A smurf tied up in the forest
Sometimes there are so many errors in an image that quality comes round again to being, dare I say, good? Example in case above. I had expired (more…)
Archive for the ‘film’ Category
Error Circle
May 16, 2012Sometimes there are so many errors in an image that quality comes round again to being, dare I say, good? Example in case above. I had expired (more…)
All Wrong, But Fabulous*
May 12, 2012
Pensive at the Fast Food Restaurant
These are heady times for photo gear geeks like me. The day before yesterday, Leica announced (more…)
Film Swan Song
May 8, 2012
Portrait
May 2, 2012
Carl
This is what Tri-X in the Canon F1-New and the FD f/1.2 85 mm L will do. Of course, it helps that I know the subject very well. (more…)
Step Right Up
December 4, 2011
Photographing photographers has become quite an obsession of mine
Yes, of course I take photographs on the street as well with the Leica M9. Here are some examples from yesterday’s visit to the Christmas Fair. (more…)
Black & White Portraiture with the Leica M9 and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
October 26, 2011
My father at 79
In my opinion, the forté of the Leica M rangefinder camera is the instantaneous portrait, the situational snapshot, the view from the corner of the eye frozen in time. (more…)
From NAS To DRF
October 21, 2011
A celebratory drink, unsharpened (left) and sharpened, no shadow noise at 360 ISO
Updates have been few and far apart on this site, but this is going to change. The day before yesterday, I traded in all my Nikon gear for a Leica M9 body. (more…)
Vit, mon ami!
August 13, 2011Let”s see if I can make myself understood. This is one of these Leica mysthique blogposts that is shure to cause incomprehension in modern photographers in these digital times. And it’s not even about a Leica camera or one of their fabulous lenses.
It's about a manual film transport called Leicavit M.
Get it Right the First Time
March 24, 2011
Yup, it worked.
Post updated, lead photo referred to in the text.
Inspired by a workshop with Calumet I partcipated in yesterday I have a few thoughts I’d like to share with you. The workshop had a long-winded title, but basically it was about black and white portrait photography in these modern times of digital photography. In fact, I was the only one with film in the camera. (more…)
