, NY, this weekend, cos I am a BIG OLD DORK, apparently. It was us and a bunch of octogenarians. Hmmm. But how could I pass up the opportunity to snoop around big old buildings?

Tagged: barn tour, black and white, interior, light, new york, ny, photography, ulysses

Misty eyed

toves — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:16:35 +0000

Another thick morning mist, another excuse to grab my gear and run up to Cornell to try to capture the magic! This time I didn’t even take the time to change out of my sweats, and of course had an embarrassing encounter with my editor on the walk home. Oops!

Tagged: black and white, campus, cornell, film, fog, home development, ilford, ithaca, mist, new york, om1, stranger, trees

Two-headed kid: LIFE

toves — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:45:42 +0000

Some of the wonderful abandonment and grime from our recent trip to Coney Island. More gritty (and grainy.. oops!) photos here.

Tagged: abandoned, b&w, black and white, coney island, film, fog, grime, home development, new york city, nyc, om1, photography, tri-x 400

Bleak times

toves — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:44:12 +0000

I haven’t been much in the mood lately for taking photos, which is a real shame as I’ve got nothing but time on my hands. The weather hasn’t been too inspiring either, but today the sun made a surprise appearance and brought with her some bright blue skies… so naturally I came back from a jaunt in the woods with bleak black-and-white photos of bare snow scenes. Ha! Yeah, that about sums me up these days.

Tagged: black and white, bleak, ithaca, new york, photography, sapsucker woods, shadows, snow, trees, winter

Falls visitor

toves — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:14:43 +0000

First big snow of the season. Was fun then, not so fun now.

Tagged: black and white, ice, ithaca, new york, richard, snow, vivitar ultra wide & slim, waterfall, winter

At the laundromat

toves — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:22:33 +0000

Lots of good reads… and condensation.

Tagged: b&w, black and white, condensation, film, home development, ilford 400, laundromat, magazines, olympus xa2, photography, windows

Falling

toves — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:43:08 +0000

Finally – a good shot of Ithaca Falls! It’s a magnificent sight – and right at the end of my street – but never seems to capture well on film for me. Seems cheesy and obvious or something. Thanks to a little morning mist and shoddy home development, I managed to get it to look moody and atmospheric. Woo!

Tagged: b&w, black and white, home development, ilford 400, ithaca falls, nature, new york, olympus xa2, photography, waterfall

Oops, I did it again

toves — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:12 +0000

Revisiting those trees again, this time in black and white.

So, I suck at home development. I bought a new developing tank and had another go. This time, one roll came out completely blank, and the other was milky and splotched and speckled. Ack!

Luckily, the results aren’t all bad. They look… er… aged. And atmospheric. Almost intentional. Uh huh.

Tagged: atmospheric, b&w, black and white, film, fog, home development, ilford 400, ithaca, misty, moody, new york, olympus xa2, photography, stewart park, trees