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For Madmen Only

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A while back I bought an Ansco Pix Panorama camera at a thrift store. It cost me four dollars, and it could be argued that I paid too much for it. It’s a pocket-size all-plastic 35mm camera with a 28mm wide-angle plastic lens. On the back it has a note that says "Notify Photofinisher: Develop film and print in panoramic format."

It would be very cool if this camera took panoramic shots by producing really wide negatives, but it doesn’t do that; instead, it produces really short negatives. It achieves its panoramic effect by means of a removable insert in that masks the top third and bottom third of each frame, essentially "letterboxing" the negative. So the first thing I did after I discovered the mask insert was remove it. If I want the top third and bottom third of my shot cropped off, I’d rather do that after exposing the frame, thank you very much.

I finally decided to give this camera a try with a roll of Kodak 400TX that had taken a couple of trips through the X-ray scanner airports use on checked baggage. A bit of Googling revealed that the Pix Panoramic has a fixed aperture of f/11 and a fixed shutter speed of 1/125 second, but I didn’t give much thought to correct exposure while shooting the roll. I just pointed the camera at stuff and clicked, hoping that luck combined with the magic of stand development would produce a few halfway-decent shots.

And the results were a pleasant surprise. I got more "keeper" shots than I expected, and rest were at least interesting in one way or another. Given its small size and light weight, the Pix may end up being a carry-around-at-all times camera.

Ansco Pix Panorama with "panoramic" mask removed. Kodak 400TX, stand developed in Rodinal 1+100 at 19ºC for 70 minutes.

P.S. The title of this shot has nothing whatsoever to do with the TV show "Mad Men", which I’ve never seen but have heard good things about.

Bella Rosa

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I’ve had lots of trouble with this one, but at this point I’m just going to move on, since I’m tired of working on it. I’ve already edited it so many times that in some places the paper is so smooth, that it won’t take any more graphite. You can also see my frantic erasures in some spots. Mmph.

Generally, it’s not a bad work. This is my second ever profile portrait, and therefore my knowledge of facial anatomy is just not there yet to allow me to "feel" where I am making a mistake. I can lay the base work to paper, then step back, and not realize that the chin or the nose, or the ear are not where they are supposed to be. So I commit, and then, when things "don’t look right," I can’t put my finger on what exactly is out of place. This should come with time, as it did with en-face portraits, but meanwhile it’s highly frustrating to not be able to see where the error is.

This is graphite stick on paper, with some HB pencil for finer work.

Mark does what I tell him to do…..

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I said go over there and stand in front of that truck and he said Hell Yeah…..
He had been telling me about this truck he had seen a few times at the service station across the street from our store.
You know you are in Durham NC when you see something like this…..
Only thing better than his great pose is that Big Gulp in his hands at 6:05 PM.

Historic Panoramic Map Bird’s eye view of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina 1872. Drawn and published by C. Drie.

• Historic Panoramic Map Reprint
• Printed at 36 x 28 in.
• 1872

High quality reprint of original panoramic city map drawing from the Library of Congress Collection of Panoramic Maps.

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A live performance of an arrangement by Hart Morris from a concert on 12.17.06 at Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC
Video Rating: 4 / 5

4/26/08 Raleigh, NC w/ Ann Marie Calhoun on fiddle
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) January 24, 2013

Every winter Expert Express Heating and Plumbing makes a donation to Warmth for Wake of Wake County, NC. Warmth for Wake is a seasonal energy assistance outreach program that provides fuel to low-income residents during the cold winter months. It is funded entirely by contributions of concerned groups, individuals and businesses like Expert Express.

As their contribution, Expert Express gives free heaters and heating repairs to help residents in need who cannot otherwise afford it. They care about the community they service, and want to make sure everyone is able to stay warm this winter. They are currently accepting recommendations for people in need of heating assistance on their website. To recommend someone for a free heating repair, go to http://www.askexpertexpress.com and submit their information.

It is important to have a furnace or heating system inspected and tuned up by a heating professional to prevent failure when temperatures are at their lowest. Some residents may not notice there is a problem, or that their furnace or heating system is not working until it is too late. Before it breaks, is the best time to have a heating system checked.

As one of the leading heating and air conditioning contractors in Raleigh, Expert Express is celebrating 90 years of family tradition in the Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill areas. They are proud to make contributing to Warmth for Wake every winter part of their tradition.

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Burning Hot

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WUNC’ State of Things’ Listener Submitted Picture of the Week for 3/16 – 3/21.

Read more on my blog, Fighting Fire with Photos.

Saturday, I spent the morning shooting firefighter training for the Chapel Hill News. The local volunteer fire department in Hillsborough, together with some other local departments, teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to practice with live fire exercises. I was assigned to shoot a Hillsborough town official who is doing a guest column in the paper. My wife brought the puppies and we made a morning of it.

I did not go in the house while it was on fire. I had permission to do it, but the room was crowded and I had a decent vantage from a front window. It was quite hot and smoky, though, and that was enough for me. As is normal for these thing, it was hurry up and wait, with action coming in short bursts over the four hours I stayed.

I shot with a diffused sb-400 for the indoor shots and to fill the harsh shadows of the strong late morning sun. I had an ISO of 200 for the day, just to make sure I could catch the indoor shots. I left the camera in shutter spped priority, but changed the speed for the circumstances. I had trouble with the autofocus, as is usual for me. It often focuses on the wrong object and I can’t tell through the viewfinder. This makes for some frustrating losses!

I have learned a bit though and I think it shows. It helps that I am better at Lightroom now, but the RAW files had some quality this time around. Good lighting helped too on the bright day.

Links to the article coming soon!

Modern Pasteurizer

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While CHC does make a few raw milk cheeses, they do have to pasteurize the milk for the rest. Enter this contraption. It has three different thermometers: one for the milk, one for the air jacket and one that records the temperatures automatically. The inspectors are crazy concerned with the temp logs and temperature, which is fine…but seems ridiculous when you consider they don’t check for things like mouse turds in the milk or what have you. Just the temps.