Crown And Flint Photo

Crown And Flint Photo Eclectic photog | Tinkerer | Sailor | Rocket Scientist | Lover of fast primes, old glass, and funky filters | Digital and Film | Frederick, MD, USA.

So what's an instant film photographer to do when presented with the opportunity to capture musicians performing in fron...
09/04/2026

So what's an instant film photographer to do when presented with the opportunity to capture musicians performing in front of green screens?
You lean into it, add some flare using a green LED & funky effects filter, and paint your own background.

Instax Supernova.I tend to do my best work when I'm playing. I need to play more.This little session gave me so many ide...
09/04/2026

Instax Supernova.
I tend to do my best work when I'm playing. I need to play more.
This little session gave me so many ideas....

After a year away from The Glow because life happens, I was thrilled to be back for The Glow 6.0!But this year I did thi...
09/04/2026

After a year away from The Glow because life happens, I was thrilled to be back for The Glow 6.0!
But this year I did things differently. I rolled up with one of my instant film rigs, started taking photos of folks, and handing them out. It was absolutely liberating. No culling, no edits, no uploads, just magic in the moment. I went through more film than I care to think about, but so many smiles and memories went home with people who came.
I only kept a handful to take home and scan, mostly of the aerial bartending. It's still such a wild thing to see.
If you're reading this and got a photo from me at The Glow that you love, drop me a note in the comments!

I had an insane… adrenaline filled weekend! The come down is willlllddd l… it was so many blessings and now time to chil...
08/24/2026

I had an insane… adrenaline filled weekend! The come down is willlllddd l… it was so many blessings and now time to chill out and a cigar and some coffee 🥰 taking inventory of how long : if my eyelashes grow back from these photos last night. 😂

This is a bokeh appreciation post. The flowers in the foreground are just a bonus.Shot on my Nikon D7200 /w 300mm f/4 AF...
08/20/2026

This is a bokeh appreciation post. The flowers in the foreground are just a bonus.
Shot on my Nikon D7200 /w 300mm f/4 AF ED.

Golden finch on the stem of a sunflower.Planting all of these glorious flowers in our front yard was Sara's idea, and I ...
08/20/2026

Golden finch on the stem of a sunflower.
Planting all of these glorious flowers in our front yard was Sara's idea, and I have been absolutely loving it.
Shot on my Nikon D7200 /w 300mm f/4 AF ED.

As a little reminder, I do still shoot digital, and enjoy it.This proud little finch was perched on an echinacea flower ...
08/20/2026

As a little reminder, I do still shoot digital, and enjoy it.
This proud little finch was perched on an echinacea flower in our front yard.
Shot on my Nikon D7200 /w 300mm f/4 AF ED.

One thing I've missed terribly about shooting with an SLR is making magic with my assortment of funky practical effects ...
08/11/2026

One thing I've missed terribly about shooting with an SLR is making magic with my assortment of funky practical effects filters. I can kinda use them with a rangefinder camera, but there's so much guesswork involved that it's not especially practical. I figured last weekend was the right time to break them out again.
They definitely behave differently on an RB67 than on 35mm digital. I'm not sure if it's the image size, the medium, the optical formulae (90mm at f/8 vs, say, 50mm at f/2), some combination of the three, or something else entirely, but I am definitely going to have to take some time to reacquaint myself with these bits of light-bending wizardry.
I had Aura & Warp by 📸 Spektrem Effects 🎞 with me that night. Warp was not doing well with so little light (which I kind of expected), but Aura did wonderfully. That first one here is my favorite shot of the night, hands down.

This little glass bird bauble hangs in a kitchen window at my folks house. It's too small to get a decent photo with any...
08/11/2026

This little glass bird bauble hangs in a kitchen window at my folks house. It's too small to get a decent photo with any of my press builds, but is no problem with an RB67 with a 90mm lens.

Last Saturday I made it out to Sandbox Brewhouse to hear some of my favorite local musicians, and had an absolute blast!...
08/11/2026

Last Saturday I made it out to Sandbox Brewhouse to hear some of my favorite local musicians, and had an absolute blast!


Last Saturday I made it out to Sandbox Brewhouse to hear some of my favorite local musicians, and had an absolute blast!


I am really loving this new Instax Square back by NONS camera. It's a solid build, intuitive & easy to use, it conforms to the RB67 body nicely, and it comes with a dark slide. It feels like Mamiya built it themselves!

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