Analog Blogs

Tag along for some behind the scenes on shoots or just listen to me talk about film stuff!

CAFECITO, POR FAVOR

I developed film at home for the first time, with coffee?!

THE UNCONVENTIONAL PATH

A new favorite when it comes to black and white film AND electronic music: lford’s XP2 Super and CYBORG RHETORIC

PATIENCE SERVES US WELL

It takes a single image to give space for us to slow down. Here’s some thoughts on waiting.

FRIED FILM, ANYONE?

Sometimes, pushing film can get hotter than a frying pan covered with oil! Check out my latest experience shooting LA’s Spike Hellis at TV EYE in Brooklyn!

DISRUPTING STILLNESS

Tap in to read on how I’ve been combatting winter’s cold touch and lack of inspiration

GOIN’ INFRARED

Take a stroll with me up North Jersey’s Stairway to Heaven trail along with my trusty ol’ Canon A1 and a roll of Rollei Infrared 400 B&W 35mm film!

STRAP YOUR BOOTS ON, KID

When opportunities come for ya, will you be ready? Read about my thoughts going into shooting for Boy Harsher!

 

“IN THE ROUGH”

Explore the thought process behind a recent conceptual shoot with Zaii Valdes from Violet Silhouette

POLAROID SPECTRA

Some ups and downs with my latest thrift find…

 

that is currently a bulky paperweight 🙂

THE UNEXPECTED

Read about me undergoing the Five Stages of Grief with some shots I snapped of the amazing Riki live in Brooklyn, NYC 

EXPIRED PORTRA 160VC

Playing with some expired film, once again, and wasted half of it ;~;

SECOND SKIN (BROOKLYN 9.24.21)

Tune on in as I talk about a trip I took out to Brooklyn to shoot some rolls with Second Skin for their debut on the East Coast at Saint Vitus Bar! 

First time using Ilford’s Delta 3200 Black and White 35mm film, and boy that grain is absolute filth, and I love it! 

(Song: “Indigence” – Child of Night)

Acts for the night: Shanghai Beach, Child of Night, Second Skin

FINDING BEAUTY IN THE ORDINARY

My experience with film photography and how it has shaped how I view life!

EXPIRED EKTACHROME 160T

My thoughts while shooting a roll of expired film from the ’80s!

HALLOWEEN, RED-SCALED

Read about my first experience red-scaling 35mm film during a Fall hike with some Kodak UltraMax 400!

FILM NEGATIVE SCANNING WITH AN OLD SCANNER

Found an old, beat up Canon scanner at a thrift shop in Edison, NJ and decided to scan a negative of a portrait I did earlier this year to see what I could do with it!

 

BEHIND THE SCENES SHOOT WITH VIOLET SILHOUETTE

A lil’ behind the scenes footage of a shoot with Florida-based synthwave outfit Violet Silhouette accompanied with some clips of their live show at Respectables Street in West Palm Beach, FL. 

Footage: Hi-8 Tape on Sony Handycam

Camera: Mamiya RB67

Film: Cinestill 800T and Lomochrome Purple 120mm

 

BEHIND THE SCENES SHOOT WITH ZAII VALDES

A day of portraiture with philosopher, poet, visionary, creator of sights and sounds, Zaii Valdes, of Violet Silhouette and Meta4Machine.

Footage: Hi-8 Tape on Sony Handycam

Camera: Canon A-1

Film: Lomo800 and Fuji C200 35mm