For those of you who use the Gimp [the GNU Image Manipulation Program] - and I recommend it for anyone who doesn’t have Photoshop, takes a bit of playing with it to get the hang of it, but it works great - I stumbled across this collection of script-fu macros that simulates the look of different [old school] film types and processes (namely, Portra, Velvia, Provia, and Cross Processing). Here’s the link: Silicosaur PhotoFX. Instructions for use and installation are on the site (it’s easy), and in my brief test of them, they are great for quickly turning raw snapshots into punchy, colorful finished photographs. Enjoy!

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Just wanted to share a recent photo of mine. I took this with my little point-n-shoot digital camera. It’s a macro-shot, even though my camera doesn’t have a macro setting. How did I do this, you ask? I only learned of this technique recently, and the photo is hardly a masterpiece, but I thought it was cool enough and figured I’d post a quick how-to.

All you need is camera and a stand-alone camera lens. The one I used was an old 55mm Canon lens from a manual camera. You simply turn the lens around, butting the front of the lens up to the front of your camera’s lens, holding it there while getting in real tight to your subject matter. You will need lots of light on the subject, which can be difficult since you need to get inches away from the subject matter. That’s it, really.

Post a comment and let me know if I need to clarify anything. Also, ten points to the first to guess the subject matter. That is all

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