"Bush"
Frames can be found just about anywhere.
Shot with a Hasselblad 500C/M with 80 mm Carl Zeiss Planar lens on Kodak Tri-X 400 film.
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Mar 12
Nikon FA
Nikon FA
I bought a job lot of gear a few weeks ago, mainly for a Pentax 6×7 medium format outfit. Amongst the two truck loads of stuff (!), there were four Nikon bodies and a gaggle of lenses. I’ve been going through them all and renovating them one by one.
This late-eighties Nikon FA needed new light-seals, mirror bumper foam and a thorough strip-down cleaning. Looks and works great now though, and the test roll I ran though it on Saturday shows no faults!
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Mar 12
Grrr! (or Rant of the Week)
Photographers, I’m the first person to admit to the importance of having an online presence, and the need to identify your images, but please, please, please stop using those crappy script typefaces for your watermarks. I mean, you’re not fooling anyone that it’s actually handwritten, and in a lot of cases it’s simply unreadable (particularly when embelished with the inevitable drop shadow)! Plus, it just looks crap! If you do insist on using a script typeface, at least find an alternative to the few that are supplied with Windows, as watermarks using those are even more crap!
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Mar 12
Memories of Appalachia
I spent the morning at the Museum of Appalachia near Norris last weekend and found a rich variety of subject matter to point my camera at. It’s definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.
All images shot with a Leica M3 and ‘rigid’ Summicron on Fuji Neopan 400 film.
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Mar 12
“V” Is For Vase
"V Is For Vase"
Frames can be found just about anywhere.
Shot with a Hasselblad 500C/M with 80 mm Carl Zeiss Planar lens on Kodak Tri-X 400 film.
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Feb 12
Petroleum Storage Tank, Knoxville, TN
Petroleum Storage Tank, Knoxville, TN. Hasselblad 500C/M and 150mm Sonnar, Kodak Tri-X.
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Feb 12
Untitled
A continuation of the 'Intimates' series. Hasselblad 500C/M and 80mm Planar, Kodak Tri-X.
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Feb 12
Domke F6 – My Daily Grab Bag
Although I have a range of photographic gear for different tasks, the majority of what I shoot is handled by two cameras, both of which fit into a single bag that goes with me every day. It can be tempting to throw everything you own in the car just in case you need it, but the reality is that what I can fit into this little bag will take care of 90% of the subject matter that I photograph.
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Jan 12
Intimates
Few photographs of a woman are as intimate as those made in her own bedroom. The very fact that such a level of trust has been established creates a relationship between artist and subject that allows the capture of images that transcend the voyeuristic; photographs that celebrate feminine sensuality and sexuality, rather than simply exploit it. Sensitive eroticism needn’t be an oxymoron.
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then a lady’s boudoir is surely the antechamber.
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Jan 12
M3 Back From Repair!
I got my M3 back from Youxin Ye this morning. It was in for a shutter capping issue and he adjusted shutter speeds, shutter brake settings and curtain travel. Really great service too; only a week, including shipping time! Running a test roll through it soon.
**Edit** – ran a test film through the M3 this afternoon (01.27.12) and all signs of the shutter capping are gone. Even density right across the entire frame with no sign of the underexposed strip that was there before. Well chuffed!