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How To Develop Your Own Film

How To Develop Your Own Film –

Justin Ouellette:

Besides offering you a more intimate role in the process, doing your own processing can possibly save you money and definitely save you time. It’s not difficult to do, and I guarantee that even a mediocre job will be better than the one done by most labs, simply by virtue of the fact that you’ll baby your film because it’s yours. Also, unlike a lab, you won’t be using watered-down developer from the lowest bidder, you won’t have to rush any part of the process, and when your negatives come out great you can take all the credit.

I’m not a photographer, but my sister is. She developed her own film all through school. Her lab was in our downstairs bathroom, and this how-to article reminds me of those days.

How To Develop Your Own Film

Interview With John Gall by Fwis Design Firm

Interview With John Gall by Fwis Design Firm –

An interview from early 2007 with Vice President and Art Director of Vintage and Anchor Books, John Gall.

Like most creatives the brainstorming process usually involves some combination of the following: avoidance, procrastination, mild sedation, cups of coffee, staring out the window, long walks on a spring morning, lack of exercise, talking to myself in a funny voice, feelings of worthlessness, turning on the music, turning off

Interview With John Gall by Fwis Design Firm

“An Archive of Book Cover Designs and Designers for the Purpose of Appreciation and Categorization.”

“An Archive of Book Cover Designs and Designers for the Purpose of Appreciation and Categorization.” –

Designing cover art for books and music has got to be one of the most challenging of all professional graphic design jobs. Not only must you convey the subject matter and the feel of what’s inside, you must do so with such artistic brilliance as to get a non-motivated buyer to purchase the product with little more information than what they’ve briefly seen on the cover you designed.

A few covers that caught my eye were Paul Sahre’s design of The Bill from My Father, because it’s simple and intriguing; Christopher Brand’s design of For Whom the Bell Tolls, because I’m a fan of Ernest Hemingway; and John Gall’s design of Like You’d Understand Anyway, because it’s so absurd. (In fact you should browse through all of John Gall’s cover designs – they’re fantastic.)

“An Archive of Book Cover Designs and Designers for the Purpose of Appreciation and Categorization.”

Outpost – Basecamp App for iPhone

A New Basecamp App for iPhone –

Outpost [iTunes Link] is a new iPhone app from Morfunk which lets you manage your Basecamp account, even offline.

From what I can tell you have virtually complete access to all Basecamp project features other than file uploads and downloads including the creation and editing of messages, todos, milestones and comments.

It rings in at $12.99 which makes me a bit hesitant to pick it up, since I’m too confident I would actually use it on a regular basis. Based on the screenshots and demo videos it does seem like a polished, thought-through app but will it actually be useful in real life?

Outpost – Basecamp App for iPhone