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Film Based Sports Photography?

by K. Praslowicz ~ February 21st, 2009

Today’s topic: Sports Photography!

Wait? Don’t I shoot film cameras that lack motor drives and 300mm lenses? Don’t I use crazy contraptions that won’t focus for me and often require me to stop shooting while I empty it? Yes! Yes I do! And I’m proud to say that I enjoy shooting sports with them.
I’ve come [...]

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Grandma’s Marathon Photos

by K. Praslowicz ~ June 22nd, 2008

The images that I pick as my favorite from yesterday’s shoot with slowly be filling up the Grandma’s Marathon 2008 set at my Flickr account.
For now, the first two images I’ve deemed as keepers. More will trickle in as I process the film & images.

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Grandma’s Marathon `08

by K. Praslowicz ~ June 21st, 2008

Seven hours of my feet.
18 photos with the Speed Graphic.
72 Photos with the 124G.
96 Color photos with my M3.
128 B&W photos with my M3.
Longest single outing I think I’ve ever had, and the first where I got to wear an actual badge saying “Official Photographer” and I’m surprisingly not as a sore as I expected. [...]

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Yashica!

by K. Praslowicz ~ June 17th, 2007

Remember the Yashicamat LM that I mentioned a few weeks back? Well, I went ahead and acquired a Yashicamat 124G as well, and last week I put it to some good use.
On Thursday I loaded it with some Provia 100F and stomped around the shores of Lake Superior at dusk to do some night photography. [...]

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