(6x6) Blog » Technology http://blog.taitsimpson.com 6x6 is the blog of editorial and commercial photographer Tait Simpson. Brooklyn, New York creating artistic environmental portraits and landscape images. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:05:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Resurrection of Polaroid? http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2009/05/the-resurrection-of-polaroid/ http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2009/05/the-resurrection-of-polaroid/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 17:13:12 +0000 tait http://blog.taitsimpson.com/?p=279 I saw a curious post on the New York Times photo blog Lens (which if you haven’t checked it out yet, is really quite slick) about the possible revival of Polaroid film, with a link to a full article also from the NYT, about former Polaroid workers trying to bring back instant film. The possibility is very exciting, especially for those of us in the photographic community that appreciate historical, non digital processes. It appears they are focusing on film for the SX-70, but I’ll just keep my fingers crossed that someday in the not too distant future there may be a revival of the sheet films. Here are couple of my favorite polaroids from the archive:

Untitled
Untitled (polaroid transfer) 2004

Fan
Fan 2003

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I set out to replicate the visual impact that our previous ad had achieved, and although the subject matter and location would be worlds apart, I wanted to maintain a continuity in composition and framing that would link the two images. Once again the guys over at House did a fantastic job bringing everything together. Check out the final ad below, and for more information on just how the geniuses over at Toto achieved such a feat of engineering, read about the new products HERE.

]]> http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2008/08/totology-part-2/feed/ 1 What does 25,000 gallons of water look like? http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2008/05/what-does-25000-gallons-of-water-look-like/ http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2008/05/what-does-25000-gallons-of-water-look-like/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 21:49:14 +0000 tait http://taitsimpson.com/blog/?p=22 In case you have been asking yourself this, and as a follow up to my original post about the new Toto eco-campaign, Totology below is the final Ad itself. The campaign, conceived by Bradley Skaggs and Sam Edwards of Skaggs NYC, has just launched in print editions of finer interior design magazines around the globe and has garnered a little bit of attention. First it appeared here and later here. And for a behind the scenes look at the production of the campaign click here.

]]> http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2008/05/what-does-25000-gallons-of-water-look-like/feed/ 1 Blackle http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2008/01/blackle/ http://blog.taitsimpson.com/2008/01/blackle/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:05:30 +0000 tait http://taitsimpson.com/blog/?p=19 Lately I’ve switched my home page and search engine from Google to Blackle. Its powered by google, but the facade is black which emits less light, thereby saving a small amount of energy each time you load a new browser window. Their site calculates the approximate number of watts the site has conserved, but at this point its pretty insignificant. I bring it up, however, to encourage others to use it as well and share it with their friends. Despite how small it is, every little bit helps.

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