The Totally Mental CRISP WEEKEND on www.versluis.com
You heard the man – this weekend EXCLUSIVELY at http://www.versluis.com I’ve got something special for y’all: I’ll be sitting here eating one crisp packet per hour and will post the empty packet right here on the site, every hour on the hour (until the server crashes). Each time this happens, I’ll send our a tweet …
Careful what you Tweet for – How Twitter changed my life
Ever mentioned something casually on Twitter, and got replies and help from people you don’t even know? Here’s what keeps happening to me – it’s impressive! I’ve signed up to Twitter in 2008, ever since it became apparent that all the internet hipsters are on it. Thought I shouldn’t miss out on something that could …
How to Change Your Domain While Keeping Your Search Engine Ranking
I found this very interesting article on how to add bits and bobs to your .htaccess file, which then redirects one domain to another. The great thing about this is that – as the title suggests – you can keep you search engine rankings. The downside is that doing it this way requires hosting – …
How to contact Yahoo Customer Services
I love Yahoo! I’ve been with them since 2000, and their free web-based email is one of a kind. In fact I’ve been so excited that I pay them $25 a year for Mail Plus, with better Spam protection and the fact I don’t get bamboozled by freaking adverts anymore. A good price to pay …
How to upgrade PHP on CentOS 5
I’ve learnt a lot since this article went up – including how to do this properly. This article is left here for historic purposes. Read how to upgrade PHP on CentOS 5 on my other site The WordPress Guru Original Article: An account of events – not dramatized yesterday, 09:12 Idea: The need for amazing …
How to shoot at 30.000 ISO and still see pictures
The other day I spoke to the biggest source of knowledge himself, Mr. Paul Weston. We were chatting away about all things darkrooms and photography, when he told me a fascinating tip I can’t wait to try out: develop a film to become incredibly sensitive to light. Films like Delta 3200 or HP5 allow you …
Concept: Cigarette Machines
Style: Social Documentary with community input. Topic: Outdoor Cigarette Machines in Germany, possibly other European countries Synopsis: Although smokers are just as much frowned upon in Germany as they are here, one thing remains commonplace ever since the seventies, almost on every street corner: Cigarette Machines Even the tiniest little cul-de-sac back alley in Germany …
Concept: Fashion Victims
Style Portraits / Street Photography Number of Images loads – this could become an ongoing project with communty input Synopsis We went down to Camden Market this weekend, and although I’ve been there every day this week for lunch, I’ve never taken the time to explore the stables until yesterday. So much wacky and off-the-wall …
New Category: Random Concepts
There’s an old saying that goes “write down your ideas – otherwise you’ll forget them”. Very true, especially a few months or years down the line, just when you’ve run out of ideas, and you’ve got time on your hands without a clue how to seize it wisely. This can often lead to depression and …
First Shots from my Holga with Aperture Mod
This is exciting: I’ve just scanned two rolls of film shot with my modded Holga 120SF! As I said yesterday, I always wanted a larger switchable aperture on Holga. Even in the slightest bit of shade, Holga pictures are too dark (that’s 299 days of the year in the UK). I’ve now got a working switch in …
I’ve modded my first ever Holga 120SF
Big news: You remember the first ever Holga camera I’ve bought? The 120SF (plastic lens, no tripod mount, no bulb switch, no colour flash)? Well guess what: I’ve taken a screwdriver, some superglue, a drill bit and increased the aperture by two or three stops using this very detailed article by Mark Hahn. By default, …
Panorama Shoot-Out, Part 7: Fisheye Holga
When the colour-splash Holga came out, I knew I had to have one! It had a tripod mount and a bulb setting too – nowadays the standard for Holgas – but it wasn’t pre 2006. This one also has a glass lens, and a dedicated 6×6 gate. Lomography were selling it for a lot more …
Panorama Shoot-Out, Part 6: Diana (with Endless Panorama gate)
One of the super funky features Lomography have introduced in their Diana+ is the Endless Panorama gate. It makes it possible for you to shoot square pictures with no overlap and minimal space in between. Now that could DYNAMITE! I grabbed a couple of rolls of Fuji RMS and made my way over to Camden …
Cross Processed in E6
The other day I tried my hand at cross-processing some colour negative film in Tetenal Colortec E6. The results are remarkable! Looks like I’ve been back to 1952 for a bit. I’ve tried it the other way round before (slide film in C-41), which also looks rather funky (or shall we say lomographic?) So here …
Gourmet Veggie Burger and Chips at The Ice Wharf, Camden
I’ve reviewed the beef burger from the latest Wetherspoon Menu, with which they give you a burger with chips and a drink for only £5.10. I’ve only just realised that for £1.59 more, they give you a GOURMET variation of their cheap-o meal, and I couldn’t pass the opportunity over. The Veggie Burger is a …
Panorama Shoot-Out, Part 5: Yellow Holga
Logic dictates that every Holga should produce pretty much the same outcome. But then, logic and Holga don’t mix – so I went and shot a few rolls on my Yellow Holga. Maybe he’s the lucky one to win a trip to the land of beach huts in July…? Coloured Holgas not only look super …
Panorama Shoot-Out, Part 4: Diana (without a gate)
The lovingly recreated Diana+ by Lomography is the ugly duckling in my collection. However, looks can be deceiving; I’ve had some excellent results with this baby since I bought it last year.In fact, it’s slowly becoming my favourite plastic camera! Lomography have added some funky bits to the package, like the possibility to shoot 3 …
Burger and Chips from McDonald’s, Chiswick
After such an amazing experience with my own home made burgers, I thought I’d give the Chiswick High Street ago and seek out the ultimate defender of the burger. They stopped counting once they had sold their billionth burger, they had countless re-designs of their stores and re-bradnings. They’ve never had a good review in their life …
Panorama Shoot-Out – Part 3: Pink Holga
Time to check out what the contestants can do! [singlepic id=300 w=320 h=240 float=left]As I said before, the Pink Hoga is my favourite (at the moment). I love them all to bits, but the colour really does something for me. “It’s so gay”, people say – but I think it’s more like a funky breath …
Panorama Shoot-Out – Part 2: Meet the Contestants
5 plastic fantastic cameras are going head-to-head in my tests, all of them lomographic pieces of low value. They all eat medium format film, although they can survive on the odd roll of 35mm. They’re happiest in brightest sunshine, they don’t like overcast or twilight shots, unless you utilise the bulb setting. Most of them …
Panorama Shoot-Out – Part 1: Introduction
We’re going to Miami Beach in July to finish working on the Miami Beach Huts project – I can’t wait! I thought it would be fun to shoot some wonky panoramas on medium format while we’re there, some of the Beach Huts, and plenty of others in the brilliant Sunshine State sun. But wait a …
