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<p>It is sad that I have been living outside of my home country for so long, that I don't know how to get some things done back home. In Feb., I will go back home in Tianjin (the city next to Beijing), then go traveling in Yunnan province.<br>

<br /> I want to minimize the trouble of taking film to pass security check. I wonder if anyone knows where I can buy and process BW films in Tianjin and Yunnan.<br>

<br /> I have searched on some Chinese websites, and failed to get an answer. I am trying my luck here.<br>

Thanks.</p>

Henry, It only says using the film with polaroid back of medium format camera, which I don't have. I am wondering if there's any

polaroid camera that works with this film.

On every roll I shot with my Olympus OM-1, there are two frames partially overlapping. It seems always happen, and always happen

exactly once on each roll. Although I haven't verify if they always happen on the same frame in the roll.

Has anyone seen this kind of problem?

jia

Just want to say that I enjoyed the tailgating set very much. My favorites are 1, 3, 5, 8, 10

and 12.

Many images in your newly added two galleries are very intriguing too.

Elmo,

I have the same peculiar feeling about that statement. Yet, I don't have the language skill

to articulate this feeling. "Pretty" images and content shouldn't be mutually exclusive. One

may not be able to achieve both at the same time, but it doesn't mean that one of them

should be ignored.

haoyuan,

They are good photography. However I don't feel a strong message as a set. I am

wondering maybe because there are too many images, and some of them don't belong to

the set. For instance, the beer bottle. Also, I have mixed feeling about photos in which

subjects are other people's arts. Sometimes, the relationship between the art and its

viewers can be interesting when captured in a picture. But more often, the photo doesn't

add anything to the art.

My favorites are 1 and 3.

I really like the first two and last two. The red tint seems can use some color balance. But red

is one the theme color of chinese new year. So I don't mind it at all.

One of mine here. Finally developed them and gradually scanning them.

<image src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/2299992564_de8771d0fa_o.jpg"/>

Good stuff. Thanks.

Anyone knows how to access their past archive?

My 2 cents as an non-expert.

There are some portraits (14, 16, 18) in your San Juan essay that don't seem contribute much

to the main subject of the whole set. Also I think we need more than cheerful smiles of

children to convey the idea of "there is a sense of hope and joy that permeates the city".

As the singles go, since this is journalism, some captions would help.

I like it a lot, both concept wise and photography wise. Almost like an ad. Although it is

getting boring after seeing the fifth cup of coffee.

Marc,

BART is still around, but doesn't go as south as San Jose. You can take Caltrain to Milbrea,

then switch to BART.

Thanks, Jeff, Mike.

I'm ok with HTML/CSS based solution. As long as it has similar presentation. I also want it to

be easy to update, since I plan to upload new photo once a couple of weeks. It would be

great if it is as easy as blogging.

What are the available softwares out there to create online portfolio, given one has set up the server? One

particular style I like is <a href="http://neilambrose.co.uk/portfolio/index.php">here</a>. Unfortunately

I can't get hold of the photographer to ask.

> Still hanging in there, Jia?

Yep, I'm here. No doubt, there are many good writers here. But I have to say that this sort of

conversation makes a hobbyist like me feel a bit out of place here.

Damn, this is definitely not one of *those* photography forums. Saw lots of characters in this

thread. Pleasure to meet you all. :-)

J Sevigny,

Somehow you words freed me a bit. I start to realize that myself this a couple of days.

Wow, look at what these real artists did to this thread in 3 hours.

Thank those who have given constructive advices. Let's stop right here, not to drift any

further.

> Because a photo is not a woman.

And who said that. In spanish, we have "la fotographí¡¢. :-)

Eugene,

> One, how are you, then, saying above you're not sure SP is the kind of photography you

want to do? -- SP is as full of stale air as film noir.

Well, i guess that's where it shows my naiveness in photography.

> Two, a composition and an allusion to simple life with an exclusion of contemporary

elements (what you see in many of HCB's photos) does not a good photo make.

I have to disagree. There really isn't a single clear definition of good photo. You can argue

the same from opposite side. Why can't a photo be considered good just because it is

visually pleasing. Of course you can say, then why don't you just go shoot landscape. Well,

the difference is that, in some of HCB's work, such visual harmony is captured in our daily

environment. If we go to the other extreme, a journalism style photo that contains plenty

contemporary social context, but not any aesthetic merit, is hardly a good photo either. It

just happens to be at the right place at the right time. And that's why I can't appreciate

some of HCB's work.

Xiao,

> Probably you need to learn how to make your photography composition better.

No doubt about that. But are you implying that I should take your class? :-)

Robert,

> Keep it simple...

I hope it is that simple.

Eugene,

> then they realize that a "pretty picture" is not enough to bring them any serious

recognition. ... that SP does not and will not give them a ticket to the mainstream art

establishment they hoped it would

I am not trying to do arts for a living. But I think you are right. At first, mainstream

photography (or at least my mainstream photography) start looking boring and too formularized. So I seek for fresh air in SP. But then I realized it is a completed type of

visual art. Someone says HCB is one of the forefathers of the genre of SP. But seems to me

his work is far different from today's SP. I guess I am just looking for something fresh yet

aesthetic (in conventional sense).

I started trying street photography several months ago, after I feel tired of landscape or still life (not I am

any good at those). So I starting shooting on the street, and looking others' works. I spend a lot of time on

in-public.com. There are several artists whose work I quite admire. Nils Jorgensen, Narelle Autio, to name

a couple. There are also some work that I simply couldn't get. For the rest majority, I have this strange

feeling that there is something missing. The same feeling bothers me all the time when I look at my own

shots. For example, below is one of my favorites shots since I start shooting on street, and others like it

too. But the more I look at it, the more I feel that it is not the kind of photography I want to do.

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2225525964_3408dd2a0a_o.jpg"/><br>

I am not sure exactly what is bothering me until I watched "The Impassioned Eye" a couple of days ago. I

can't say that I appreciate all of HCB's work. But a large portion of his work has such an elegant fusion

between fine arts and documentary. For example <a

href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?

VP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxZoom_VPage&VBID=2K1HZO6ETWV7S&IT=ImageZoom01&PN=40&STM=T&DTT

M=Image&SP=Album&IID=2S5RYDILGK_N&SAKL=T&SGBT=T&DT=Image">this one</a> and <a

href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?

VP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxZoom_VPage&VBID=2K1HZO6ETWV7S&IT=ImageZoom01&PN=39&STM=T&DTT

M=Image&SP=Album&IID=2S5RYDIPAPAP&SAKL=T&SGBT=T&DT=Image">this one</a>. That, I think, is

what is missing in lots of street work we see today. What gets on my nerve most is the statement that, to

do good street photography, you need to get close. No, that will make your photo bold, shocking,

interesting, or maybe funny (like the one I posted). But that will not necessarily make it aesthetic, or make

it a good piece of visual arts. If street photography and fine arts photography excludes each other (which I

don't think is true), then I need to find my balance point.

I am not good at writing, even in my mother tongue. But I feel that I need to put these thought into words,

so I know clearly about the direction I am heading. Also I'd like to hear opinions from you guys. Please

bear with me if this makes an awful reading.

Great stuff. I am surprised to see that you know the names of many of your subjects.

Excellent people skill, I guess. Don't get me wrong, excellent photo too.