About fifteen minutes ago I was out doing some night photography with my Speed Graphic. The main part of the scene metered at 5:30 minutes exposure after factoring in reciprocity. The darkest parts that I wanted to register where pretty dark, so I needed to use my flash to build up some density. I opened... Read more »
Here is my new fangled idea. I haven't made a contact sheet since 2000. I have an entire binder of pseudo organized 35mm negatives from that point to the present. I want to ultimately contact print everyone and put the contact print in a page right behind the set of negatives. Its really annoying having... Read more »
Today I finally got to get some paper wet after doing the calibrations mentioned in this post. I've only ran one so far, but it is very exciting to see a strait print holding full shadow detail, and highlights, without having to do endless dodging and burning. I feel so liberated having a completely usable... Read more »
May 17th - 20th, 2007 by the numbers: 1008.8: Number of miles added to my car's odometer. 100: Number of dollars spend on take home beer which isn't available to me locally. (Westmalle, Orval, Ommegang etc. . ) 4: Number of rolls of hp5+ that my Olympus Trip 35 chewed through. 6: Estimated number of... Read more »
Say hello to the newest member of my equipment line-up, Mr. Yaschicamat LM. I picked it up this weekend at an estate sale that I crossed paths with while driving around looking for random garage sales. Everything appeared to be in great shape, and the price was right, so it has found itself a new... Read more »
I just packed up & shipped out the shutters for my 135mm & 90mm lenses to Flutot's Camera Repair. This is a good thing since as-is, they tend to not work at shutter speeds slower then 1/30th. Combine this with the fact that the focal plane shutter in my Speed Graphic hits a slowest speed... Read more »
Since I now have a few friends who have digital cameras and come on outings with me, I figure I can harvest some of their images and use them to create a journal of outings. Since this site was still in development during the last two, I never did any formal write ups, so instead... Read more »
Yup. I've actually been shooting again. Even better, I actually have a workable darkroom again, so expect some new releases, and maybe some old stuff I never released, but should have. Also expect a new website in the near future. This one is over four years old, and is a little bit tired.
