Cell Phone Camera to the Rescue
On a recent occasion when I was out shooting just for myself I was on a mission to simply shoot some black and white images with one of my vintage 35mm film cameras. I was traveling light and it was the only “real” camera I had with me. I sat down on this park bench to take a break and this seed pod laying on the bench next to me caught my eye. I knew right away that I wanted a color photo of the scene and so the camera in my phone saved the day.
Studebaker and the City
Today’s image is scan of a print I made the other week with my beloved 1974 vintage folding Polaroid SX-70. The forty years of dust that has accumulated inside of the camera (that I refuse to clean for artistic reasons) is what gives these prints their beautiful vintage look.
A Quiet Afternoon
I’m back to posting more of my recent film images. Today’s image is from a scanned 35mm black and white negative.
True Grit
This is a scan of a 35mm negative I shot the other week that exhibits an extreme grain pattern. I have decided that I like the effect in this particular composition.
Film Noir
When it comes to personal work I have been shooting good old-fashioned analog film a lot lately. Way more than digital. Almost all black and white and all with a variety of antique cameras: medium format, 35mm, and Polaroid. I finally had some time yesterday to scan several weeks worth of negatives and Polaroid prints so for the next week or two I will be posting some of the highlights here for you. Today’s entry was taken with a medium format camera at dusk in the park near where I live.
Big Chief
Fuji Velvia slide film again – this time I deliberately underexposed by a stop to super-saturate the sky.
More Film
I posted images captured on film during my recent workshop in New Mexico all last week. I still have many more nice images on film that I made with the 3 film cameras I was using. (I used 6 cameras altogether on the trip, 3 film and 3 digital) For the time being I am continuing to post more of those images on film. This was made on medium format TMX 400 black and white film.
Aspens in the Afternoon
This was taken on Fuji Provia film using my 1966 Mamiya camera. I bought it used 27 years ago. I love to shoot black and white film with it and in all those years this is only the second time I’ve put a roll of color film in that camera. I think I’m going to shoot a lot more now.
Lost in Time
My week of posting only images taken on film continues with another 35mm Fuji Velvia slide that I shot a few weeks ago while guiding my photo tour.
The Glass is Way More Than Half Full
Today’s image was taken with medium format Kodak TMAX black and white film.
