Josie sat long enough for a 4×5 portrait. I missed the focus a bit but I was using ground glass in daylight so close enough. Crown Graphic. HP5+ in HC-110.
Josie sat long enough for a 4×5 portrait. I missed the focus a bit but I was using ground glass in daylight so close enough. Crown Graphic. HP5+ in HC-110.
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, 2017 – ★★★½
A sometimes emotional greatest hits collection from Didion, a writer I’ve always admired.
After one year my “new” MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is still the most disappointing Apple product I’ve ever owned. Touch Bar is useless, USB-C is a mess, and the keyboard sucks balls.
It’s pretty obvious how I feel about wasps.
I have misplaced my Vanishing Point but I think I’ll survive. I almost never need the quick access of a retractable fountain pen. I use fountain pens for planned, deliberate writing.
This has gotta stop.
What If the Newspaper Industry Made a Colossal Mistake?
Jack Shafer, Politico:
…conventional newspapers, for all their shortcomings, remain the best source of information about the workings of our government, of industry, and of the major institutions that dominate our lives. They still publish a disproportionate amount of the accountability journalism available, a function that’s not being fully replaced by online newcomers or the nonprofit entities that have popped up. If we give up the print newspaper for dead, accepting its demise without a fight, we stand to lose one of the vital bulwarks that protect and sustain our culture.
Atomic Blonde, 2017 – ★★★★
I have no idea what “Atomic Blonde” was about or why but I could watch Charlize sit, smoke, walk, and beat people up all day.
Don’t tell anyone but Super Mario Odyssey is downloading to the switch right now. My work may suffer today.
Remember that time I typed each tweet onto an index card for a year (2012)?
Little Evil, 2017 – ★★★½
I like Horror/Comedy so “Little Evil” interested me. I just let it do what it wanted and ended up enjoying it.
On the wall of the upstairs bedroom of my mom’s dollhouse hangs a tiny painting of dogs playing poker.
Lots of fun talk about using paper today on micro.blog. I’m for it :).
Catching up on my contact sheets is the least fun part of darkroom work, but it yields wonderful, permanent artifacts.
