Call For Entries: Juju Foto Factory

Call for Submissions: Music in Lo-Fi

Juju Foto Factory is a working photography studio and gallery space located in the heart of the east side arts district in Austin, Texas. We are currently accepting submissions for "Music in Lo-Fi", an exhibition occurring March 15 - 25, 2012. We are gearing up to celebrate the South by Southwest music festival in Austin. We are seeking to exhibit work that has not yet received wide public attention in major publications or exhibitions. We also seek to provide emerging photographers the opportunity to show their work and develop their exhibition resumes. 100% of sales proceeds go directly to the artist.

Theme:
We encourage work which reflects contemporary photography's roles in perceiving history and collective memory about the music.

Categories:
- Live: photographs of bands/artists performing
- Portrait: a posed photograph
- Reportage: un-staged photographs that tell a story
- Festivals: photographs taken at live music events

We encourage photographers working in all Lo-Fi mediums of photography from Holga, Lomo, pin-hole, Lens babies lenses, cell-phone cameras, home-made cameras and vintage cameras to submit.

Eligibility
U.S., International, Professional and Amateur Photographers - working in black and white or color, using traditional or digital methods or elements of both processes.

Submission guidelines:

File Naming:
Individual files should be titled with the Photographer's first initial, followed by last name, a sequential image number, followed by title.

example: jsmith_01_title.jpg

Format Guidelines
- JPEG format saved at level 10 compression
- Images must be no greater than 1600 pixels on the longest dimension
- Images must be saved at 72dpi
- Maximum file size: 1MB
- Color Profile: Adobe SRGB

Bio (Optional)
You may include a brief bio, up to 200 words.

Entry Fee:
- $35.00 for up to ten (10) images.
- Fee is payable via Paypal.
- Your submission process is complete upon receipt of entry fee.
- Entry fee is non-refundable.
- International currency must be in US dollars.

Accepted Works: Print & Framing Guidelines
- Final Print must be matted and framed
- Frame must be 16″x 20″with plexiglass cover (no glass)
- Must arrive ready to hang with wire
- Unsold works will be returned in same packaging it arrived in
- Mailed in works should include prepaid return shipping fee

Sales & Commissions
100% of sales go to the artist

Dates
Entry Deadline:
February 24th, 2012

Acceptance Notifications
February 27th, 2012

Delivery Deadline:
March 13th, 2012

Exhibition Dates:
March 15th - 25th, 2012, During SxSW

Opening Reception:
March 15th, 2012, 7pm - 9pm 

Apply Online at http://jujufotofactory.com/call-for-submissions

About Juju Foto Factory
Juju is a creative space focused on the music, movie, and photography industries. Our mission is to provide independent photographers, both local and international, with an opportunity to exhibit art of our time. Austin, Texas is the Live Music Capital of the World, host to international film festivals, and home to an eclectic cultural mix and independent art scene.

For more info or questions on the submission process, please contact submissions@jujufotofactory.com

JUJU FOTO FACTORY
2235 EAST 6th Street, UNIT 101
AUSTIN, TX 78702

Holga and Diana Themed T-shirts and Tote Bags

I've designed a couple of images, using photos of the classic vintage Diana and and Holga and have put them on T-shirts and tote bags. Please come check out my store on cafepress.com.

Please go to my store at cafepress.com and check them out.

http://bit.ly/kCafe

Video: Installing Batteries in a Holga 120CFN or 120FN

I made a video showing how to install batteries in a Holga 120CFN or 120FN.

The video is posted on youtube.

http://bit.ly/kHolgaBatteries

Thrift Store Find: iZone Digital Combo

I see lot's of Polaroid iZone cameras at the thrift stores, but this is the first time I've run across this particular model. I've never heard of it before either. It's called the iZone Digital Combo camera. It's an iZone camera with a built-in digital camera added to the top. According to the Land List, it was produced in 2000-2001 and originally cost $99.95.

It sports a .3Mp digital camera with 1Mb of memory, 18 digital photos at 680x480p, an RS-232 serial PC connection, an optical viewfinder with no display LCD.

The iZone section of the camera is a standard iZone camera. The analog and digital cameras are separate from each other, but appear to share the same power source, since there is a switch to transfer the 4-AAA power source from one camera to the other.

Unlike most of my thrift store purchases, I don't consider this a usable camera, as iZone film is no longer available and the digital camera requires an outdated PC connection and PC software to download the photos.

Cost: $5.99

What you see is not what you get! - Viewfinder Parallax Error

I was asked:

I've got a diana f+ and i took pictures with the lomography film 400 ISO 120mm and lomography film 100 ISO 120mm. Some of the pictures I took was cropped. I thought my results will be exactly like the one my eyes saw through the hole when you take a picture of something. But it turned out to be in a different angle. For example, I took a picture of a glass of drink and when i printed it, it turned out only half of the glass. Is there a way to fix that?

My Answer:
What you are experiencing is viewfinder parallax error. The viewfinder sits over the lens, and doesn't exactly display what the lens sees. Normally, with most subjects, you don't really see this effect causing a problem. The subject is usually far enough away from the camera that the difference in the higher position of the viewfinder from the lens isn't noticeable. However, the closer you get to the subject, the more pronounced the effect. So when you are trying to shoot a glass on a table, that is only a few feet away, you need to compensate for the viewfinder offset by slightly tilting the camera up.

Parallax in a normal scene is not a problem.

But when the subject is close to the camera, then parallax error can be a big problem.
 

 

In order to compensate for Parallax error, you have to adjust how you frame the photo in the viewfinder.

If you are shooting with a Holga 120 or 135, you will also have to compensate for the fact that the viewfinder sits to the left of the lens. This means that to compensate, you will have to slightly tilt the camera to the left if you are shooting a subject that is very close to the camera.