developing color for the first time? that's a success. developing 120? that's a success. developing color 120? oh, you better believe that's a success. it was a busy night, but i cleared my developing backlog of all but one roll. next, to do that +1 stop C-41... #photography

night observer (Minox LX, Delta 400, D-76) #photography

i loved when you'd get a catastrophic outcome in Full Throttle and the game would sit for a moment on a black screen before Ben says "hmm... that can't be right."

these two are nice, especially juxtaposed

developing color for the first time? that's a success. developing 120? that's a success. developing color 120? oh, you better believe that's a success. it was a busy night, but i cleared my developing backlog of all but one roll. next, to do that +1 stop C-41... #photography

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS INTENSE BASS?!"

i'm feeling... Debonair. this camera cost but three dollars more than both the rolls of film! #photography

a little Friday night chemistry #photography

i initially thought this meant a 650ci engine, not 650cc, and thought HOLY CRAP how does it fit?!

i'm feeling... Debonair. this camera cost but three dollars more than both the rolls of film! #photography

happy Trans Day of Visibility! transitioning is an awesome and beautiful act of self-realization and one of humanity's greatest forms of agency. i applaud everyone who has, is, and will become their true self.

a work day is eight hours long.

digital shots from Saturday's downtown walk with Austin Photo Walkers (Sony a7 IV + 70-200 GM II). not bad, though since i was juggling multiple cams i never tweaked the Sony's metering for the situation. still the images were good to workable. #photography

happy Trans Day of Visibility! transitioning is an awesome and beautiful act of self-realization and one of humanity's greatest forms of agency. i applaud everyone who has, is, and will become their true self.

"I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, we would still be shooting sick weapons at each other from our big tough space ships."

a work day is eight hours long.

time to get kinky, real freak hours #photography

"I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, we would still be shooting sick weapons at each other from our big tough space ships."

digital shots from Saturday's downtown walk with Austin Photo Walkers (Sony a7 IV + 70-200 GM II). not bad, though since i was juggling multiple cams i never tweaked the Sony's metering for the situation. still the images were good to workable. #photography

lol if i designed for Instagram i would be so f'in embarrassed that users have to regularly label their videos to be rotated. completely unserious UX design.

getting hot pot for Lunar New Year with the Minox LX and Delta 400 this is a nicely-flexible combo of camera & film, especially with the LX's 2-stop ND filter. the grain is manageable, and it's quite sharp (at least if i'm holding the camera steadily). #photography

triple-camera action out with Austin Photo Walkers

i like union mobilizing and talking to other unions about mobilization! tonight was a great @cwaunion.bsky.social Xbox game union town hall to share updates and mobilization stories. we had over 200 workers & organizers from Activision, Blizzard, King, id, ZOS, BGS, QA, CS, UR, ZSSU, and CWA!

time to get kinky, real freak hours #photography

getting hot pot for Lunar New Year with the Minox LX and Delta 400 this is a nicely-flexible combo of camera & film, especially with the LX's 2-stop ND filter. the grain is manageable, and it's quite sharp (at least if i'm holding the camera steadily). #photography

it's a sunny Sunny Adé kinda day

i regret to inform you that these idiots are also on the Goodwill auction site, bidding a camera to over $400 with 5 days left on the auction. did y'all just learn about the internet yesterday?

i like union mobilizing and talking to other unions about mobilization! tonight was a great @cwaunion.bsky.social Xbox game union town hall to share updates and mobilization stories. we had over 200 workers & organizers from Activision, Blizzard, King, id, ZOS, BGS, QA, CS, UR, ZSSU, and CWA!

it's a sunny Sunny Adé kinda day

Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo should publish stats of which cert reviews (XRs/TRCs/lotchecks) are failed the most. "here are the issues you should attend to the closest." they want us to succeed, right?

i finally digitized the Portra 400 test roll from the Minox LX - pow, color! there are some nice shots, though i'm pretty sure i want a sharper color 400 film for then tiny 8x11 film; even the professionally-digitized shots weren't terribly sharp. #photography

Self Portrait of the Photographer Really Tired at the Laundromat (2026)

i finally digitized the Portra 400 test roll from the Minox LX - pow, color! there are some nice shots, though i'm pretty sure i want a sharper color 400 film for then tiny 8x11 film; even the professionally-digitized shots weren't terribly sharp. #photography

Minox 8x11 film developing success! this developing tank is so neat; it unwinds film directly from the cassette onto the reel. the tank is dark, so no darkroom nor changing bag is necessary. #photography

i came down to Top Notch hoping for cool cars to take pictures of, and it did not disappoint: aircooled VW meetup!

home-digitized Delta 100 shots from the Minox BL! it's a decent start, though i'm still figuring out the workflow and i might redo them with another lens. plus, i can leave the neat frame intact. and the Minox works! yeesh, i can see it's tricky to hold such a small camera level... #photography

alright, enough warm-up. let's get down to brass tacks.

home-digitized Delta 100 shots from the Minox BL! it's a decent start, though i'm still figuring out the workflow and i might redo them with another lens. plus, i can leave the neat frame intact. and the Minox works! yeesh, i can see it's tricky to hold such a small camera level... #photography

err, Android, i... don't want most of these things. i *actively dislike* most of these things. 1: no, and sounds creepy 2: creepy capitalist surveillance shit 3: extra creepy capitalist surveillance shit 4: might be useful (if configurable & not creepy) 5: don't own one (but might be useful)

hooting, hollering, pounding on the table

Andreessen is a prime example of the investor that pays other people to be smart. he had some innovative moments 30 years ago, cashed out, and put up a nice wall of money between him and reality. who cares about looking like an illiterate sociopathic rube in public - you're rich!

not everything is taught in school. some things you just gotta learn on the streets.

i just think they're neat. #photography

i read that lens fungus is eating random organic debris that's left over from manufacturing or crept in as dust and i realized that it is the ultimate predator, the eater of all, the terminus of life

not everything is taught in school. some things you just gotta learn on the streets.

it's time to reassemble this Minox camera and clean the fungus out of this Pentax lens. i practiced cleaning on a cheaper lens, plus this shouldn't require as much disassembly, so i'm optimistic! twitch.tv/spankerprime/

is it my time for #WhatAGameDevLooksLike?! i normally don't consider myself a "game dev" because i design services, not gameplay. but lately i've been working on [NDA REQUIRED] for [REDACTED], so... maybe?

film developing success! film scanning success! the dev is easy enough if you didn't botch high school chemistry lab (i used FPP's D-76 for Kent Pan 400). scanning is much more finicky, but my setup just needs some tweaks. side note: the Rollei Prego 90's double-exposure mode is fun #photography

film developing success! film scanning success! the dev is easy enough if you didn't botch high school chemistry lab (i used FPP's D-76 for Kent Pan 400). scanning is much more finicky, but my setup just needs some tweaks. side note: the Rollei Prego 90's double-exposure mode is fun #photography

it's time for chemistry magic: developing film i haven't done this in ages, but it's fairly easy and very rewarding. let's agitate! twitch.tv/spankerprime/