Week 5 has me still playing with the Yashica Mat. I’m having a tuff time with compositions, as you can see on some with the horizon line. It takes getting used to, but i’m getting there… Once again I used Ilford HP5 400. I am really enjoying this format, and the Yashica Mat. The last…
As I described in my first 52 Rolls post of 2017, I plan to slow things down a little this year. After last year’s excesses, I hope that by leaving time between the taking of the picture and choosing what to show, I’ll not be tempted into posting the pictures that might have been difficult or…
I finally took a few shots with a Scheider 210mm lens I bought off a friend a while back. I just love the shallow DOF, and its a longer lens than the few stock lenses I have for my Speed Graphics. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring a loupe, so some of the shots weren’t so…
Playing with toys. Pics from my Bell & Howell BF ( Big Finder) 35 plastic thrift store special with 35mm fixed focus F8 aperture. $1.50 US. My wife found a similar grey plastic B&H camera except with a 28mm lens and F11 aperture. BTW – hers is available from the Film Photography Project store. We…
Got a chance to borrow a gorgeous Rolleiflex SL66 X over the holidays, my first encounter with medium format. I really enjoyed the square format and the amount of care the camera forced me to take. These photos are from a day trip to Cheung Chau, a small island in Hong Kong. Shot on Portra…
We have a small group of photographers in my town, largely sharing images on a private Facebook page. We photographers are largely lone wolves. I finally cobbled together a “meet-up” for acquaintance outside of cyber-space. We had a wonderful time, shared some Lightroom tips, had some pizza and drinks. Lisa Greany Raiola told of her pending…
A few hundred kilometers south along the coast the ocean gets a little icier with deep cold currents from Antarctica, and along with golden rocks and beaches, the colour of the sea changes to a beautiful sapphire green. Sitting between Bermagui and Tathra, lies the Mimosa Rocks National Park named after a vessel that was…
I’m introducing my Schrödinger’s Kit. That mystery camera I had mentioned in my 2017 Plans. So what is a Schrödinger’s Kit you ask? (Full credit here to TPINAC) Why did I NEED this camera? Need is a ridiculous question to ask a photographer, especially hobbiests, who often tote around more gear than professionals…… Introducing a new Camera to…
My friend Scotland found a Pentax point & shoot in the thrift store, and gave it to me to finish the roll. The batteries were dead. I think the roll had been shot, and rewound, but when I put in new batteries, it thought it was a fresh roll. I went to an all-day brunch…
I wasn’t at all sure if I’d do another year of 52 Rolls (and I’m not 100% even now), but I seem to have come to an arrangement with myself to carry on, albeit with a reduced set (self-imposed) ‘rules’.
What an amazing day! It’s estimated that over 120,000 people marched for women’s rights on January 21. And then we all ended up at Seattle Center. I shot only film with a Canon Elan7ne and a 20mm f/1.8 Sigma lens, and a random variety of film stocks. I shot about 9 rolls. When scanning, I…
I pick up a lot of interesting cameras, fix them if needed, play with them a while and then pass them on for a little extra ‘funny money’ to buy new challenges. My wife and I found a Yashica 635 dual 120/35 mm TLR at an antique store and I spent several hours cleaning and…
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