Sao Paulo, Brazil Airport Scanner Image - Jan Smith 2011
As a photographer and somebody working in radiated environments (Chernobyl), the issue of airport scanners intrigues me. Are they safe? Can you really see somebody naked? Is the person in the back room secretly checking us out, or laughing at us?
In October of 2010 I submitted to the One Life International Photography Contest and included the contest in my review of photography contests. Then I crossed my fingers and intentionally forgot all about it– I’ve worked myself up before, only to receive a “thank you, but no thank you” message, or worse, no answer at all. Well, the results came in today and I was tremendously happy and surprised to see I was the category winner for “Places”. This is not the same as the Grand Prize of $25,000, but I will get a free camera, so I’m not complaining. Continue reading
I left my Nikon EN-EL4 Battery Charger in Mexico before coming to Moscow. Stupid thing, I know. Weeks of planning and then to leave a key piece behind.
Finding a well stocked camera store for professional photographers in Moscow is a challenge. Ironically however, some of the Apple stores stock Leica and you can get a M-9 or a Noctilux 0.95 ! It’s usually the other way around–try finding Leica equipment in Mexico City or Sao Paulo. Continue reading
iPhone 4, Kremlin by Jan Smith
Lomo is yet one of the hundreds of iPhone camera applications available for download from Apple. I’m sure the meaning of “Lomo” is lost to most digital photographers, particularly those who never picked-up an analog camera, or who mostly shoot from their iPhone. In order to grant a fair review of this application it’s important to understand what LOMO is and what this application is trying to emulate. Continue reading
iPhone 4, Zocalo, Mexico City, by Jan Smith
Lo-mob is one of the hundreds of applications available for iPhones that make your digital pictures look vintage. It costs $1.99 and offers 38 filters you can apply to pictures in your existing photo library or to new images you take with your phone. The filters are broken down by film and camera type. They include Poloraid (Instamatic) types; 35mm Film Experimentation (you can see the sprockets) as well as a variety of “vintage” looks lifted from plastic cameras, film emulsions and old or faded film. Continue reading
