Filed under: sewing by ramune

A Hack and a Hacksaw – Salt Water

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Last weekend was the Seersucker Social organized by Dandies and Quaintrelles. Disregarding the intense heat and humidity, it was a lovely afternoon complete with a nice shaded bike ride through Rock Creek Park and phenomenal Hendrick’s gin cocktails at Hillwood Estate (which I definitely need to return to and explore). There have been plenty of write ups and photos posted here, here, here, here, here and here, so I am not going to repeat what’s been said, but I thought I would post a few photos of my bicycle/outfit for the event. I bought three yards of seersucker fabric and sewed myself a marsupial skirt (with decorative buttons) and used some of the extra fabric to wrap my bicycle frame and weave in between the spokes.

I didn’t get any photos of the combo together, but here are some photos of the process and a photo by Matt Steenhoek from the event.

Photo by Matt Steenhoek

Filed under: film, photography by ramune

No tune today, just a photo . . .

Filed under: film, photography by ramune

Dusty Brown – This City is Killing Me

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This is part two in my series of photos from Dinosaur Land. This set was taken with my Olympus OM-2n 35mm camera using Fuji Neopan 100 Acros black and white film. I don’t know if it’s how I am scanning the negatives or what, but I don’t think I am a fan of this film. Normally I like to scan and do some minor adjustments, but in general I like to keep the images true to the negative. Unfortunately I thought the photos taken on the Neopan 100 Acros were way too low in contrast (I like my blacks black, not ashy gray), so I did a little work on these photos to darken the blacks and create more of a range. So here they are . . . more dinosaurs.

P.S. If you like this Dusty Brown track, you can download the EP for free on the ISO50 blog (and if you are nice you will make a wee donation).

Filed under: film, mamiya m645, photography by ramune

Modeselektor – Edgar

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Back in the day (166 million years ago . . . or a couple thousand if you believe in this) this would have been my last photo ever, as I would have been very quickly consumed by this dinosaur that strongly resembles Dr. Finkelstein. Lucky for me it’s 2010 and I can safely get this close to a dinosaur without being eaten.

A little over a week ago “Hoi” and I went on an adventure to Dinosaur Land to take some photos and see if we could make it through alive. I can’t believe I have been in the DC area as long as I have and never knew that this 40+ year old fiberglass menagerie existed; I love places like this.

I brought my Mamiya m645 (medium format color film) and my Olympus OM-2n (35mm black and white film) and so far have only had the color photos developed. These are a few of my favorites from that roll.

“Hoi” also managed to catch me looking a bit like a dinosaur.