Happy New Year– Yes, it’s February. No, I will not be answering any further questions about my statements.
I have been looking for a suitable replacement for my Gameboy Camera for far too long. I’ve gone as far as researching OLED screen mods for official hardware, trying to find a way to run the ROM on my phone (If I was an Android user I probably could make it work), and countless different apps (both paid and free).
Nothing came close enough to scratching the itch though. That is until everyone started talking about the Kodak Charmera.
After some patience and supporting a “local” camera store (even if its not all that local to me) I finally have one in hand, and I cannot say enough how much wind this little shitty digital keychain camera has put into my sails.
I have no idea if this will become a regular thing - Or maybe I should just make a gallery that I dump things into regularly - But for now, enjoy some selects from my first weekend with my newest toy.
“…HAHAHA no we don't plan on going full Carrie 😂.”
"Alex Kinsington" & "Siobhan Hargrave" - 2025.
“What’s your availability?”
When Zak asks me this it usually means one of two things. Either he has an extra concert ticket for a show that I totally was meaning to get one for– But, usually didn’t for one reason or another. Or he has something that just NEEDS to be photographed sooner than later (See two posts ago on this very blog).
Challenge accepted.
While their true identities are known to a select few, I’m happy that “Alex” and “Siobahn” took time out of their schedule to drive half way across the city (and across oceans of time) to stop into the studio for some character portraits.
”Do I need to track down a kiddie pool to protect the studio floor?”
“…HAHAHA no we don't plan on going full Carrie 😂”
Roll your hunger dice, and try not to violate the first tradition–
"Siobhan Hargrave" - 2025.
“Alex Kinsington” - 2025.
NYC - 2025.
Still not back yet. Thought I was, but I’m not. Not yet. But until then–
“I’m not ready to be back, but I’m tired of being gone.”
[ERROR 404] - 2024.
I’m around. I haven’t gone anywhere. Things have just been interesting for the last year or so. Consider 2024 a much needed gap year.
Zak asked me to photograph his entry for the Volante Design Halloween 2024 contest, and I couldn’t bring myself to say “No”.
This is a bit of a departure from my usual yearly Halloween post, but all things considered, I’m not mad at it at all.
Am I back? Far from it. Am I open to be back? Maybe? Thanks for sticking around to find out.
I’d usually post this on Twitter…but I’m actively choosing to boycott that cess pool right now, I guess let’s see how it goes on Threads. Ya’ll got Threads? Anyway, please enjoy the full and uncropped photos (seriously, WTF Instagram?!? Still?!?) from this series along with some graphic assets I made for the contest.
Hope to see you all again real soon!
This is a fun little bonus. I bought one of those single-use-camera lenses in a body cap and slapped it on my full resolution camera rig. I’m going to keep playing with it a little bit. I think it could fix me.
“…I’m here for a good time, not a long time. Life is too short not to wear fun clothes.”
Ruby Marx - 2023.
I think sometimes you have to celebrate your challenges and failures along side of your victories. This session was a challenging one across the board. Ruby and I may have locked in this shoot over a month ago, but a week ago she let me know that she just wasn’t feeling as energetic as usual and wanted to take things a bit more low-key than the costume shoot we had planned.
Cool. No problem. I’m here to do the work. I don’t care all that much what I’m doing, as long as I’m doing it. Also I prefer to test new equipment on more “low stakes” shoots anyway (not to brag, but most of the time I really do like being a photo industry secret agent and getting to play with pre-release toys…this will come back to bite me in just a few seconds).
I’m not sure what happened this time around, but I think I was fighting my equipment from the first frame. My first mistake was thinking I could use good quality lights with a poor quality modifier. I’m spoiled I guess with having access to better equipment, but I still can’t believe I can notice a difference with something I relied on not too many years ago. However, that was only the first battle. No matter what troubleshooting I did I kept having blank frames where my strobes just didn’t fire. I have some troubleshooting to do, and even though I’m happy with what we ended up getting, I’m still a little disappointed we had to cut things short (even if it did mean we did get more time mobbing around a new antique store and Target for the afternoon).
