Sean Duggan Blog

Along the Path

Along the Path [Holga]
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Farewell Zeppelin

Farewell Zeppelin [d-SLR]
...at the Lake of Constance, Germany
August 2005
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For a fan of zeppelins and airships, staying at the Lake of Constance for two weeks was great since this airship flew over the lake two or three times a day. You can see other images of the zeppelin taken on different days here, and here.

Nude Descending a Ladder

Nude Descending a Ladder

This is an image from the first test roll I ran through a mint condition Kodak Brownie Twin 20 camera that I picked up at an antique/collectibles shop a few weeks back. The instruction manual features several images of happy photo enthusiasts using the camera and judging by the look of their clothing and hair styles, my guess is that this camera probably dates from the early 1960s.

The "twin" aspect of this camera comes from the fact that it has two viewfinders: an eye-level rangefinder viewfinder as well as a fairly bright waist-level viewfinder that you can look down into (visible in the image below as the square shape on the top of the camera). It uses 620 film but 120 film spools can be modified to fit it. The image above has been "seasoned" with my usual blend of varying strengths of sepia applied in an irregular fashion.

The Burning Door

The Burning Door [Holga]
Unteruhldingen, Germany   August 2005
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The Path Over the Water

The Path Over the Water [Holga]
Unteruhldingen, Germany   August, 2005
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Featured Summer Workshops

Stanford, California: For those of you who live near the San Francisco Bay area (or perhaps would like to travel there), in July I will be teaching two 5-day workshops for the Digital Media Academy that will be held on the beautiful campus of Stanford University. The course titles are Digital Photography and Photoshop I (July 10 - 14) and Digital Photography and Photoshop II (July 17 - 21). The first class will also be offered August 21 - 25. You can find out more information, including detailed class outlines at the class pages on the DIMA web site (look in the right column for the 5-Day Course Outline).

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Maine: If the rocky coastline of Maine sounds more intriguing to you, then consider my Real World Digital Photography class at the Maine Photographic Workshops. This will run from June 25th through July 1st.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico: Or, you can experience the magic of the Southwest: the Real World Digital Photography class is also being offered at the world famous Santa Fe Workshops July 30th through August 5th.

Village on the Water

Bronze-Age Lake Dwellings
Unteruhldingen, Germany [Holga]
August, 2005
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This is an open air museum featuring several recreations of Neolithic and Bronze Age lake dwellings. Many remains of platforms and pilings, as well as other artifacts have been uncovered in the sediments near the lake shore since they were first discovered in 1927 (and the first replica structures here were built not long after that so these have a wonderful weathered feel to them since they have been out in the sun, rain, snow and wind for decades). It was August on the Lake of Constance when I took this, but it was cold and rainy that day. In retrospect, the mood was much better with the brooding clouds. It was sort of like being in the middle of Myst or Riven.

Another image of this same location (though not this same group of structures) was posted in late August of last year.

As with the rest of my Holga and pinhole images, the only Photoshop work here is basic dodging, burning and the addition of two flavors of sepia tone (the "blue" on the water is the natural gray tones of the black and white scan).