An Afternoon Inside Julio's Mind

Once upon a time, I could walk thousands of mile, climb every mountain, and swim in every ocean.  I know that sounds like bragging but it's the truth.  Or what I seem to recall.  These days my mind have been hazzy.  How long has it been?  I better start taking notes on pieces of paper.  Mental notes seem to scatter everywhere that I forget where I put them.  Where is my favorite pen?  No ink.  Darn it.  I don't want to use that old typewriter. My fingers don't seem to find the right keys anymore.  Coffee makes it worse.  Did you come here to take me away?  I forgot who you were.  Come.  Yes.  Come.  Can I bring Stella with me?  You know, Old Stella.  She used to sit by my feet during those hot lazy days.  I missed her.  She was a good dog.  Yes. Come.  We must go.

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Drift Away

Hasselblad 500CM, 150mm, 21mm extension tube

The expired film and used chemicals can sometimes result in beautiful accident.

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Repost: Viktor at Grand Central Market

Viktor:  You talking to me?

Juzno:  I would like to take your picture.

Viktor:  Why?

Juzno:  I am going to be the next Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Viktor:  Who is he?

Juzno:  Why?

Viktor:  Why you ask why?

Juzno:  Bye.

Dreamin' of My Chevy

Dreamin' of my Chevy and my old blue jeans

I had a dream.  My old 56 Chevy.  A V8 engine that was all mine and an overhead valve high compression, short stroke design, a two-barrel carburetor rated at 162 hp complete with "Idiot" lights as gauges for the generator and oil pressure. The interiors matched my cowboy boots from the classic old time crocodile rock and roll.  Yipee-ka-yay!  Now if I could just fit in my old blue jeans.

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Doing the Thing I Do (part II)

Sometimes an egg and fork can make you think deeply.

An ordinary shot, yes.  But the result is very organic.  Moreover, the process excites and stimulates me more than digital.  In order to get this shot, I used a 21mm extension tube on the 80mm CF lens, a nice lens that came with my Hasselblad 500 CM.  The 80mm on a medium format is wide enough to get a good perspective and yet give out a nice blurred out background even at f16.  Try doing that on digital SLR.  One would need a wide angle lens at f2 or wider.  The 21mm extension tube allows me to get closer to the subject.

I am really into this film phase.  I'm for the most part liberated from Photoshop.  Except for digitizing the image - digitalized with Carl Zeiss 100mm Makro on Canon 5D mk ii, everything is done old school: shot on Hasselblad 500 CM with Ilford 100 Delta Pro 120 film, and self-developed using Ilford solutions.

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