Aftermath: Reactions By Strangers After Being Photographed

Sharing stories of the conversations that happen after being busted while doing street photography.

Attack of the $30 lenses - 210mm Industar-51

I recently purchased a 210mm Industar-51 large format lens for thirty dollars. These are my first impressions of its performance.

Bang! I just spent a dollar.

Ergonomic shutter release technique for hand held Speed Graphic shooting.

Duluth Classic Photos

As promised, here are my results from the Duluth Classic bike race. Full set of keepers can be viewed in this set on my flickr page.

More photos by clicking here.

Film Based Sports Photography?

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 [...]

Graflex: A Team That Can't Be Beat!

Graflex Camera ad. c. 1950

Grandma's Marathon `08

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. [...]

How Quiet Are Leica Shutters?

Testing of the noise of the Leica M3 against other focal plane shutter cameras.

Large format must be the slowest format.

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 up [...]

Look at all those bikes.

So it seems that the course for third stage of the Duluth Classic Bike Race goes right in front of where I am living. I had no clue until about 9:30 this morning when I looked out of my front window and seen a massive swarm of bikes going past.
I loaded up some [...]

The Influence of Large Format Press Cameras

Although they have been obsolete for some time, does the large format press camera still have influence over people?

Unexpected Speed Graphic Sighting

Dig deep into any of the many photography forums out on The Internets, and eventually you'll find a thread where everyone lists out of cameras which they have spotted in various films & television shows. The M3 in Coraline. Will Smith's ranegfinder in the title sequence of the Fresh Price of Bel-Air. They all get [...]

Using Side Mount Range Finders on Press Cameras

How to efficiently use a side mounted range finder on 4x5 press cameras.