VHS - The Analog Revolution

VHS - The Analog Revolution, a photo by Michael Raso - Film Photography Podcast on Flickr.

This past July, the folks who run Artscape commissioned a tribute to VHS tape. Artscape - Baltimore, Maryland is one of the largest outdoor art festivals in the states.

Josh Schafer, publisher of the VHS tribute magazine “Lunchmeat” and Baltimore low-budget filmmaker Chris LaMartina (pictured above) were the curators of the VHS tribute which featured posters, VHS tapes and TVs galore (playing VHS programming)
Lunchmeat Magazine - www.lunchmeatvhs.com/



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Photo by Michael Raso
Shot on the FPP Plastic Filmtastic 120 Debonair camera / Kodak Ektachrome 100

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Smoove Jazz

Smoove Jazz, a photo by Michael Raso - Film Photography Podcast on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Alan Walker of The Smoove Sailors
"Tammy Loves a Parade"
1 May 2012
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Image © 2012 Michael Raso
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Shot with the Polaroid Big Swinger 3000 camera / Fujifilm FP-3000b BW instant film

The Polaroid Big Swinger 3000 was the first rigid plastic bodied packfilm instant camera, released in 1968 and made in the US. It features a T-bar strap used to hold and swing the camera during transport. It is also used to grip the camera during the pull stage of film development. It was sold for $24.95

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Polaroid_Big_Swinger_3000
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Joe's Guitar

Joe's Guitar, a photo by Michael Raso - Film Photography Podcast on Flickr.

Kevin Neblung of The Pink Delicates playing unreleased track "JOE'S GUITAR." The Pink Delicates are the house band for The Film Photography Podcast. Their new album THESE SECRETS is out now! Check it out on The iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/these-secrets/id546766124

The Pink Delicates - Joe's Guitar by Film Photography Project

Image © 2012 Michael Raso
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Shot with the Polaroid Spectra 1200ff camera / Impossible PZ 600 SIlver Shade (Old Generation)

William Hellfire

William Hellfire, a photo by Michael Raso - Film Photography Podcast on Flickr.

William Hellfire is the man behind Severed Lips Recordings. SLR was a cassette label which operated out of a basement in Ringwood NJ from 1992-2000. Consisting mostly of 4 track cassette recordings produced by a handful of interchangeable people and bands. The recordings were intended to be psychedelic headphone theatre; fuzzy, heavy noise rock and soul. Featured acts were Gerbil Church, Disco Missile, Dynomite Cat, Mono Ovum, Alien Pornography, Mary's Song, The Starlets, Tyrannosaurus Dracula and King Ghidorah!

All of the music is available on the Free Music Archive. The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music.
freemusicarchive.org/label/slr

Photo by Michael Raso
Shot 16 August during Polaroid Week 2012!
Polaroid 320 Automatic Land Camera
Fujifilm FP-3000b

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Alan the Painter

Alan the Painter, a photo by Michael Raso - Film Photography Podcast on Flickr.

Alan Walker is a fine artist and musician. FPP listeners know him as a member of The Smoove Sailors. I was thrilled when Alan broke out his Canon film gear and joined us at the FPP NYC Meet-Up this past spring.

One of Alan's paintings will be featured in the 35th annual Salmagundi Club Non-Members Painting Sculpture Exhibition - August 14th-24th, 2012 at Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 W 20th St, 4th Floor, NY, NY 10011
Reception is Thursday, August 16th, 6:00-8:00pm

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FPP NYC Meet-Up
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The Smoove Sailors
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Above photo by Michael Raso
Shot with "The Button" Polaroid Land Camera on Impossible PX70 Color Shade (test film)
The Impossible Project makes new film for vintage Polaroid cameras
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Shooting Polaroid on 4x5

Although it took about eight months to get familiar with my newly acquired Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 camera, I'm finally out shooting!

While my exposed Kodak Ektar and High Speed Infrared is at the lab for processing, I shot some Polaroid 57 High Speed Instant Film. Although expired in the 1990s, the film still yielded a reasonable if not grindy image.


First  portrait on Polaroid 57 - fellow photographer Mat Marrash



Kenichi Sugihara - Bassist for The Smoove Sailors



An emotional riff from Pink Delicates' Kevin Neblung

As with anything, the more practice you have, the better you get! It's a different (shooting) work flow using a large format camera and not quite as spontaneous as the smaller formats but the Crown Graphic is quickly growing on me. I look forward to receiving my processed film next week!
Special thanks to Mat Marrash for the help in the field and in the lab!
All photos © Michael Raso 2012

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The Tim Tam Slam!

Blog and Images by Michael Raso



For those who don't know, Tim Tams are Australia's favorite cookie. The great news is that their now available right here in the US (at Target and other stores)

Little did I know about the Tim Tam Slam(!) until I received an e-mail from a fellow Flickr photographer. "The Tim Tam Slam is the practice of drinking a beverage (usually a hot beverage such as coffee or hot chocolate, though milk is a very valid alternative) through a Tim Tam. (also known as a Tim Tam Shotgun, Tim Tam Bomb or Tim Tim Explosion). Opposite corners of the Tim Tam are bitten off, one end is submerged in the drink, and the drink sucked through the biscuit. The crisp inside biscuit is softened and the outer chocolate coating begins to melt."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam#Tim_Tam_Slam

top image - Tim Tams
shot on the Kodak Pony II using Kodak Gold 400 35mm film 
middle image - The Tim Tam Slam
shot on the Polaroid ONE 600 camera
using Impossible PX 680 Color Shade

Tim Tams...give 'em a slam!

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Michael

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