Melissa Maples - Latest Comments

Re: Ministry of Sound – The Karma Collection

Melissa Maples — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:40:11 -0000

Me too! One of my all-time faves.

Re: Ministry of Sound – The Karma Collection

Clare Jackson3 — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:03:38 -0000

I have this cd and love it, just got it on now :)

Re: On the wall

Qaminante — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:58:51 -0000

Lovely light!

Re: A boat out of water

Corrado Risso — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:04:57 -0000

and thanks God they it is sold with the oars!!!

Re: Scanning negatives the cheapy lo-fi way

Melissa Maples — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:50:19 -0000

Fantastic! Glad to hear it worked out for you. :-)

Re: Scanning negatives the cheapy lo-fi way

Rfjuice — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:59:28 -0000

I have been scanning old negatives from around the 1920's to 1950's, most with success but some were too dark and wouldn't scan. Using your idea, I put the negative on the scanner bed, covered with glass from a picture frame, then opened my netbook to a blank word doc page (all white) and laid the open netbook screen over the glass covered picture for more light. Scanned at 2400dpi and inverted in Photoshop and fixed b/w levels and it was beautiful!!

Thanks!

Re: Discounted décor

Sara Pitt — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:26:09 -0000

Lovely.

Re: Minneapolis signs, part two

Melissa Maples — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:39:15 -0000

Oh, I'm glad you liked them, Jake! I loved Minneapolis.

Re: Minneapolis signs, part two

Jake Olson — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:35:32 -0000

Loved the photos from minneapolis! Made me homesick.

Re: Scanning negatives the cheapy lo-fi way

Melissa Maples — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:12:56 -0000

Well, you're scanning something pretty tiny, so they don't come out huge, but if you choose the highest resolution your scanner will do, you'll get a pretty big image. Even if you just scan them in at 300dpi, the resulting images will be big enough to post on the web.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! Good luck with your scanning!

Re: Scanning negatives the cheapy lo-fi way

Tsvetan Tomy Bankov — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:30:37 -0000

Thank you very much for the DIY!

I will try it, and since I'm completely new to analog photography, I will be excited no matter what. :)
What resolution do you manage to get?

Re: On the road again

Fontosaurus — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:48:39 -0000

Suh-weet. I've got the whole week after Xmas off from the office. Lemme circle-up with the wife and see what schedules look like. I'll get back to you. :-)

Re: On the road again

Melissa Maples — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:22:30 -0000

I'm here until the 29th - make it a cocktail and you're on. :-)

Re: On the road again

Fontosaurus — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:19:10 -0000

How long are you here and are we going to grab a beer?

Re: What my November days are like

Robert — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:35:29 -0000

Nice pic.I like this .Keep it up.

Re: Scanning negatives the cheapy lo-fi way

Melissa Maples — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:15:23 -0000

No, not at all - just get them done regular C41. I got mine done at a one-hour photo place.

Re: Scanning negatives the cheapy lo-fi way

Anneimz — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:08:45 -0000

em. is it necessary to get my film processed using e6 before i proceed to this ?

Re: Conversation with a fish

Melissa Maples — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:11:24 -0000

Antalya, in Turkey. :-)

Re: Conversation with a fish

Marion — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:41:50 -0000

Wo bist Du???

Re: Sitting on a September afternoon

Melissa Maples — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:41:24 -0000

Thank you, Ömer - I do have both love and appreciation for Antalya, and for all of Turkey. It's home to me and I'm glad others can see that in me. Thank you very much for your kind words.

Re: Sitting on a September afternoon

Omer — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:49:29 -0000

I've been visiting your site ever since you were posting the bizarre bazaar photos (which were hilarious and great). Now I've come to see that you have a very deep appreciation (or love?) of the place where you live. That is really so valuable and rare. I hope that it always remains with you.

Re: Sitting on a September afternoon

Melissa Maples — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:49:11 -0000

Thank you, David, that's very kind of you to say.

Re: Sitting on a September afternoon

Davidpmd — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:39:29 -0000

Your work is beautiful.

Re: Ginger tom

Melissa Maples — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:10:59 -0000

Thanks, Dan!

Re: Ginger tom

Dan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:20:32 -0000

Love this shot.