ku # 4017-19 ~ coming to grips

µ4/3 picture (embiggenable)

iPhone 7s camera module picture (embiggenable)

iPhone 7s camera module picture (embiggenable)

While spending the better part of the last 4 months in a the new snapshot picture making frenzy - approximately 500+ pictures - I have been contemplating / festering, re: my relationship with the snapshot thing and where do I want to go with it.

At this point, my conclusion is that I want to remain true to the snapshot idea inasmuch as: 1) I want to make lots of prints, and, 2) I want those prints to be small in size - think the classic drugstore sizes, and, 3) I want those prints to made by a commercial printer, and, of course, 4) all pictures to be made with the iPhone. While I am certain that I will make the occasional large print for framing and hanging on a wall, but I will have all of the new snapshot pictures printed elsewhere.

In other words, I push the button and leave the rest to someone else (in-camera processing aside), ala Kodak's original marketing slogan of, You press the button, we do the rest.

Re: printed somewhere else. Thanks to my friend Anna I have discovered a online printing source, Parabo Press, which is devoted exclusively to printing pictures made with a phone. Amongst their bewildering array of products, of particular interest to me, is their 4x4"/5.5" square prints. The prints are printed on a thick paper - almost framing mat thick - that is flat as a pancake and very lie / hang stiff.

I am currently awaiting the arrival of my first (free) set of 25 5.5" square prints. As far as I can tell - their site states, One free set per order - it appears that those prints are always free. There is a $5 charge for selecting the 5.5" prints instead of the no-cost 4" prints and the shipping cost - $10 - is not included. So, my cost for 25 5.5" square prints is a very reasonable $0.60 per print.

BTW, if you are interested in this printing service and are inclined to order prints, please use this code - BBQIAJ - when placing an order. Doing so gets you $10 off your first order and I get a $10 credit to use on my future orders. I would greatly appreciate it.

civilized ku # 5092-93 ~ day and night

morning light # 2 ~ made with a "real" camera (embiggenable)

morning light # 1 ~ made with iPhone camera module (embiggenable)

evening light ~ made withiPhone camera module (embiggenable)

I like this quote:

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees. ~ Paul Strand

civilized kU # 5081 / the new snapshot # 64-65 ~ all along the border

ladder and barn ~ Jay, NY - Adirondack PARK (embiggenable)

Beyond a doubt, not all snapshots were made with a Polaroid camera. Most were made with a simple Kodak film camera (or similar camera), film taken to a corner drugstore (typically) and often prints with a scalloped-type border were the end result. So, as part of my research and development program, the new snapshot Division, I am playing around with different snapshot-type borders.

I am quite certain, at this point, that my final the new snapshot vernacular will include multiple types of borders rather than just one type - all the more accurate representation of the wide variety of printed snapshots.

FYI, all of the pictures in this entry were made with the iPhone camera module.

civilized ku # 4093-94 / iPhone picture # 5 ~

New Year's Eve snow storm ~ Gatineau, Quebec, CA (click to embiggen)

New Year's AM / Hotel V ~ Gatineau, Quebec, CA (click to embiggen)

Ice Arena bar (iPhone picture) ~ Ottawa, Ontario, CA (click to embiggen)

Our hockey tournament stay in Ottawa was extended by an extra day due to the effects of an Alberta Clipper. Driving home 6:30pm in a heavy snow storm didn't really seem like the thing to do.

So, the wife found a pretty cool / hip / trendy hotel - Hotel V - in Gatineau, Quebec for us to wile (or if you prefer, while) away the hours 'til the New Year. On the way to the hotel we stopped at an LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Canada) store to pick up a bottle of bubbly and shortly after our arrival at the hotel we went out for a quick bite to eat. It was a very relaxing end to a successful hockey tournament.

FYI, one of the very good things about any hockey tournamant in Canada is the Canadian commitment to having very nice bars - with good bar food - in almost all ice arena / hockey rinks. The facilities are a warm comfortable place to hang out while waiting for a game to start - most teams must arrive at a rink 1 hour before game time.

iPhone pictures # 1-4 ~

Gander Mtn ~ Cicero, NY (click to embiggen)

sausage ~ Cicero, NY (click to embiggen)

Team Austria ~ Lake Placid, NY (click to emgbiggen)

Team Austria ~ Lake Placid, NY (click to emgbiggen)

sink rack ~ Au Sable Forks, NY (click to embiggen)

The only pictures I made this past weekend were made with my iPhone. The camera function is capable of creating good image files especially so when using the HDR setting - the pictures have a very good tonal range without looking like an HDR picture.

That written, the jury is out regarding whether or not I will continue with making iPhone pictures in any serious way.