It turns out that it’s possible to develop film in a mixture of instant coffee, washing soda and vitamin C. This is, to me, amazing. Here’s the recipe.

12 oz. water

5 teaspoons instant coffee crystals

3 1/2 teaspoons washing soda

1/2 teaspoon vitamin C powder

Dubbed cafenol (its a geeky photochem joke), the developer is used just like a regular developing solution, only you can make it by raiding the kitchen cupboard (apart from the instant coffee, of course. We know you all have French presses and espresso machines). You will still need a real fixer solution to deactivate the light sensitive materials, and you’ll need to take the same care in loading the film into a developing tank as you would if using regular ol’ Perceptol, but the results are surprisingly good.

Cafenol will turn any film into a black and white negative, similar in effect to cross processing (developing a slide film in color print film chemicals, for example), and you’ll still want to keep the extractor fan running. Despite the ingredients, this mixture is foul smelling. Photojojo:

Holy frijoles! How can things that smell like coffee, nothing, and nothing combine to smell like grim death?

Also, don’t drink it. One thing about this hack that isn’t surprising is that there is a Flickr group dedicated to cafenol photos. And it goes without saying that if you do try this at home, post your results to the Gadget Lab Flickr pool.

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It’s Back! More photos to keep your imagination at full speed. In additon, some photos from the joy of dog ownership with with Mia Bella. More photos after the jump.

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There is nothing like helping someone in need. I helped an uncle of mine rebuild the deck on his house for 12 hours today and will be there for at least another Saturday. It was hard labor that is not often seen by these hands because I am usually behind a computer! It was nice to break away and soak in the sun in-between the recent So Cal rainstorms.

We have recently updated the Envee Apparel Shop (http://shop.EnveeApparel.net) with some new images from the recent photo shoot. The look book will be up soon. Enjoy.

Look forward to a website look refresh and more freebies with orders soon!

Anders Bergh has been working as independent photographer since 1993, with his own studio in the heart of Copenhagen. During this time, he worked with several international brands and advertising agencies, such as BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi, Bates, Euro Rscg and Bark CPH.

Portfolio: http://www.bergh.dk/

Hughes Lawson Photography recently took some nice photos of Kanye West and his team. See more photos after the jump.

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Ah how the rain inspires. I  had a little fun with the Nikon D80 today and took some fun shots in the rain.  Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head… enjoy. More pictures after the jump. Look forward to some of these crazy nature color combination’s for the next collection. What is your favorite color combo?

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We have started a Envee Apparel Flickr account to share Envee Apparel with the world in a new way. We will be adding some of our product photos as well as old fashioned good photography. Click the logo below for our photostream. If you ever get lost and cannot find our Flickr account, there is a button on the right hand side of our blog of the Flickr logo that will bring you to our page. Enjoy.

Here are some exclusive photos to keep you imagination going. Just a small flurry of travel shots.

What do you do after becoming one of France’s highest-paid male models? You become a fashion photographer, of course. Or that’s what Robert Jaso did, anyways, and by looking at the fruits of his work, we think his change of career was a wise choice.

The Slovakia-born Jaso who moved to France with his family at the age of five and fell into the fashion world by accident when he was spotted by a booker This started a successful 10-year stint in front of the cameras. A decade is a quite some time for a model, so when Jaso was looking for a change and something with more longevity, photography seemed like the next obvious step in his career. Having already had such an amazing first-hand look into how the fashion industry works, Jaso then spent several years working on and refining his own signature style that can now be seen in magazines around the world.

Still based in Paris, but being sent to all corners of the globe to work on various campaigns and shoots, he currently spends most of his time working for Italian Vogue.

With a passion for creating stories and a keen interest in all things technical and aesthetic, Jaso creates carefully constructed images that are strong and beautiful with a hint of quirkiness. By Brendan McKnight.

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As reported earlier, mashing the world of art with music, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D. were involved in a cover project for Complex Magazine, with both covers featuring artwork provided by REAS and KAWS respectively. Along with the release of both covers, Complex has featured a few videos with a behind the scenes view of how it all went down.

Alan Jaras is a British artist that has created these awesome photographs using light as the subject. He takes the light’s patterns, which come through a transparent object and captures the images on 35mm film without a lense (he uses the transparent object instead), and gets the light to pass through colored filters. This is what creates the brilliant light effects that resemble cosmic entities.

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Just launched this afternoon, the new online portfolio of dutch street photographer Erik Borst, amazing work. Website by interactive designer Sanne Wijbenga. Go see for yourself…

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Ever considered broadcasting your life live on the internet? Yeah, me either. But if you did, you’d need a pretty fancy setup to have a camera rolling and transmitting at all times. Well, that’s just what the Porta2030 is.

The Porta2030 is essentially a small backpack that has a camera on the front, a battery pack, a USB hub, and an SD drive built in. You can sneakily take pictures from your chest with it or link it up to the web to send video and photos out live, if you so desire. Personally, I prefer regular cameras with viewfinders and all that jazz, but that’s just me.

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Japanese photographer Yone is set to present his work to the American public this weekend. In some aspects, Yonehara Yasamasa embodies the same characteristics of another popular Western photographer, Terry Richardson with their liberal photographic style and subjects. One of his most recent projects included an extensive pictorial journey with Aki Hoshino on the book Sneaker Lover. With previous campaigns including Casio G-Shock, Staple Design and American Apparel, LA Confidential will add to a growing list of accomplishments. The event thrown by House of Cassette and Mighty Printing will take place Saturday, May 17th. Due to what we assume is ample amounts of alcohol and the mature content on hand, the event is for attendees over the age of 21. More details can be seen below.

LA Confidential: Yone Solo Photography Exhibit
Saturday May 17, 2008
7:00 pm – 12:00 am
Cassette 523
523 North Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
RSVP: rsvp@houseofcassette.com

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