Recent content by Wigwam Jones

Amazing shots, thanks for posting them! And I am a fan of the band as well.

I've lived all over the USA and parts of Japan (Okinawa). Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, North Carolina, California, Nebraska, and now Michigan. All job-related. I go where the work is. But I've learned to find something to enjoy about every place I've ever lived, and I...

That has such a different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic...

Agreed - it is alcohol abuse in the First Degree. As to recommendations... Just some thoughts, nothing definite... Rotate bottle, as others have said. Consider B&W with Sepia toning - there's not much color here to begin with, so why have any? DOF - this would look smashing with...

Correct - the photo shows me holding a 120 apron, and the film only touches the apron at the extreme edges where the high points of the 'wavy' parts of the apron are. However, due to the mild agitation used during development, they even develop under those points - there are no unprocessed bits...

Strangely enough, if one uses a free tool such as 'exiftool' to examine the 'Exif' data on any particular digital image file, one might be shocked to find that indeed the manufacturer does know the hyperfocal distance for the shot having been taken, and some even include the calculated circle of...

Yes, there are Sunni and Shiite varieties. Oh wait. You said "muslin." That's very different. Never mind.

I learned to program BASIC in school on a teletype machine with a 300 baud acoustic modem hooked up to a mainframe computer somewhere. I stored my programs in 35mm film cannisters (when they were metal, pops) on paper tape with holes punched in it. "Monitors" were unheard of then. We called...

Yes, I ran an 'elite' (forerunner of l33t) BBS back in 1986 in Denver, Colorado. Ran on a 286. 2400 baud modem, one line, text and ANSI graphics only, and a member of FidoNet, so conversations could be exchanged, bucket-brigade fashion, all around the world. There was no Internet, and...

Congratulations! B&W film processing is fun and rewarding. As many know, it isn't that complicated and can be done at the kitchen sink, no darkroom required (even the reel can be loaded in a 'changing bag', which eliminates the need for a windowless room). If I may make a suggestion...

Hyperfocal distance is a bit tricky, but it can be explained easily enough. It makes use of the deep DOF that can be found at the higher number f-stops and wide lenses to manipulate where you choose to place the 'near acceptable focus' and 'farthest acceptable focus' for your photo. Basically...

You can get quite deeply into math, but there is a more commonsense and easy answer. Consider first that all photography is a compromise. Exposure is never absolute, because not everything is lit the same. Focus is never absolute, because everything is a different distance from the lens, and...

I think socially acceptable behavior is changing. I find that my young relatives do not believe texting messages to others whilst speaking to me is rude, but to me it is quite unacceptable, and I've been known to simply walk away. The specific behavior I am referring to is when a...

If you have ever seen a monkey in a zoo that is handed an object, they immediately turn their back to the person giving them the object and hunch over it, examining it closely but privately. It is intensely selfish behavior, which befits an animal with a concept of 'mine' but not one of 'ours'...

Love those shots - particularly the first one of the carriage! We have a similar festival here in Holly, Michigan. I was at mine this weekend as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wigwam/sets/72157603351284637/