Another badass homemade lens! This one was made from a magnifying glass by Flickr member [j°Sh]. As you can see in this photo made with it, it’s got enough chromatic aberration and focal falloff to make things endlessly interesting.
![homemade lens photo by [joSh]](http://static.flickr.com/117/259184155_a6f5e5bc52_d.jpg)
Here’s the lens itself:
![homemade magnifying glass lens by [joSh]](http://static.flickr.com/84/258951716_fc6fa7dc41_d.jpg)
You can see more photos made with it here in his Flickr photostream.
Photographer Sean Rohde dug up and scanned a bunch of his darkroom experiments from the late 80s and early 90s. There are heaps of images along with explanations of how each was done. He writes:
Way back when, from 1988 to around 1992, I actually had a full darkroom. I currently just develop my own film and scan the negs onto my computer. That’s fine for straight "prints", and photoshop does have some nice controls that are difficult to duplicate with an enlarger. On the other hand, there are tons of things I can do in the darkroom that are impossible to replicate on the computer…
Continue reading and see lots of images at Rohdes’ blog, moominstuff. You can check out more of his excellent experimental and toy camera photography in his Flickr photostream.
Photographer Andrew Long (you can see his work on fotolog and Flickr) has lauched The Daily F’log, a blog at and about happenings on photo sharing site fotolog:
Longer features will include Interviews with Fotologgers that provide a more intimate snapshot than we normally get to see, going behind the scenes to get their thoughts and opinions on photography, Fotolog, and anything else on their mind. Special Portfolios accompanying some of these interviews will offer the member a chance to show a selection of his or her work in a new, more concentrated context…
(Screenshot hosted at Flickr)
San Fransisco night photography group The Nocturnes are have a show of 13 night photographers at the Fort Mason Center in San Fransisco, CA, US the weekend of 21–22 October, 2006.
Exhibiting artist info here at the Nocturnes’ Web site. Looks like it’s going to be a good show!
Photo: Rhyolite, crumbling, haunted by Joe Reifer
Natalie Brahan writes:
South of Bloor is an exhibit of photographs that focuses on the south side of Toronto. It seeks to capture the colourful and, in many cases, lesser-noticed aspects of neighbourhoods south of Bloor and south of the Danforth. Although I have experience using conventional photographic methods in both film and digital formats, I prefer to use toy and vintage medium format cameras. I feel that the imperfect images that they often produce complement the unique character of the older neighbourhoods in the city.
More info here.
You can see more of her work at her web site, luminescent.org, and in her Flickr photostream.
Flickr member Mr. Mikey Mike has made some gorgeous photos with a lens made from a loupe!
Here’s the lens itself:
You can see more photos made with this lens in his homemade lens photo set on Flickr.
Bf5man writes: "A useful trick to repair or to do a mockup of a plastic part, is to disolve ABS shavings in acetone, it forms a glue that can be used to repair plastic stuff, or if thicker, can be used to mold things. Here’s an exemple of what can be accomplished with this method."
Sounds kind of nasty and smelly, but also good for casting parts for or repairing toy cameras.
Read instructions at mp3car.
Via MAKE Blog
Bosse Blomqvist pulled the lens off a Lex35 and put it on a 4×5 camera with a medium format 9x12cm back. Above is the somewhat surprising result: the coverage is far bigger than I’d have expected!
Bosse writes:
Had to check out how the magnificient Lex 35 would behave as a large format camera, or at least how the lens would perform when mounted on a view cam and using it to shoot a 9x12cm negative…
Flickr member Sreiny made this pinhole camera from a book. Check out more photos of the construction of the camera and photos it made in this photoset on Flickr.
Via MAKE Blog
In keeping with the Hasselblad philosophy of developing products of outstanding quality that are ahead of their time, and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Victor Hasselblad’s birth, Hasselblad is launching at photokina a truly innovative publication for professional photographers – Victor by Hasselblad. By showcasing the work of selected photographers and describing how they capture their best images, Victor by Hasselblad hopes to inspire professional photographers to new levels of digital photographic excellence. Setting a new standard in photographic magazines, Victor by Hasselblad will be published quarterly in print with an online presence that will be refreshed monthly.
Continue reading the announcement at the Photonika Web site or the magazine itself at victor.hasselblad.com.