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Week 30 – Being a ‘Big Shot’ at the Family Reunion
What is the purpose of Polaroids in the digital era? Kodak had the “Kodak Moment,” but Polaroids were the memories. Tangible memories that could last on a refrigerator, mirror, or in a drawer for...
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Week 31 – With Friends in Pittsburgh
The Week: I took a weekend and visited two friends who live in Pittsburgh, PA. We drank good wine, ate good food, and spent some time downtown. The Camera and the Film: I gave my Canon EOS 650 to...
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Week 32 – Very Expired Ektachrome and an Old Train
The Week: I hadn’t repaired my Fuji GW690iii yet, but I still had some medium format film in my refrigerator. So I went out experimenting in Waterville, Ohio. You mayrecognize this location. It...
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Week 33 – Warehouse District and More Expired Ektachrome
The Week: Another beautiful day and an easy afternoon of testing some old Ektachrome slide film. The Camera and the Film: It was the Pentax 645 again with the Pentax 75mm f2.8 lens. The film was...
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Week 34 – Shooting a Friend’s Wedding
The Week: Once upon a time, I shot weddings professionally. Mostly, I did the video production, but I still shot many weddings – mostly on film. This week I shot the wedding of two friends from...
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Week 35 – New in Box Minolta with Original Expired Film
The Week: After seeing a cool video from Rob Nunn of the SCL: Subject, Composition, & Light Podcast, I picked up a new 35mm point in a shoot. New in box with a roll of expired film for $10 on...
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Week 36 – Venice, Italy on Polypan F 50
The Week: Week 36 was the week that I escorted a wine tasting trip to Italy for my customers. My day job is Wine Manager of a Gourmet Foods Supermarket in Maumee, Ohio called Walt Churchill’s Market....
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Week 37 – More Italy: Verona and Bologna.
The Week: My wine tour adventures continue across Italy. This time we stop in the towns of Verona and Bologna – perhaps Italy’s culinary belly. The Camera and the Film: My kit for Italy was a Canon...
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Week 38 – Florence Italy and Chianti Classico
The Week: Week 38 saw the conclusion of my wine trip to Italy with time in Florence and a visit to winery Felsina in Chianti Classico. The Camera and the Film: I shot Polypan F 50 in my Canon A-1… “I...
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Week 39 – Fort Meigs and the Expired Film Blues
The Week: Back from Italy, I was inspired to visit Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio, a War of 1812 Battlefield. It was a beautiful day in early Fall and I had the place entirely to myself for a nice...
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Week 40 of 2013. The Cleveland Indians Make the Playoffs!!
The Week: On October 2, 2013 in Week 40 of my 52 Rolls Project, the Cleveland Indians played in the Major League Baseball Playoffs. They had surprised the baseball world by winning 10 games in a row...
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Week 42 of 2013. Kyoto, Japan.
The Week: Week 42 was the first of three weeks in Japan. I had never been to Japan before. My only other Asian experience was Thailand in 2003. I was overwhelmed and strange in its lack of...
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Week 41 of 2013. LomoChrome Purple – 1st Roll
The Week: I was really excited when Lomography announced the creation of a new film – LomoChrome Purple. Can’t remember why I went crazy for this, but I ordered 10 rolls of 35mm and 5 rolls of 120...
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Week 43 of 2013. Jidai Matsuri Festival Portraits
This is a cross post with my Wine/Travel/Photography blog at http://www.austinbeeman.com/blog/2013/12/30/jidai-matsuri-2013-portraits-in-kyoto-japan On October 22, 2013, I found myself in Kyoto during...
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Week 44 of 2013. Sick in Toyko.
Note: Although I’m not taking part in the 2014 – 52 Rolls Project, I’m still posting the remainder of 2013 piece by piece throughout the next couple months. There aren’t many pictures of Toyko, because...
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Panama City 2013 – An Olympus Trip 35 Video.
There are many ways of showing your photographs during a 52 Rolls Project. I always intended to present some of my work from the 2013 year via video. This three minute video showcased some of the...
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Week 46 of 2013. A Rainy Football Game and the Olympus Stylus
Do I even need a digital point and shoot? Maybe not. A $5.00 Olympus Stylus and a roll of Kodak Tri-X make for a great pocket camera. And it’s ‘full-frame!’ So I put it in my pocket and headed south...
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Randy Taylor – R.I.P.
In early February 2014, Randy Taylor of Taylor Photo in Toledo, Ohio died. Being a prolab in my hometwon, Randy was the first person to develop my photographs and most of my finest work was processed...
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Week 49 of 2013. A Manor House Christmas
With the recent death of my lifelong photo lab guy, I am coming to grips with the creeping suspicion that many of the concluding rolls of 2013′s project will never return to me. Therefore, I will post...
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