Sugarland with Canon, Lomo & Holga
September 14, 2008 11:58 AM
Photographs by Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times © 2008
I used three different cameras, Canon Mark II, Lomo Oktomat (35mm film), and Holga (120mm film), while on assignment photographing the band Sugarland for the Los Angeles Times.
Click here to check out the story and photo on the Los Angeles Times website. Also, click here for another story about the band in the Times.
I used three different cameras, Canon Mark II, Lomo Oktomat (35mm film), and Holga (120mm film), while on assignment photographing the band Sugarland for the Los Angeles Times.
Click here to check out the story and photo on the Los Angeles Times website. Also, click here for another story about the band in the Times.
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More Eight is Enough
August 15, 2008 09:00 AM
A photo of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) champion, Fedor Emelianenko, taken with my Lomo Oktomat 35 mm film camera with eight built-in lensesl. You get eight exposures in two seconds on 35mm film. The film is scanned into a digital image. See more of the image by clicking on the Eight is Enough menu item in the left sidebar. Click here to see how it appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
Here’s a more conventional photo just using window light.
Photograph by Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times
Have a nice weekend. Look for a review tomorrow on the Alien Skin’s software Exposure 2. - RL
Eight Is Enough
June 25, 2008 01:50 PM
By Robert Lachman
Shooting photographs with the Lomo Oktomat 35 mm film camera with eight built-in lenses is always special. It's very cool, you get eight exposures in two seconds on 35mm film. You never know what you'll get like these photos of Neil Patrick Harris (from "Doogie Hower, M.D." and " How I Met Your Mother") taken on a hotel balcony in Los Angeles. Always a fun experience. The camera cost about $40.
You just never know! Will the film advance though the camera, will all eight exposures fire and plus there's no control over focus, exposure or color shift when you move from sunlight to shadow. Your film choice it the main variable, why not try cross processing, shooting some color slide film and processing in color negative developer (C-41).
There is a simple question: Why would anyone go to all this trouble and expense when you could easily make this happen with your digital camera and Photoshop? It would be quicker, fast, cheaper and more predictable.
You could pick any of your eight favorite photographs from the frames from the camera's motordrive and combine them. But, it would be wrong. Here's the reason: Photojournalism. Or, you could do it for the the love of film and the art involved. Photojournalists are never allowed to use Photoshop to
create an image. This definately means more work, time and expense for the photographer. Anytime you're shooting with an experimental process it's always best to back it up with a conventional digital photography. It's funny thinking digital is your conventional backup because many of us grew up shooting film. Do I ever want to go back to shooting film on a regular basis or miss it? No.The camera must be cool because it was even featured on the GIZMODO blog, "Lomo is known for unique cameras, like the fisheye camera and now this eight lens camera. We have seen a four-lens camera in the past that did a little pop art effect, but the Oktomat from LOMO is the real deal. This $40 camera has eight lenses that takes eight photos in 2.5 seconds. "It's a hell of a lot better than buying a $1,000 DSLR and giant memory card for burst photo taking," according to Travis Hudson. (I might argue with Travis. I think using a motordrive is a more effective way to capture action of any kind).
Check out my new Eight is Enough gallery.
More around the internet:
Photographer Scott Kelby uses the calender in iPhoto to display his photos on his post in a very creative way which I would expect from Scott.
For some very nice how-to studio tutorial check out Jim Talkington's Pro Photo Life website. He does some nice lighting setups for products and portraits.
Make sure you check out photographer, Jason Lee photos of his two kids. Some of the best work I've ever seen. I need to borrow a phrase from Mac OS Ken, Lee's photos "ROCK." You can also check out his pics on Flickr. Also, check out his wedding photos, they are excellent. This tip from the Strobist website.
Also take a look at the Ugliest Dog gallery on the LA Times website.
My typical podcast day. Two Mac OS Ken podcasts back to back on the way to LA. Nosillacast on the way to Westwood. Second half of Nosillacast on the way to Culver City. MacReviewCast on the way home.
Time to do laundry. I thought famous photographers didn't have to do their own laundry. I guess I'm not famous. I doubt Scott Kelby does.