Recording rain on a tin roof
Contact microphones pick up far more than you expect. Mounted on the gutter, they captured the low hum of the house as much as the rain itself. Next time: a wind shield and a longer cable.
Field notes on sound and light
A small journal about field recording, film photography and the places in between.
Three rolls of expired film
Shot at box speed, two of the three rolls came out with heavy color shifts. The third, overexposed by two stops, looked almost new. Notes on development times are in the about page.
Night train, northbound
Eleven hours, two recorders and one very patient conductor. The rhythm of the rails changes every time the track was replaced; you can hear the decades.