Polaroid SX-70 Teak Edition

May 18, 2012

Tom is the one that inspired me to get an original Polaroid camera. In London he gave me the opportunity to snap a few frames with his SX-70, and from that moment on I knew that I needed to get one myself. I purchased a mint Sx-70 on eBay that already had a replaced leather skin but did a poor job on cleaning the edges.

I did some research on the web and noticed that some people replaced the leather for wood (veneer). Most where cut with a laser that caused burned edges and those who did cut it by hand did a poor job on the corners. I am a woodworker myself so whats holding me back to make a good and perfect fitting skin for the SX-70?

Stripping the leather off took me 20 minutes, making the cuttings molds 1 hour, cutting and fitting the veneer 2 hours and applying and finishing another 2 hours. The result? The most sexy looking camera that I’ve ever owned.

The Polaroid SX-70 Teak Edition with Teak Shade for Impossible Polaroid film made from “A” grade Teak veneer.

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Normo Coffee

May 17, 2012

A quiet moment at Normo Coffee in Antwerp. Normally I’m always there at lunchtime or in the early afternoon when this place is packed with coffee lovers. Making interior photos of this place has been on my list for a long time and I finally did it last weekend.

Ps. try some Fuji Reala if your having a hard time scanning 400H or Portra. These are straight from the scanner!

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VSCOCAM

May 13, 2012

“I am about to delete all my other iPhone photography apps, Vscocam has it all”

One of the lines that got tweeted by many PRO and Amateur photographers after the release of Vscocam. I have been waiting for the release of this app since the day that Visual Supply Co made an announcement for the iPhone app on their blog. The previews looked promising and I hoped that this app would take iPhone photography to the next level.

I have spend some serious time with this app to experiment and learn how I’m able to get the most out of this app. “Vscocam has it all” is a bit overrated the app works fine and the B/W filters gorgeous but the color filters are far from perfect. Vscocam adds to much fading over the photos. Shadows and highlights tend to get soft and flat and there is some loss in sharpness. The app features adjustment options such as brightness, contrast, temperature, fading… to tweak the final look of your photo. However all of these adjustments only feature the option to go 1 or 2 steps up/down where most other apps have a slider to give you full control.

In my opinion the app is far from perfect, it feels more like a Beta version than a final release. Exporting one single photo easily takes up 30 seconds, the adjustment options aren’t refined and can easily cause a “banding” effect on highlights. The color filters don’t work as well as the black and white filters and a cropping option is more than welcome.

Should you get it? YES! This app will get better in time. You might have a hard time getting used to the app but in the end you’ll find a way to get the most out of it.



Left = Raw and VSCOCAM | Right = Perfectly Clear and VSCOCAM

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London

May 11, 2012

46 hours of rain, 2 hours of sunshine, and 1 single roll of film. London thank you once again for bringing out the rain on the weekend that I happened to visit the city. I was hoping for a sunny weekend to see London at its best but sadly it was the wettest weekend in April since 1910.

But my London weekend was still a succes despite all the rain the few photographs that I’ve taken. I met up with Charlotte for the first time after being friends on Flickr for many years, and I got recognized on Brick lane by Tom. You can find more photographs of my London weekend on Chalotte’s blog.

All the photos below are taken with the Hassy, indoor shots hand held at 1/15sec. Oh and forgive Tom for his pose, I guess he was shocked by the fact that I was shooting “people”.

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Manly Mojito

May 6, 2012

The manly Mojito, a cognac served in Mojito style.

I was watching doing some research on cognac serving styles, and I noticed that many people were raving about the Hennessy Mojito so I decided to give it a try. The ingredients for this “Manly Mojito” are similar to the traditional Mojito and so is the mixing process.

Ingredients for one serving
∙ Two shots of Cognac (Hennessy, Remy Martin, Frapin…)
∙ One shot of Lemon juice
∙ A cup of Sugar
∙ Hand full of mint leafs
∙ Sparkling Water
∙ Crushed ice

Mixing method
Put the mint leafs, lemon juice and a few tea spoons of sugar in a tall glass and muddle it gently. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add 2 shots of cognac. Add some sparkling water and mix all the ingredients with a spoon. Add some more crushed ice on top and serve it with a cocktail straw.

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