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Why Film is Not like Vinyl Records – aka Say Goodbye to Kodak
Well now it’s actually happened. Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection this morning. The once juggernaut of the industry is now a very sick old man trying to sell it’s crown jewel patents to make some...
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Everett and Ralph on Provia
During two of my One Shot sessions last week I also took a frame of Fuji Provia slide film. I don’t shoot regular film in the 4×5 very much because it involves going into Chelsea to get processed and...
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Fuji Instant 4×5 One Shot – The Long Family
Got the opportunity to shoot my friend Aaron on Saturday and as a bonus his lovely parents happened to be in town and so we guilted them into sitting as well. Amazing people.
View ArticleWhat I’ve Learned About Video – Take One
So as some of you have noticed, I’ve started making really short films. Two so far, more to come. More or less weekly. This is a new experiment. As much about getting the creative juices flowing as it...
View Article“Self Defense” a short film
Learned a lot on this one. First was that my home-built DIY stabilizer worked pretty well considering the fact that it cost all of $28 in parts. Secondly while I’ve done fine so far making it up as I...
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“Lure”, a short film by Bill Wadman
Starring the ever lovely Lindsay Goranson and here’s the script we were working from, with notations and marks by Lindsay
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Photography in Japan
So I’m back from Japan, now have a few hours of sleep toward the ultimate goal of not waking up in the middle of the night anymore, and would like to share a few thoughts on taking pictures while on a...
View ArticleJapan Scans – set #1
Ok, here’s my first set of 50 images from my recent trip to Japan. Due to the number I’ve decided to host them on my flickr account that I never really use. So feel free to comment here or there....
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Japan scans – thumbnail
I’m still working on scanning all of the film from my trip. It’s massively time consuming. But in the meantime, I thought it would be interesting to make a little collage of all of the thumbnails....
View ArticleJapan Scans – set #2
Here’s set 2 of my photos from Japan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/billwadman/sets/72157616477543783/
View ArticleJapan Scans – set #3
One last small set of scans from Japan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/billwadman//sets/72157616809298067 I’ve got one more roll to get developed next week, but I’m done with everything I’ve got right...
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Japan book.
If anyone is interested, I’ve published a book of 36 of my images from Japan. It’s available 12×12″ Hardcover for $85. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/761253
View ArticleFilm or Digital? Is this really still a question?
I could have sworn that I’d written a blog post about this topic, but I did a scan through my archives and came up empty, so here I go. A few weeks ago while I was shooting futurist Ray Kurzweil, he...
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Thoughts On The End of Kodachrome et al.
Dwayne’s Photo in Kansas is processing the last rolls of Kodachrome as I write this (nice article on NYT), so I thought it fitting to give my thoughts on the matter. I’ll start by admitting something...
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Scanning Film with a Camera – My Test
So I was doing a little research about film scanners today and came to realize that most of what’s left in the market are either way too cheap and low-res (basically to preserve family photos) or too...
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