overnights: Oct.10.22

a frequent question
may indicate a recurring doubt.
maybe, a realization that something has gotten in the way.

the lab vs. the darkroom
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paypal mafia
ascoialpaths
ascial pac
acocial pals
— wealth from theft of intellectual property — build out the new by stealing from the past.
they share the need to control girls with money
learned meaning from bad sci-fi
econ fiction with an accent advantage

Dunbar the magic elephant


hides a mouse… dah dah

and the Bratty Billionaire boy complains about the worst birthday ever, failing to notice that he has an elephant doing magic.

if money alters truth / changes behavior

those who are paid more are better
those who are poor have done something wrong
smart people are paid more
honest people are paid more

don't trust someone who was paid for the research and will profit from the result

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I was dodging bullets, he was dodging responsibility. He wanted the war, just not for him.
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JUST UPDATED: MAKING COLOR INTERNEGATIVES from Fuji Velvia, Provia, Kodak Ektachrome

Color Separation

— anxiety over the new network of knowledge. Talking before experience: if it sounds right; you heard it from someone who talks a lot, sounding complex, it must be sound.

[ he got the last bit correct ]

Ilford Ortho+ has excellent darkroom properties: easy to manipulate, wide range of linear response (it is what is used to make standard step wedges), AND it makes seps for TWO of the THREE colors. Only RED is missing.

Lesson: as always, look wider, avoid gossip groups.

Extra: the first color photograph was shown before panchromatic, or ortho film was invented.

[getting to separation negatives. more than one way to climb mount Fuji]

you know you’re a photographer

you wear a fishing vest
have a beard and belly
use view camera
use spot-meter
use pyro and amidol 
make contacts prints 
try to find the perfect cloud in idyllic spots


a photo is just a photo
-- plumber at hardware store

optical
-- the ten dollar way of saying enlarger


fat mans glue
-- butt sweat on the toilet seat

the point of the place
 --to preserve the past
even tho the past has passed you by.
a past you’re not even part of
never were.