#darkroom app

[woodbees]

Buick -- Day by aaaaaadrian Via Flickr: Still Kinda cute the next day

[sprigara]

Week 47

Maybe: Agrocybe sororia

Over 100 autumn pictures in the chamber... I just have to remember to post things 😂

[jaidonschool]

Progress

In order to stand strong in today's world, Buddhism needs a clear relationship with "progress". Though there may have been a time in the past where society and time appeared to stand still or be cyclical, today's world is one of progress, future, making change.

The nature of reality didn't change, but our cultural operating systems did. Now we all see through the lens of a global, future focused, industrialized world.

I believe Buddhism's relationship with progress is:

Progress vs stagnancy, both are constructs. Stand in the real world, free, able to make change. This is done through meditation, understanding the skhandas, dependent co-origination, genjokoan.

Reaching enlightenment in today's world involves understanding your role in the global society. Involves taking action, taking care, bearing witness (learning). Involves addressing the koan of everyday life. It's a complex matrix to free all beings, but in these complexes are where our sankharas reside and where we live.

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A painter makes art with paint on a canvas. A sculptor makes art with wood and a chisel. Emotions are just another medium, another canvas.

Mental clarity, emotional literacy, distinguished taste.

[rosangelarodriguezpedro]

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[xtrablak674]

VSCO Used to Be My Go-To Photo App

But even on this brand new tablet the app isn't working for me anymore. My work is still on their site, but I can't even log-in. It's annoying because when I first started using the app there wasn't a log-in there wasn't a web portfolio. I think VSCO fucked up a good thing by trying to keep expanding their business. I moved back to Adobe Lightroom's app and this app called Darkroom. It's a shame I love the classic quality of their filters. Sometimes its just best to stay in your lane...

[Photo by Brown Estate]

[drdemonprince]

hey! i have a question abt your cruising guide if you don't mind, regarding something that (unless i totally missed sth, in which case i'm very sorry for wasting your time) i felt was completely absent but happens to be my main concern. (i'm already a huge slut, so anonymous/short term sexual encounters in themselves aren't the issue for me.) i'll put it bluntly: how am i supposed to pick anyone up in a gay male cruising space (irl/not on an app) when i look like a woman? i'm not a total stranger to gay bars, which is why i'm very sure that people in a cruising space are far, far more likely to take me as an intruder looking to be pleasantly scandalized than someone like them who they might want to have sex with, not to mention have sex with as a man(-adjacent). i also know it's likely that i'm projecting at least some of my dysphoria onto these hypothetical encounters, but it doesn't seem like an unjustified fear, either. i (fwiw: perisex, afab, some type of agender-nonbinary) have been on t for abt 9 months now, but i haven't had top or bottom surgery (i want both but so far it's unclear when that is going to happen) and my breasts are too large to be really concealed by a binder (not to mention that i can't fuck in a binder bc they give me awful headaches), i'm very short and ~curvy~, i have very little body/no facial hair, and people in casual daily interactions certainly don't hesitate to address me as a woman. it just seems preposterous to assume that there's anything abt me a man looking for another man could be attracted to. i guess it's possible someone could be a chaser after my specific type, but that's not an encounter i want to have right now. as far as my question to you is concerned, i want to have sex with a man who is into men, and at the very least won't see me as a girl wanting to be fucked like a man. i know that there is no way to objectively predict these things, experiences and tastes vary and so on, but i would be extremely grateful if you could share some of your experiences or give me some other pointers for how to approach this/what to expect. as it is, if i were to enter a darkroom, i assume i would be asked to leave, but preemptively telling myself that it's hopeless and to forget abt it for at least the next several years seems unnecessarily cruel, too. if there's any advice or experience you can share, thank you so so so much, and if not, thank you anyway for taking the time to read this letter of woe and for putting your perspective out there, it's been a balm to be understood. wishing you all the best x

Buddy -- it is (largely!) your dysphoria talking! Lots of queer men will wanna fuck you and they will wanna do it in a queer way. I walked around Steamworks fully tiddy out regularly and I had a great time.

It's true that in more general gay bars people will sometimes misread you, and that it will hurt, but trust me that lots of queer men are already attracted to you. If anything, I've noticed that in general queer spaces cis gay men sometimes default to assuming that you won't be interested in them and give a polite distance that they will happily do away with if they know you're looking and welcome their attention. A lot of guys don't want to accidentally be predatory to someone who they think might be a lesbian or not interested in men. (Again, being mistaken for something you are not really fucking sucks and can drive your dysphoria crazy, I get it, but do keep in mind that sometimes people do this out of a desire to be respectful, not because they're turned off that you're such a Womanly Woman or whatever.)

My first recommendation for you would be to GET ON GRINDR. Post some pics that make it clear what you're working with, physically, and list your identity clearly on your profile. When I first got a grindr I had a really slutty abs-and-underboob pic that got me a TON of attention from queer men, who treated me like a man, and it immediately assuaged all my concerns that I wasn't welcome on there. I think it will do a lot for your self-confidence and sense of belonging to try the same too.

Now, I don't want to be pollyannaish about any of this -- yes there are transphobes. In my experience they're mostly pretty quiet to trans men, they'll just pass you by for the most part. Yes there are people who will say awkward things. Block liberally and often and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself. But honestly, these are the kinds of issues you will run into within any dating platform, and the gay world is pretty damn blase and chill about the inclusion of trans men for the most part. You can absolutely put yourself out there -- and the sooner you do, the sooner you'll realize that your insecurities are not rooted in the reality of how other queer men mostly feel.

I wish I had put myself out there YEARS earlier! A lot would have changed for me if I had.

[octuscle]

Hello? I was checking my sons mobile phone to check they’re not illegal things on it and I found this app, and the option “hot bad boy” was selected and I don’t know where I pushed but I don’t feel good right now, my son will be back soon and I don’t want him to know I have access to his phone cause he will say I’m a bad father, but I’m only worried about him!

Don't worry, it won't have escaped your son's attention that you have activated the "hot bad boy" setting. He has programmed the default setting so that he experiences the transformation consciously and his brain doesn't change with it. In my opinion, this is also the cooler option. So you can enjoy the new body much more. But the young stud who comes rolling into the driveway on a Harley doesn't exactly seem to enjoy the hot body he's in.

Your son (you're guessing it's him) tears open the door, throws his leather jacket on the ground and yells for you miserable piece of shit to get down here right now. Normally, you would have to yell back that you demand a little respect. But for one thing, you have a really bad conscience. And for another, the booming baritone of the giant standing down there in the living room is really respect-inspiring. Maybe you imagined "hot bad boy" to be a drug dealer or a car thief. Your son obviously didn't. The leather clothes he's wearing obviously belong more in a darkroom than in a biker bar. And also the manicured fingernails, the perfectly trimmed hair and the slick steeled body you didn't expect. "What do you think you're doing, bitch?" your son yells at you. You somehow can't take your eyes off the bulge in his leather pants. Your son grins and grabs the bulge, licks his lips and says that you might get a reward if you give him back his cell phone right now. As if in a trance, you hand him the device, get down on your knees and start licking the leathery bulge.

Fuck, your buddy really has the hottest cock you know. And hardly anyone else can cum so much that not even you can swallow it. But you are anything but inexperienced. Shit, before your performance tonight you could have really trained your abs. Next to your buddy you look like you have a paunch. But hey, he's the star. And you'll still put on a good show.

[thatonebirdwrites]

IT IS DONE. FINALLY. Also, this chapter is very long and took forever to edit. And I had to rewrite the ending at one point. I just wasn't mentally present for parts of the last few weeks.

EXCERPT:

Pain ricochets through Kara-Z from the residue of Kryptonite poisoning. She’s not used to physical pain. Since falling to Earth in her pod, her cells soak up the sunlight and transforms her into a being impervious to most wounds and physical ailments. Using up those reserves or Kryptonite serve as gateways into the truth of human experience. An experience she has almost forgotten, her Krypton memories carefully folded and filed away.

Jeremiah Danvers, before he offered himself to save her, used to work with old cameras as a hobby. Usually Alex would join him, and a few times he took Kara into the darkroom. The walls and windows were covered in black blankets, impervious to sunlight, the only light red lamps, all to minimize exposure. Exposure could ruin an image.

Sometimes she pictures her Krypton memories like those photos, where exposure to real life could ruin the images, bleed away the color and details into a de-saturated mess of white, grey, and black.

As she makes her way out of Lena’s apartment building, her physical pain jabs like spikes, but her spirit feels like greyscale. Linda simmers at the edge of her sense of self, but Kara-D hides in the soup of grey that fogs her mind. Neither can reach her consciousness as the pain acts as an impervious barrier; she feels sadly alone.

More time under the sun-lamp likely will have diminished the pain further, but she doesn’t have time to wait.

Shadows loom along the edges of the street-lights. A few cars pass slowly on the street, but otherwise, no one is around. With her superhearing distorted by the poison, she hears faintly the rustling of night creatures, mostly near garbage bins, but beyond that, the sound is electric hums, car engines, creaking signs, and her footsteps against concrete.

Where will Lena’s alter go?

Only one other Luthor still lives, one who helped Lex in the past. Will Lena’s alter target Lillian?

It makes the most sense if the alter is trying to end all threats to themself. But Lillian is currently in a federal prison on the East Coast, which means the only way to reach it is to fly.

So the airport.

Since flying herself there is out of the question, Kara-Z digs through her pockets until she finds her wallet and phone. She hunts for a particular app installed by Lena.

Not long after they first met, Lena plucks Kara’s phone from her hands. “Someday you’ll thank me for this.” Her fingers dance across the screen. “Sam showed me it, and I use it sometimes myself. This way if you miss the bus, you can still reach your destination on time.” She grins as she hands the phone back, a new taxi app installed.

“Ah,” Kara isn’t sure what to think. She’s never really needed such things, but for human appearances it might be helpful. “How do you know if it’s good?”

“It’s the best one. Believe me, Sam dragged me into her experiments to find the best of the best.” Lena rolls her eyes. “She loves to test apps and drag me, Ruby, or Jack into it.”

That had happened before the nanite disaster. Before Jack became comatose.

Irony perhaps that Lena proves herself correct as always. Kara does have need of the app. As she limps, she drops a pick-up for a taxi at the next building over. This gives her some time to gather the frayed edges of her energy and weave them into a relentless determination.

By the time she reaches it, the taxi has pulled up to the curb. Nice.

“Hello. Where to? Can take you anywhere within city limits.” the driver rolls their vowels and overemphasizes nasal consonants. An accent Kara doesn’t recognize.

“National City Airport. Be quick.” She settles into the backseat and shuts the door. The green veins on her skin are less pronounced, but she tugs her sleeves down over her hands and wraps one of Lena’s scarves tighter around her neck. It smells faintly of Lena’s favorite perfume — a Jasmine and lavender blend.

[bytheriver]

This was one of the last shoots I did in 2018 before stopping portraiture and photography. I wrote to a friend this week that I had plateaued in 2018 and lost the gumption to keep going with portraiture. I found these scans in my dropbox still tucked in The Darkroom Lab's zip files. I can't remember which rolls these are, probably Porta 160. I used to love low-grain slow speed film. I think I still do.

I had probably looked at these photos once or twice in 2018 and thought they were repeating the work that I had been doing, more evidence of my plateaued art. Today these two photos jumped out among the three rolls of 120 film. Maybe it is the 5 year hiatus that renewed my eyes to see, instead of glazing over. I can't even remember how I used to edit portraits, though I remember I had an intricate system in either Lightroom or Photoshop. I fired up "Preview" app on the Mac and played with the rudimentary "Adjust Color" feature to produce these two photos.

I have picked up the camera again, only to see where it takes me, if it will let be climb back on board once again.

[woodbees]

Power plant by aaaaaadrian

[sprigara]

Week 53

It’s the final post of the year 🎄

It’s that awkward middle week between Christmas and the new year. I like to used the week to appreciate the year behind me and reset for the next year.

Reflecting on 2023, I can see I was a little more tuned into my feelings and my needs than ever before. I kept working on growth and fulfillment in my career and preparing for the next phase of life (and possibly a future with kids). Whatever the future holds, I’m feeling more ready for it and more ambitious in going after my goals. It feels a little like I’ve woken up from a 4 year sleep and I’m tired of the holding pattern my career and general life have been in (even after two cross country moves).

In 2024 I won’t be holding myself to posting a picture every week, but I’ll keep taking pictures and posting them. Albeit, probably with less consistency, maybe I’ll set up lots of posts at once and forget to post anything new for a couple months. However that shakes out, I know I’ll keep going on my daily long walks and take pictures (for the sake of art and memories) whenever the mood strikes me. I’ll keep up with reading too, maybe set my goal to 50 books, since I got to the 40’s before August (when I started studying).

Cheers to 2023, the year that made me even more comfortable in my own skin. The year that taught me to look for interesting sights in every day views and appreciate the world around me. The year I finally felt ready to do some growing up.

[iphoneartgirl]

The Business Man Was Too Busy for Earth Day. © 2023, Meri Aaron Walker, iPhoneArtGirl. Ashland, OR. All rights reserved. 

Camera +2, SuperimposeX, Humans, iColoramaS

No AI here.

This image is actually a long mobile digital meditation on the kind of film and darkroom work I used to do after my first viewing of Jerry Uelsman’s prints at the Ringling Museum back in the early ‘70s. He blew my mind, and it never came back.

What Uelsman showed me is that reality, my personal visual reality, was comprised both of moments that were visible to me outside my body and all kinds of moments that were still brewing in me inside my body. In my brain. And I learned how to capture images of these moments and sew them together to share a deeper aspect of my experience than a single image often could.

I could do traditional black and white photo journalism and explore the complex reality of my personal experience as well.

That enrichment of my human intelligence and my vision might’ve been the most important gift I received in this life…. The fact that I can execute images like this using my mobile camera apps and editing apps has deepened my experience every day since I picked up my first iPhone.

When I can do this outside the darkroom and without having to strap myself into a chair in a dark room in front of my desktop computer… is pure Joy!!!

[jaidonschool]

Value - Facing Problems

Solving problems, making things better, takes emotional labor.

This discomfort, baselessness, overwhelm, and stress I'm feeling is the emotional labor that's required to solve problems. Society is so complex and messy, and improvement means focusing on the problems.

Success is just like a relationship: it takes time, energy, consistency, love, support.

It takes focus –lots of nos– to create something truely great.

It is uncomfortable to be a leader. In order to weather the hard times, I will remember my friends, those who believe in me, the girls who wrote me letters in Seoul, Chongyuan and Priyanka who were so proud of SDNLF. Natalia, who is proud of service design club. Tanuj, who sees my wiseness. I am valuable, I have skills, I have many people behind me who believe in me. I will focus on the love I give to others.

In order to make the world better you always have to face new information, new challenges, solving conflicts. You are always climbing the mountain. This is the role of designers.

Design is changing circumstances to preferred ones. Marketing and sales makes change happen. Politics is power. Leadership is guiding others. Action causes conflict. Long term value requires short term pain.

[laurenovercalifornia]

In case any of y’all are interested, these photos and videos I have queued up from my September trip to Disneyland were all taken with the iPhone 13 Pro Max (we went like, two weeks before I got the 14 pro max lol) and I’m so impressed with the quality. I edited the photos with a few apps on my phone/iPad, namely Enlight, RNI Films, a little bit of Snapseed/Focos for blurring out stuff, and Darkroom for the watermarks. I also did some batch edits in an app called Batched and used the native photo app for a few tweaks.

Honestly if it weren’t for all the photos I have saved to my adobe storage I’d cancel my adobe subscription. I might still. Who knows!

[k00280973]

Photography workshop- Pinhole Analogue Camera Pt 2 (Thursday)

Thursdays Photography workshop was a continuation from Monday's pinhole analogue camera. We developed from the handmade film cannister cameras to the colleges larger collection. This collection included a range of different sizes and shapes. The camera I shot with below has a unique design made it possible to use cut film holders or Polaroid backs such as those with lensed cameras, eliminating the need to load the camera in the darkroom after every shot. This allowed you to take two shots each time. You could also still load the film in the darkroom the traditional way by using the wooden back board. This allows the possibility of creating different effects for example by bending the paper to create contortion.

This is the first image I shot with it as a tester. The exact exposure time was three mins. This was calculated by using a pinhole app called PinholeMeter. The app required you to input the F stop and the Ios in order to give an accurate length of time. This camera had an F stop of 385 and an Ios of 6.

I spent the remainder of the workshop trying to look for a place I could use to photograph both reflection and distortion. At first I brainstormed ideas with my tutor, considering objects like spoons, glass bowls, mirror reflections, and places such as the canteen window reflections. However, I needed direct sunlight to minimise the time of exposure. I finally found the perfect object both reflecting and distorting, a metallic pipe at the side of a building. I set up the pinhole camera on a tripod and got my friend to stand in front of the pipe, to make more of an interesting composition.

I only managed to get two shots before the sun moved and unfortunately the results after developing the images turned out to be a failed attempts. I may have positioned the camera too close to the pipe, also the sunlight may have been to strong as metals have high reflectivity. Also the possibility of the exposure time being incorrect. I do think this was a trial and error process, I would like to try again next week in one of the workshops. Perhaps with the film cannister camera also, or the multiple lens.

Results (failed)

Images developed.. Image inverted...

Experimental shot using the wooden back board instead of the dark board. I folded the paper and taped it to the back of the board so that there would be movement or ripple effect. this was also a failed experiment, it turned out to just form creases making it look aged. I think the next time I do this I will try to pleat the paper onto the back board.

Even though I did not achieve the results I wanted I did leave the workshop inspired after talking to my tutor about my concept. I plan on developing from this weeks workshop by researching Meghann Reiphenhof (Littoral Drift), Susan Derges (Shadow Catchers) and Alec Moore. Hopefully these artists will inspire me for next weeks photography workshop.

[sylviii]

putting my computer in darkroom mode bc I have a headache and subsequently flashbanging myself when I switch to an app in dark mode