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You are worth at least 10 units of value

Lol! You almost described me, except my business is general repairs for real estate companies that rent out homes.

I think making burgers is truly self indulgent

You may want to cycle the rechargeable battery in your storage i2 every few months to make sure it keeps working.

I always thought one shot a day is what you were going to do from the start. From my perspective, it slows you down, makes you think more about the art you are creating. BTW, I got my I-2 for that sale price back when it first came out. Not sure why but thats what Samy’s camera had them listed for. Can’t wait for the firmware fix coming. Heard some good reviews.

I have an FE from 1978 and an FE2 from 1982. Basically identical. Neither ever serviced. They are slightly aged on the outside, the brass shows through the black paint on the older camera, some very small dents. Both work perfectly and are a joy to use. I will pass them to my daughter as heirlooms.

hi! if you're not using double exposure, which other mode to you typically use?

Is work that's purely for self-indulgence worth it?

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This is more about the concept and idea about double exposure, I was hoping to see the HOW more. Like when you said, "They live in the shadows." that was a magical moment. I got it but I would have liked to see it in motion. And also have it done on digital because I would have to guess that the majority of your followers are in the digital world. But thanks for that ONE gem, "they live in the shadows." love you work too..... pretty sick and double exposure looks like fun.

I lowkey dislike my Polaroid series I’ve been doing and hope too that in the future I will like them 😅

Love these videos, Polaroid I-2 user, I even used to listen to your podcast, super niche lol.

You could start working for a private detective company. There you have to make pictures very often in all sorts of situations..

Keep at it, love the work you've shown here 🫵🏽

it's not fuji's fault that you can't wrap your head around the 8 character model number.

It's going to get worse 》 AI

As I was watching this, I was thinking “You need to teach…” and then you mentioned the same thought! 😁 That chasm between art (making something meaningful to me) and business (making a product I can sell) is a big one. At least, it was for me. That’s where teaching came in to help me bridge it to some degree. I taught, part time, for over 20 years, at both the community college level (adjunct professor) and state university (lecturer). Very rewarding and stimulating, both creatively and financially. Ok, so I didn’t get rich with teaching, but the extra income was very nice. I’d think doing workshops would be similar, the big difference was I didn’t have to promote the classes myself - they’d get listed in the course catalog and they’d fill up. EZ PZ! I’m really glad to know you’re FINE… really, you’re FINE! That’s a load off my mind. 😂

Guys, I don't think he's fine. Not sure tho

I’m loving the double negative videography

I think Saul Leiter had a similar problem.

Question for you, are you fine?

I'M FINE! 😆😆😆

Haha I absolutely loathe selling myself! I just want to take photos and make art :)

The synth was very fun

Camera renaming suggestion: Fujifilm G-zilla. Think it fits the setup with the massive lens and tilt shift adapter.

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Cool!,...thanks!

hi! i'm curious if you've heard of people using the technique of taking a blank shot in-between shots with the lens cap still on, then removing cap for the second exposure? I hope that makes sense. I was wondering why one would do this, is it to reduce the chances of having white in photos, so shadows can be maintained for the second exposure to show up better? I always thought white destroyed any info on photos.

The real test is to get deeper in our own creative life. And people want to see a life different than theirs. <- These two insights were worth the whole video. However, it's funny that I picked up shooting pics again as a way to get out of my house. I feel I can try and catch a photo in all these towns nearby, and that's WHY I force myself to get out of my house. I also think that social media might be the enemy in this story. I gave it up (after being considered one of the core people in the first wave back in 2005 and beyond). I get library books instead, from the greats. And then I use those to make me feel interested in a challenge. Stranger in your own town, so to speak. Most of your frustrated energy seemed focused on social media and pleasing an algorithm. Just a stranger's external view. What if that's the enemy?

Stumbled across this, thanks for both your honesty and sharing your creative inspiration. Definitely struck a chord.

it's akin to these restaurants who make these ridiculous, grease laden, gut bomb dishes only for social media. it's low effort, boring, lazy, contrived even.

Creative with what we have....at home? A large Photograph out of smaller photographic prints? Maybe some double exposure goodness sprinkled in as well?

I’ve been using Olympus for 20 years and around the time I started following you I picked up a Nikon zf and discovered it has a double exposure feature. Thought of you and have been using it quite a bit.

So agree, Will, with your rant. Not just on SM, and it’s not just recent either (I’m 68 and have been doing photography since I was 14). SM just kind of amplifies and magnifies those qualities you’re talking about. But it didn’t create the tendency to follow well worn paths. As I would tell my students, photography is simple. But it ain’t easy. Looks easy. But it ain’t. For me, now, I shoot strictly for myself. Love my I-2, love the “old”stock Polaroid film, love going out when the mood strikes, and taking the photos that have the potential to stimulate me. I like a lot of your project work here, and enjoy you sharing your thoughts and process. They strike me as being genuine (and I mean both). Thanks!

I like your videos and how you continue with the Polaroid project.

Great video. I have been using the scan adapter for so long and just a couple of days ago was like "what if I skipped this taping, scraping tape off of the back of my polaroids, breaking one file into four files step?" Love the simplicity of one at a time and also rarely experience newton rings. I saw in your mirror shot that you're using the i2. I know that we all know that it over exposes, but I recently watched a video that claimed that the meter acts differently depending on what mode your in. It said that if you're in auto, and full sun, you usually want to stop it down 2/3 of a stop BUT that the meter actually behaves accurately if you're shooting in full manual. Have you found this to be true at all? I -2/3 regardless of mode and THINK that that's doing the job, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

It seems Polaroid calibrated the light meter using faulty film which had an ISO lower than 640. There seems to be a software update on the way that corrects the overexposure issue.

Thank you for making me addicted to taking at least 3 double exposures on every roll of film😂. I've had some very amazing results from falling in love with the creative side of photography through double exposures!

both epson scan and silverfast let you block out different images as separate files and batch scan. izi pizi

Interesting! Besides that, I've been getting lousy, pixelated look in mine, even though I scanned at 1200 dpi, don't know why, maybe my flatbed scanner is a bit crappy (well, it is). Cheers and thx for your video!

the real secret is to use a high quality sheet feed scanner. stupid fast and no newton rings, ever.

we also make burgers like idiots. works for us though.

If you use your scanner software in document mode you can select multiple areas to scan. This will create an individual file for each selected area. So if you use the scan adapter and scanner software properly the adapter will save you the time of editing newton rings and save you time of placing each polaroid on the scanner individually. Edit to add that the scanner will scan each selected area at your chosen dpi.

She literally has two cameras to not change it during the battle

A camera is just a tool we use to create our work. Whether it's a film camera from the 70's or the latest and greatest that money can buy. Keep on shooting and creating. :)

yeah, I don't think it worked out well. forest isn't a good background for a double exposure. it's too distracting. Those photos of your wife turned out great.

Search parameters are important, but AI lacks soul. If you have a soul, you can tell! It's like porn: I can't describe it, but I know it when I see it.

Kentmere 400 ASA 35mm & 120mm. : )

Maybe do a video of yourself talking without sound and then add voice over to mimic your lip movement afterwards - All joking aside, nice that you are dispelling some common issues with printing photos. Carry on WM.

Olympus has that function in the menu. First screen if I remember well. It's called multiple exposure and allows you to do it on the spot or to use any picture stored on the SD. I had decent results with it but nothing beats the excitement of film. 😊