Photo of the Week 2012 #08

As the last full week of 2012 is coming to a close, rain has yet to make an appearance here in the North-East of Brazil. We have had no rain to speak of since this last May. 7 Months. This is the bottom of a lake that typically has 10 feet of water covering it …

Photo of the Week 2012 #07

I came across this image I had taken in 2006 and about 2 years ago I finally edited it. Now I'm finally showing you. It was a very fun photo shoot. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 20D Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM ISO: 100 Focal length: 29mm Aperture: f/14 Exposure time: 1/160

Photo of the Week 2012 #06

On the second night of my daughter Audrey's first ballet performance, she pushed her way to the front of the group and over the next 3 minutes proved why she deserved to be center stage. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 4000 Focal length: 96mm Aperture: f/5 Exposure time: 1/100

Photo of the Week 2012 #04

A small fishing boat sitting just off shore in the peaceful Açude Cachueira in Sobral, Ceara. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 100 Focal length: 115mm Aperture: f/13 Exposure time: 1/80

Photo of the Week 2012 #03

The women of Itapajé beat the women of Faculdades INTA's futsol team on November 21st in a tense overtime shoot-out to become the 2012 champions of the Sobral City College League. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 12,800 Focal length: 24mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure time: 1/200

Photo of the Week 2012 #02

The Smoke Squadron, the Air Demonstration Squadron of the Força Aérea Brasileira (Brazilian Air Force) founded in 1952, put on a show over the Acaraú River in Sobral, Ceará November 16, 2012. The 7 T-27 Tucano airplanes performed 55 high-performance aerobatics which lasted about 40 minutes on the day following Republic Day, the day commemorating the end of …

Photo of the Week 2012 #01

Firefighters work to extinguish a semi-truck hauling sand that burst into flames while traveling on CE-230 just outside Forquilha, Ceará on May 22, 2012. Exif Data Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM ISO: 400 Focal length: 35mm Aperture: f/8 Exposure time: 1/1250

Caffenol C-L

I have been unable to find film developer here locally in Sobral, Ceará. So began researching alternative film developers. The first result I came across was Coffee. Well I have that I thought, how cool. Some more searching and reading led me to http://caffenol.blogspot.com by Reinhold. He documents and explains this method of using 4 fairly common …