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• One More Blog: Week of 3/2/2024

  It’s that time of week, photographers! I am so excited to see the work and effort the community are putting into taking, developing, and sharing their photos. Please enjoy my selections, as this week they were so hard to choose.

  Mymmy’s Instagram

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  Gallery Gems

  

  To start, this impressive trichrome is simply fun to look at, and the effort that went into making it is clear. The trichrome adds this wonderful ghosting effect, and I genuinely love seeing the borders of the film as they are overlapped to create the full color image. Dave M did a great job showing exactly what sort of interest you can create with a process like this. Please check out Dave M’s website for more of their work!

  Dave M’s Website

  

  With spring quickly approaching this photo from sitfu in Bali really shows what the future has in store for us. The door is ornate and is framed by the leaves and vines perfectly. Not to mention the colors being pleasing, with the white door standing out impressively. Please check out more of this album, and sitfu’s other work at his website below.

  sitfu’s Website

  

  Tenerife makes late winter look like summer in these photos by Pan, and I am excited about it. The water, the birds, and the relaxed posture really make me yearn for the beach, and I am hoping spring turns to summer as quickly as possible. The sky is lovely, and provides a great negative space to the rest of the photo. I encourage you to check out Pan’s Instagram for more work.

  Pan’s Instagram

  

  sheorun’s photo absolutely screams rainy days, and I love it. A sunny summer is nice, but a rainy summer is divine. The effect the glass has on the light, and the softening it does to the leaves is fantastic and sets the mood. Please check out sheorun’s Instagram, she consistently puts out work that I just adore.

  sheorun’s website

  

  Monochrome? Check. Great lighting? Check. Thoughtful posing? Check. In this photo hits every criteria I have for a great portrait, and I felt like it needed to be included despite not being posted in this exact time range. I am thankful to peat for letting us include this, and I would love if people went to check out his Instagram below.

  peat’s Instagram

  

  Ben gives us an insightful look behind the scenes at the creation of a “regency period” short film, and I think the whole thread is excellent. The subject isolation on this photo looks great, and the grain is very pleasing. I am excited to check out this project, Until Today, when it releases. Please check out both Ben’s Instagram and Until Today’s Instagram below.

  Ben’s Instagram

  Until Today’s Instagram

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  Community Collaborations

  Daido Royale Part 2

  Managed by Hot Pink Bulb

  

  

  Rounding out our week with some excellent submissions for our Daido Royale Part 2, I just wanted to point out the exemplary photos I found in the gallery. When I choose photos I try not to look at who submitted until I have decided, and it just so happens that Ezo and HotPinkBulb’s photos caught my eyes the most. Ezo has lovely tones and a slightly ironic “fujicolor” sign in monochrome, and a wonderful sky. HotPinkBulb brings the essence of “are, bure, boke” in this photo of a bicyclist. Please check out their online presences below.

  Ezo’s Instagram

  HotPinkBulb’s Website

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  Week after week I am blown away by the work that gets posted in this community, and I am truly honored to write for this blog, and be a part of this community. To everyone who submits, thank you, and to everyone who reads along, thank you too.

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  See you again in a few weeks,
  Lunar

  Please take a look at my Instagram for more of my work!

  Lunar’s Instagram

  2024.03.10

• One More Blog: Week of 2/11/2024

  Good morning and happy Sunday photography minded individuals! This week many of us have struggled with the Fornight Challenge, practiced for the Daido Royale, and been busy bees taking photos! As always, I am very excited to show off some of our best, so let’s jump in!

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  Gallery Gems

  

  Starting off this week with beautiful jagged peaks is exactly what I like. Gorgeous skies, the smattering of snow, all set dressing for an amazing part of this mountain range. Add in the small glimpse of the city in the distance, and you get a wonderful composition. Please check out more of deathclamfive’s work at his Instagram!

  deathclamfive’s Instagram

  

  You can feel the adrenaline pumping, the lights blaring, and the impact about to happen. Ringside photography definitely isn’t easy, but the_abecedarian did a great job. This could be seen on the two page spread of a sports magazine! Please take a look at more of his work at his website below!

  the_abecedarian’s Website

  

  Something about this photo hits me in all the right places. It has such a delightful, wistful nature. The colors and tones are evocative of a warm early Spring. It screams about a longing for summer, when the beach and park will be filled with attendees. Please check out Tom’s Instagram and Etsy shop via his Linktree below.

  tominabox1’s Linktree

  

  In contrast to Tom’s photo, sheorun manages to capture a more desolate feel, driving home that it is still, in fact, winter in the northern hemisphere. Seeing an empty Coney Island is strange, as I’m sure most people, myself included, have only seen it bustling with people. This place doesn’t seem to long for attendees, but it sadly awaits the day when they will return to shake its bones awake once more. Please check out more of sheorun’s excellent work at her Instagram below.

  sheorun’s website

  

  While we do not have any new collaborations this week, I wanted to shout out samgerers for posting a really cool take on the Daido Royale Part 2 collaboration! A very interesting use of camera shake while taking a beautiful landscaped shot makes the sky look like it is falling, and absolutely screams “are, bure, boke” to me. Please check out more of his work at his Instagram linked below.

  samgerers’ Instagram

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  I’d like to thank the One More Stop community for another lovely week of photography, and suggest once more that if you’re not a part of the community already to join at the link below! All levels and styles of photography are welcome and encouraged!

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  In my heart always,
  Lunar Hades

  Please take a look at my Instagram for more of my work!

  Lunar Hades’ Instagram

  2024.02.18

• One More Blog: Week of 1/21/2024

  

  Happy weekend, Lunar here again, excited to bring you some of the latest and greatest happenings in the One More Stop photography collective. There’s a lot of lovely work to show off, so with no further ado, let’s get into it.

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  Gallery Gems

  

  This week LDB re-posted an iconic photo, one that I have a deep regard for, because he entered it into the London Camera Exchange’s Photographer of the Year contest! Personally I think this painterly photo of an adorable puffin has a strong chance at winning! But, in addition to the judge’s choice, there’s a people’s choice award! I’m not going to tell you to go vote, but I will leave a link at the bottom of this entry, and let you know you don’t even need to make an account to vote. Best wishes to LDB!

  LDB’s Contest Entry

  

  Using one of my favorite lens/body combinations, the Fujifilm X-H1 and the XF 56mm f/1.2 R, Sethie brings us a delightful silhouette. The image is balanced wonderfully, and the subject stands out perfectly. Give Sethie a follow at his Instagram below for some great photos and filmmaking!

  Sethie’s Instagram

  

  When I saw how the moonlight hit this statue, I knew I had to include this photo in the blog! Framed beautifully, the statue would be interesting on its own. But the glow of the moon hitting it brings it to another level. Mymmy says this is a worn out trope, but if it is he’s excecuting it well. Please encourage his photography journey at the link to his Instagram below.

  Mymmy’s Instagram

  

  People tend to depict dirty areas with a muted palette, but blue squares left the colors bright. A toxic orange, bright yellow warning label, and dirty red barrel have a strong impression immediately. The barrel giving instructions on how to stay clean, while looking very dirty is hilarious. Please check out more of blue squares’ work, he now posts a gallery weekly showing off what he’s been working on.

  

  With such a thin depth of field, these leaves with raindrops feel a little surreal. It also feels true to life, as if you were trying to focus on something so small with your own eyes up close. Not to mention the lovely crop, and the contrast. eeenmachine has been pumping out some great work on many different camera formats, from instant, to micro four thirds, to medium format! Please take a look at his Mastodon for more!

  eeenmachine’s Mastodon

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  Community Collaborations

  Everyday Carry 2024

  Managed by Aidan

  

  Continuing last year’s popular collaboration, Aidan is running the Everyday Carry challenge for 2024! This simply entails bringing your camera with you every day, and taking a photo of it in the wild. At the end of the year, Aidan will be making a slideshow containing all of the entries, and hopefully this will encourage everyone to go out and shoot ever day, so it will be a lot of entries. Check it out in the collaboration thread “Everyday Carry 2024”

  Aidan’s Instagram

  Ezo’s Instagram

  Mirror Selfie Thread 2024

  Managed by Hot Pink Bulb

  

  Not a new thread for 2024, but Hot Pink Bulb is also continuing their Mirror Selfie thread, encouraging everyone to take selfies with their cameras in mirrors, particularly convex or fisheye mirrors, or anything else interesting you run into! Take a look at the gallery thread “Post a Mirror Selfie photo thread.” and contribute if you think the concept is fun. People are getting very creative with it, and there’s a whole year’s worth of good photos to look through from 2023 too.

  Hot Pink Bulb’s Website

  Ben’s Instagram

  Thermal Printing Shenanigans

  Managed by Ben

  

  As a fun project that anyone can contribute to right now, user Ben has set up a thermal printer with a web queue, so anyone can print their photos out directly to his thermal printer. This has been fun to watch so far! Please go ahead to the link below and print your favorite photos, but please try to limit this to your own work, and keep it SFW at that. If you want to see your printed photos, head onto the server and check out his project thread! Much love to Ben for this fun project!

  Thermal Printer Direct Link

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  It has been a very fun week, and I am so excited to see what comes of next week. Not directly highlighted in this post are the Vacation Fortnight theme, ran by blue squares and deathclamfive as well as the continuation of Liquid 2024, and Club f/64 ran by Rob. If you want to know more about these, check out previous weeks’ blog posts!

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  With continued enthusiasm,
  Lunar Hades

  Please take a look at my Instagram for more of my work!

  Lunar Hade’sInstagram

  2024.01.28

• One More Blog: Week 01/07/2024

  

  Hello and welcome to One More Blog! This week it’s coming to you from the frozen north of Japan by me, Ezo! If you haven’t seen my photos around the server I’m a wildlife photographer that sometimes takes pictures of old buildings, garbage, and people on the streets. I shoot a pretty even mix of film and digital these days. I’m also currently on a journey to make producing and sharing photos a daily habit. If you’d like to follow me, you can track me on social media or join my thread January 2024 in the #Projects forum.

  Community Spotlight

  

  The Fortnight Challenge Launches!

  This week saw the launch of the Fortnight Challenge by Blue Squares and Deathclamfive. This collaboration will be a recurring theme challenge, starting every other Monday. The current theme is “Transitioning.” Anyone interested in collaborating should visit the thread in the #Collaborations forum on Discord. The current theme will last until January 21st. Submissions for the current theme are already coming in so I took a look through and picked my favorite of the current crop.

  

  This submission comes from new member Ben. I think it does a lovely job of capturing the theme of Transitioning. The feeling of waiting for a bus at night, in the cold, with only the barest of illumination and protection, while knowing that soon you’ll be home, safe and warm emanates from this photo.

  Fortnight Challenge

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  Gallery Gems

  

  I love the way the lines in this composition intersect. The fence and horizon in parrallel, and the implied line from the turbines as they vanish into the horizon is such a pleasing composition. Combine this with the gradation in the grass and field and the cloudy sky for just a wonderful image that can really put you in the shoes of the photographer. You can see more of Iamdesertpaul’s work on his Instagram.

  iamdesertpaul’s Instagram

  

  I’ve always found pink flamingoes a wonderful, whimsical symbol of Americana. Even as a kid I thought that anyone with pink flamingoes in their lawn had truly made it. Little did I know…

  But still, this shot from blue square’s “A cold, windy day in Dallas” is excellent because of the excitement and motion that the flapping flamingoes convey in this shot. It looks like it was a longer exposure, and while that meant it wasn’t as razor sharp as it could have been, it conveys motion. There are more great shots in his thread so I recommend dropping in.

  

  Schnee took to the streets of Vancouver to test out Porta 800 and Lomo Color Negative 800. What I love about this shot is the implications. We can see the clouds, the sky. And in the foreground the bright red seaplane draws the eye, telling a story of planes waiting for take-off and the freedom of flight. The rest of his shots are really amazing so I recommend checking out the thread for some more.

  

  When I initially chose this photo, I was convinced it was actually two people photographed and it was only after closer inspection that I realized it was a composite of the same model photographed twice. The colors, composition, and subject matter are all superb. We should all take the time to confess to ourselves, to be mindful, and to practice self-care. Gary Indiana has put out some great photos on the server since joining so I recommend taking the time to look through some of his other threads, or checking out his Instagram.

  Gary Indiana’s Instagram

  

  The most exciting film news of 2023 for most of us was the release of an actual new color emulsion, and not just another de-remjetted Vision or Aerocolor. And with that our Maxie took to the streets and shot some wonderful test shots. He shared his highlights with us and I chose this one as my favorite. It really shows off the lovely colors that Phoenix is capable of. The scene captured here is fantastic, showing us a family taking a selfie somewhere that seems to be important to them as they appear to be trying to get the South Battery sign in the shot. It’s a lovely moment that tells a story. For more, check out the thread or Maxie’s Instagram. Or, support him by purchasing his new book In Your Backyard!

  Maxie’s Instagram

  

  This photo by one of our newest members, Shiraya, ticks some of my favorite compositional techniques. The first is layering. The foreground, subject, background, all have excellent separation and you can clearly see a kind of building of elements that gives the viewer a sense of scale without overwhelming them with detail because there is a clear focal point. In his thread there is another excellent example of this same composition so I recommend checking it out!

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  Well, that’s all for this week. Make sure to check in next week when OwlEye takes over the blog.

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  In the mean time, get out, take some photos, enjoy life!
  Bye-bye!
  -Ezo

  2024.01.13