Friday, August 26, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Industrial Vintage Black Tool Box

This is an excellent piece. The rounded edges of this black vintage metal tool box gives it visual interest and character. It has rust marks and is a little banged up but for its age it is in excellent condition. It closes perfectly and will be a fabulous addition to any home storage solutions, display piece or for your own vintage tools!
Dimensions = 15 x 6.5 x 6

found here: Etsy

Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Doodles – a children’s story

"A story for children and all those who daydream"

Jamie likes daydreaming. Jamie likes doodling. When his doodles come to life, he finds himself the proud owner of a new set of friends. But how do doodles live? And where do doodles sleep? And is it best to show your classmates or keep them secret, to yourself? Join Jamie and the Doodles in their first adventure together.

“The Doodles” is suitable to be read to and be read by children from 4 – 8 years old.

A story by Pilar Orti
Illustrations by Silvina Silva-Aras

They are offering the PDF version of the story for free until 15 August 2011.

Free Download

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Bringing it Back Old School: A Look at TTV Photography

Duaflex II – Vintage Camera 620 by Rachel Creative

how to shoot underwater ttv photos with a DIY periscope

http://content.photojojo.com/diy/how-to-shoot-underwater-photos-with-a-vintage-camera/

TtV: What a discovery!!!

Ever wondered how those cool vintage looking pictures you like were taken?

Well it is not always about Photoshop!!

It's called TtV Photography.

(Though the Viewfinder)

"Through the Viewfinder photography (TtV) is a photographic technique in which a photograph is shot with one camera through the viewfinder of a second camera. The viewfinder thus acts as a kind of lens filter.^[1] The most popular method involves using a digital camera as the image taking camera and an intact twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) or pseudo-TLR as the "viewfinder" camera.^[2] TLRs typically have square waist-level viewfinders, with the viewfinder plane at 90 degrees to the image plane. The image in a TLR viewfinder is laterally reversed, i.e. it is a mirror image. Most photographers use a cardboard tube or similar 'contraption' to connect the two cameras. This serves to eliminate stray light and prevent reflections appearing on the viewfinder glass or on the lens of the imaging camera.

Depending on the model of TLR, the resulting image may have an old-fashioned feel to it, often with vignetting, blurred edges, distortion and dust.
TLR models popular among TtV photographers have a brilliant type ('bubble glass') viewfinder. They include the Ansco Anscoflex, Argus 75, Kodak Duaflex and Kodak Brownie.
The following equipment is required.
1 A "bottom camera" through the viewfinder of which the photograph will be taken. Typically this is a medium formal TLR or pseudo TLR.
2 A "top camera" which will be used to take the photograph. Typically this is a digital SLR or digital compact camera with a macro lens or macro function.
3 A "contraption" to link the two cameras and block out any excess light.
The contraption may be a simple cardboard tube, or an open ended box that fits around the bottom camera."

text source: wikipedia