After a great wrap-up dinner with the 12×12 committee last night, I got inspired to play with all the entries and made this:
I highly recommend checking it out full size.
It was made with the Photo Collage tool that I wrote about previously….such a fun little tool.
While at dinner, we discussed the next details behind the next 12×12 Vancouver Photo Marathon…stay tuned as once we nail down a few more details, we’ll spill the beans…let’s just say you won’t need a winter coat for the next one.
December is shaping up to be a fantastic month for photography, despite the usually crummy weather we get in Vancouver. On December 12th, the first annual Vancouver 12×12 Photo Marathon will take place.
What is it? It’s a twelve hour event where participants will check in, receive a roll of 35mm film and then each hour, will be giving a theme of which to shoot one exposure. At the end of the event, the participants will hand in their film, with twelve exposures on it – one for each hourly theme. The cost is only $12 which covers the cost of the film and processing.
The photo above is me, back in high school shooting with a Pentax K1000.
I’m on the event organizing committee and am really looking forward to seeing this event unfold as I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. Be sure to get the details and sign up on the 12×12 site as space is limited. All you need is a working 35mm film camera (any kind) and $12 to participate – you don’t need to be a pro photographer! If you have any questions, check out the FAQ.
This past weekend, I dragged myself out of bed early to go to a camera swap meet with Peter. Didn’t expect to find anything (we did bump into Reilly) but ended up finding this camera in near mint condition, complete with box, manual and even the warranty card for $15:
Why is this a good thing? This camera came out in the late 90’s and was generally considered to be junk. The cool thing (to me) is that it’s a fun little film camera that fully supports all the Nikon lenses I already have. This means I can play with my fisheye lens on a film camera for only $15. I found out that APS film (slightly smaller than 35mm film) is still quite plentiful around town and that everyone that sells it seems to process it. While not the best scans ever, I can quickly get a roll developed and scanned to CD for the grand total of $2.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart.
It even had a roll of partially exposed film inside! Aside from a few blurry photos taken inside the swap meet, nothing interesting was on the film roll so Peter and I took advantage and used up the rest of the roll for some goofy photos outside the swap meet with the fisheye lens:
Film is still fun!
Update: 2nd roll is back from the lab. Check out my Pronea-S flickr set for more photos.
I’ll be heading down to the Centre For Digital Media on Saturday to attend the Bridging Media event organized by Megan Cole and Erica Hargreave. I think you can still register if you’re interested in attending this free event.
I’m looking forward to a number of the sessions as I’m contemplating a couple of side projects that harken back to my ‘roots’ as a film school grad and a film nerd. More and more the techy stuff I do around here and other stuff I am interested in seems to cross back over into the film world so it will be interesting to see where this all goes.
Creative outlets FTW.
