Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

An interesting clip from 'Playboy's Parties Behind the Scenes' VHS tape. Nude girls get lingerie airbrushed and painted on them by makeup artists as they get ready for the big party. The late Hugh Hefner make an appearance near the end of the clip to inspect the work. NSFW Playboy Parties Behind The Scenes Body Makeup VHS Clip : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

You got any reels OP? Still photos are one thing and moving pictures are another. ...and vice versa. Do you have any ideas for films you want to make or do you just want to be a hired gun?

That is great! Keep us informed how the project goes. I was working on a film about an old yodeler / DJ / audio archivist. Could only work with him 2 or 3 times a month for a few hours at a time. I started to get some footage, then virus hit. Tried to restart with him 1-1/2 years later and by then his mind was shot and it was too late. Sometimes we just don't get a 2nd chance. To update the OP. I didn't take the photo. It was from his eBay listing and used under auspices of Fair Use.

Yesterday's office... Irving Klaw, pinup king in the 1950s and 60s.

This is the late film collector Dennis R. Atkinson. Over the past couple of years I would buy films from him on eBay, the ones I could afford anyway. He had lots of rare things as well as a tremendous amount of film history in his brain. I used to write him periodically to ask him to write down some of that history so I could archive it. Or for him to let me interview him via phone for some oral history recordings. It was always the same answer NO. I told him I'd be glad to buy some history or ephemera from him to donate to the I.A., even scans...same thing...NO. Well, he died a few months ago and all that film history died with him. If you know someone that has some history within them that needs preserving, keep after them and try to get what you can. Then put it on the I.A. or make a film about them.

I don't think employers care about overwork because there is a endless supply of grunts always coming up to replace the overworked. Now maybe the big names have some pull with their working conditions, but everyone else it is either do or die. That is how it is in many non film jobs. For instance. When I was a kid we had 3 trashmen. 1 to drive the truck and 2 to load. Then we had 2 trashmen. 1 to drive and 1 to load. Now we got 1 trashman he drives and he gets out to load. I talked with a therapist. She told me the company she works for won't give her much for a raise as she already makes their top end limits. She said they try to find things to fire people making top end $$ and they can hire kids out of school for a lot cheaper. They can hire 2 kids for almost the same price as 1 long time worker making maximum salary. And they only hire for 32 hours a week so and call it part time, so no benefits. That is just how it is nowadays. Lots of people to fill jobs and they don't have much pull unless very specialized and in high demand. Still photographer Bruce Mc Broom & Peter Sellers on the set of Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Photographer: Unknown

Master Deakins on the set for the first time.

I posted this same thread to a photo forum. Someone chimed in and sent in a photo of a 2 wheel handcart. It is for moving heavy boxes with. I guess he missed the mark on what this thread was about. The cart is not for moving heavy things, it is for 'buying square inches' for temp work.

I wrote to this gal Mireya Salinas, sending her a RPPC of her doing work at George Eastman House from a George Eastman photo. On the card I asked her what sort of camera she was using on her copy stand. Never got a reply...but is that a surprise in 2021? Do you have any idea if it is a camera? And if so what is it? In the old days, fountain pens and stationary were big deals. In WW2 you had to have a permit to buy or rent a typewriter. Rationing was the problem. Carbon paper was also big back then, along with onionskin paper if you needed copies of your correspondence. No copy machines. Carbon copy on onionskin paper Selection from WW2 Rationing Archive GD, nowadays people can't be bothered with a simple 'F off' email. Just terrible. Someone I complained to told me maybe she thinks I'm a stalker!

I have a lot of areas I work in….photography – audio – video – cine’ film – print archive. And within these areas there are hundreds of sub-areas I work in. I could never get much of this work done if I didn’t multitask. Now, I don’t like to multitask, but it is what it proverbially is. I got no help, so it is either I multitask and get more done or I don’t multitask and get very little done. But depending on the work I’m doing, I have to be careful with distractions, even momentary ones. Full story... The Joys of Multitasking – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II (home.blog)

And what about smaller 16mm productions? How good is the quality of the video produced?

OK, thanks. I found another tape with the exact same issue, but it was throughout the tape. It was a 'free vhs tape given from an Adam and Eve adult products sales promotion. It was a 30 minute tape of rehashed adult material. So sounds about right...nobody cared about it.

Very creative work...really beautiful! Looked at it a few times. Only thing that hit me rough was the opening shot going into the TV. I thought it would have come across better if it zoomed in closer to the TV screen before making the transition. But it was still OK as-is. And really these type of nitpicks need to be compared real time. Maybe a closer edit might not look as good. Just have to see it. Send in some more of your work!

Standing Wolf, from another forum where I posted this thread added this reply... Popeye did appear in a Betty Boop cartoon in 1933, and that WAS his first animated film debut, but he'd been the star of the funny papers' 'Thimble Theatre' since 1929.

Thanks Simon, that really dials the date in.

I stopped wearing masks in the Spring when the state took them off the mandatory list. Recently got tested for covid antibodies to see if I have any built-in defense. I have no antibodies and never got the vaccine. Fall is coming and covid or whatever the current virus du jour is, is rising; so mask season may come around again as the state goes back to mandatory masks.I've been using new / old stock Henry Schein procedure masks for dentists from 1998 made in USA. (Yes, America used to make masks.) I found a couple hundred new masks I had in storage and had been using them. I used to buy the masks by the case when I worked in demolition. There were cheap enough so you could change them every few hours if you needed to. For heavy dirt I used 3M N95's, but back then they were not called N95's.All the Chinese surgical masks I've tried look similar to this vintage 1998 mask, but you can't breath through the material. Consequently you end up breathing in unfiltered air sucked in from the sides of the mask. In other words the Chinese masks I've tried are just for show. To test surgical masks for filtering, form a seal around your lips with the mask material as you suck in air through your mouth. If you can't breath through the mask material...there you go...you got a decorator model!Since the USA does not seem to make any surgical masks, I'm hoping that someone in China or elsewhere makes a decent filtering mask. I hate wearing N95 masks all the time. Any suggestions for masks you can actually breath through?

I offer free transfer of Betamax and VHS to DVD. Only catch is if it has to be something I can use in my Archive and you share the material with me for non-commercial use. The good part is I have a huge range in scope for my Archive, so it doesn't hurt to ask if I am interested in the subject matter. You pay shipping both ways and get a DVD copy of your tape, which is returned. Tapes submitted have to be clean and not a mess. Here are a few example examples of my VHS transfers. Internet Archive Search: Cynthia Plaster Caster VHS Special Features Internet Archive Search: Mel Blanc VHS Clip From Strictly GI NSFW Internet Archive Search: 'Baby Fat' Clip Wild Bill Huge Bust Workout VHS Internet Archive Search: Death Row VHS Trailer teoli Write direct if interested: w1000w@aol.com Dan

It is noteworthy as it was the first Popeye cartoon where Popeye doesn't eat his spinach. I wonder what Mae West thought about her guest appearance? Internet Archive Search: Clips From Popeye Never Kick A Woman 1936 Max Fleischer made Betty Boop prior to Popeye. Popeye appeared in a Betty Boop cartoon and due to his popularity evolved into his own series. It was said 90 million people a week out of the then population of 120 million people in America went to a movie at least once a week. Cartoons were shown at movie theaters prior to the main feature. The cartoons were intended for everyone, so were not kiddy oriented. Back then, other than live entertainment, all you had was radio, Victrola and movies for entertainment. So movies were a big deal. The voice of Olive Oyl as well as Betty Boop was Mae Questel. She was also Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Maybe static is the wrong word, that is just what I call it. (If it is called something else let me know.) I've got a collection of VHS screens with various static on them. Having a VHS archive, I document everything VHS...even the static. Most static I see are variations on a theme and usually at the end of the video where there is no picture. But this static was different. This is a short clip of 2 nude girls with intermittent wide gray static lines and an intermittent green / magenta color shift. The wide lines cover +/- 80% of the left of the screen. The static started at the last 1/3 of a 1 hour tape and is fairly regular intermittent. The first 2/3 of the tape shows no lines like this. The tape may have been a dupe tape or the rear end of a tape was cut off. I say this because there is no ending, just an abrupt stop in mid action and rewind. It was a commercial video rental tape. I removed the sound to make it more focused. Sound was normal before removal, even in the static prone part of the video. nsfw Internet Archive Search: VHS Static Wide Lines 1 Do you know what caused this type of static on this VHS tape?

I'd think zone focus would produce poor results for film work. I do a tremendous amount of zone focus work, but it is with candid still photos and not with filmmaking. With still work, I don't use hyperfocal distance; I use the best guestimate of the distance the image will be shot at. If I think the subject is at 3-1/2 feet, why should I use an 8 or 10 foot hyperfocal setting?? If they are actually at 4 feet , then 3-1/2 feet is closer than 10 feet to the right distance. With infrared flash still photography is all zone focused. You can't see anything on the screen in the dark with an IR still cam shooting with flash. Weegee used to talk about press photogs doing the standard 10 foot shot. They would keep their press camera set for 10 feet and be ready for anything...kinda!

Yesterday's office... Still photographer Bruce Mc Broom & Peter Sellers on the set of Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 1980 Photographer: Unknown

If you are short on time, don't make a big deal of it. Walk around with a pocket cam or cell phone and grab what you think is noteworthy. Just make sure it is decent for archival purposes. Many times I archive on the fly. I'm at a presentation so I record audio, stills or video. I'm already there, so why not? Things like that. Make it fit your schedule.

Yes, very impressive. Do they use a computer to map out any movements or is it always done by operator live?

https://archive.org/search.php?query=Fuller+%26+D%27+Albert+Industrial+Photo+Catalog Great time capsule. Tons of stuff. Densitometry, seamless, backdrops, register boards, darkrooms, cine', nitrogen burst. 3 volumes. Has index in each volume, but end part is unpaginated. I suggest you download. Makes it lots easier to view, plus it is sequential order that way. Plus I.A. banned me once and all was lost. Only by a fluke did it get restored. At least you got it via download. If the forum wants to put this in 'books' section fine by me. But figured they can do it as it is old and not a book so much.

I was interested in finding out how water resistant dye based inkjet prints are. I had some extra well aged dye based inkjets sitting around that were for sun testing and used one of them. They were aged about 2 years. After about 10 hours in the water the dye bleed noticeably into the white print border and water. I think you could use dye based inkjet prints for darkroom shoots. But if the shooting dragged on too long you may have some issues with dye based prints. You would just need a few dupes of each type you used. And I don't know if things would be that critical with a darkroom shoot anyway. You would be doing quick shots in low light. I will put photos of the dye inkjet prints tested in water at the link I posted previously when I get a chance. Just for the record...Eastman Kodak dye transfer prints start to lose dye noticeably within 30 minutes of water submersion. Within 24 hours a dye transfer print submerged in water is about 70% gone. IBT Dye Transfer film is more water resistant. I don't have the notes in front of me, but from what I recall it took a few days for noticeable dye loss in water.