Mad Science
August 15, 20176 CommentsMusicMusingsEvery great medical advance requires a human trial to test its effectiveness. But proper ethical procedures take far too long. Fortunately, there’s at least one willing and eager subject available to any scientist who’s mad enough — himself!
Unmasked!
June 1, 20178 CommentsMusingsPhoto TechniquesULTRA newsRumor has it that the International Leica Society (LHSA) recently published a video of their attempt, last autumn, to coerce me into divulging a number of photography "tips." Yeah, you can imagine how that went... Viewer discretion is advised.
Luxembourg
April 28, 201716 CommentsMusingsWhat if I use statistics to pick my next vacation destination? Anyone know of a good, cheap hotel in Luxembourg?
Death of the Cool
March 6, 201721 CommentsMusingsSixty years ago, Miles Davis gave birth to the cool. This article tosses cool's ashes to the wind.
The Exhibitionist
February 13, 20178 CommentsMusingsULTRA newsMussorgsky isn't the only one with Pictures at an Exhibition on his resume...
Ephemaural Tracks
December 5, 20163 CommentsMusicMusingsWondering why there's a growing cadre of electronic music populating that once pure and pristine favorite photography blog of yours? This article explains it all.
Slit-Scan
November 1, 20166 CommentsvBookAnyone who's seen the photos accompanying the last several articles, including the double- and triple-exposure fisheyes accompanying the previous essay, has surely wondered, "What's going on? Where are all the quirky street-scene candids? Is Egor's photography currently entrenched in some sort of directional crises?" This article, featuring a vBook of slit-scan photos from a Lomography Spinner 360, might just provide the answer.
Folding Time
October 2, 20163 CommentsMusingsPhoto TechniquesTime: It can be frittered, bent, projected and measured. It can also mess with one's photos.
Pushing Buttons
September 7, 201612 CommentsULTRA newsWith a new URL for the blog and an expanded mission statement, ULTRAsomething is retaining all of its original ULTRA-ness, while becoming a whole lot more "something."
Beaufort Force 2
June 13, 20162 CommentsPhoto TechniquesvBookThe turbulent impact of a gentle breeze.
Spelunking Lightroom
June 2, 20165 CommentsPhoto TechniquesWhen is an article not an article? When it's a nerdicle, of course. And this nerdicle is particularly nerdy — being all about Lightroom cataloguing techniques, keywording and photo ranking. Yeah, I know... you're bored already. What can I say? Knowledge is pain.
A Space for Hurdy-Gurdies
May 1, 20169 CommentsPhoto GearvBookWith the instinctually purposeful determination of a cicada, I go about satisfying my once-every-13-year mission: fisheye photography.
Pick (a) Pocket: The Minolta TC-1
April 1, 201610 CommentsPhoto GearvBookThe Minolta TC-1 is 27% smaller than my iPhone 6S, more ergonomic, and loads the world’s finest collection of retro filters — film. If only it could get a dial tone.