Huemaxx is now Film Foto Forever

Huemax, the High Point, NC analog/mechanical camera seller and service center, has re-branded itself as "Film Foto Forever."

They are still the same mecca for central North Carolina film photographers, and continue to be owned and operated by Ken Toda. But are now taking steps towards classes, workshops, darkroom, and studio services.

I have gotten a lot of good advice and done a lot of business with these guys over the years and am very happy to see them continuing to do what they do.

Huemaxx Film Foto Forever is located at:

2313 Geddie Pl
High Point, NC 27260

They are open Monday through Friday by appointment only.

Contact them by phone at (336) 885-2000, or email at filmfotoforever@yahoo.com

Visit their website at filmfotoforever.com

Keep up with their blog at filmfotoforever.com/blog

And, if you talk to Ken Toda, tell him mattbellphoto says "Hi!"

Outlawed Restorations

Outlawed Restorations

East Bent, NC

More photos and technical info after the jump.

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Attention Greensboro area photographers

If you are a young NC photographer, whether amateur or advance, student or seasoned pro,
I welcome you to join a small but growing group of enthusiastic photographers referring
to ourselves simply as "Production Photography."

Our goal is to bring together creative young talent for collaborative portfolio building projects,
to learn from one-another, and to benefit the city of Greensboro arts community.

Models, graphic designers, hair and makeup artists, costume and fashion designers,
fabricators, web gurus, and any other creative-types that would like to learn and contribute
are also needed and welcome.

If you are interested in joining such a group, do not hesitate to contact me through this
Flickr account, my Facebook, or at gboroproductionphotography@gmail.com.

More information can be found on the old blog here, on my blog here, and in my behind-the-scenes photo set here.

Official website and blog coming very soon.

North Carolina Aviation Museum

Mamiya C220
Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8
Kodak T-Max 400
D-76 - 7.5 minutes @ 20°C

North Carolina Aviation Museum
Asheboro, Randolph County, NC

First Week

My first week interning at the North Carolina Department of Archeology.

I've been scanning more than photographing.

They have thousands and thousands of slides going back for decades that need to be digitized and put into the database.

But It's hard to feel like I'm contributing anything knowing even if I devoted my entire internship to scanning these slides, I'd only complete a small fraction of this never ending task.

They're pretty underfunded and only have a full-time staff of two people. And I'm the only photographer right now.

I'm left on my own for the most part, scanning and photographing artifacts. It's all pretty basic object lighting stuff. But I've gotten pretty rusty lately and I'm not satisfied with anything I've shot yet.

There's a copy-light-esque setup that I've yet to learn. And I need it to speed things up.

In class I'm used to stressing over ever shot, and now I need to switch to quantity but without loosing quality.


I tend to zone out for a bit towards the end of the (working) day. And while I was dicking around I took a few DIY reversed-lens macro / tlit-swift shots using my Rebel XT and a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor lens with metal lens hood.


I'll post some of the more interesting slides soon, adding to my Flickr set of antique photos and slides.







Canon Rebel XT
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor lens
with metal lens hood