How long is the typical exposure?
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How long is the typical exposure?
For the picture of the Marin Headlands, it was morning, not quite sunny, not foggy, a light haze maybe. The camera is f233 and this particular film was ISO 100 so the exposure time calculated out to be 7 seconds. In practice, because it takes time for me to close the shutter etc., itās probably closer to 10 seconds. Thatās fine because itās always better to overexpose film than under expose, and reciprocity failure on film means you probably want to utter a few one Mississippis under your breath anyway. This is probably a typical time for well lit situations. In shadow, like under a forest canopy, the time can be as long as 15 minutes or even longer depending on what you are exposing for. So Iād bring a book or something 
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You inspire me! This is an awesome build.
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Really awesome work, and appreciated your write-up. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Definitely. When many of us were younger, LEGO bricks were the only mass-market āmaker thingā. (Tinkertoys just werenāt in the same league.) My kids loved them and we still have many of their creations on shelves in their old playroom - the āLEGO Memorial Wallā.
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Well, this is one of my favorite things built with a 
! Great write up and really nice results!
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Very inspirational! A very nice project! Perhaps one day you will have a simple version for the catalogue. It would surely be a hit. Of course, I dont think anyone would be able to develop the film, but details details. Great work!
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Iāve been working on photo and AI comboās too. These days I do a lot of tweaking to the images prior to passing them to the AI and then do some more tweaking when it comes back.
Here is a link to my very NSFW etsy page showing some of the results:
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wow really cool
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We used to visit SF quite often when we lived in California (Fresno, Clovis, Santa Cruz, Concord). I loved going up there during Fleet Week to watch the Blue Angels fly over!
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Awesome project! Bookmarked in my list of things to do some day 
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Tinkertoys! Lincoln Logs, and the Erector Set also, but definitely not in the same league. My kids are starting to put heir favorite creations in a makeshift memorial wall too - I can really relate 
! I didnāt have a wall but I took pictures (with my 110 camera - dating myself again).
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Thank you! Iād surely like to reach that level. Perhaps, in true maker spirit, Iāll add some instructions on how you can process film at home with coffee and vitamin C. It smells like the bottom of a dumpster on a hot summer day, but it can be done! Cheers.
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Wow, beautiful images! When I was living in Japan I was interested in learning kinbaku but never got very far. It is a theme I plan to incorporate in future work though (I do some dance photography on the side as a personal passion). Do you have an Instagram?
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I had a buddy who lived in Santa Cruz. He moved there just a little after the Loma Prieta quake and there were still piles of rubble where buildings once stood. Beautiful town with cool people.
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