The day of the event we gathered a crowd of just under 60 enthusiast photographers. There were people from their late 20’s right up to the mid 70’s. Some had never used a film camera and some wanted to rekindle the analog flame after 20 years of not shooting film. The […]
The Think Tank ‘Retrospective’ 5 V2.0 is a superbly designed premium quality shoulder bag. In my opinion it outclasses the similarly designed Domke by a wide margin. There are zippers only where they are needed; be it for security and/or weather sealing. The padded interior dividers can be arranged […]
Artist (Moe) on his home porch in Wakefield – Nikon F3 with Nikon 50mm 1.4. Exposure: 1/60 at f4 ‘A touch of magic’ Almost on a whim I purchased a roll each of 35 and 120 Ortho Plus. I wasn’t expecting anything exciting but always looking that ‘touch of magic’. […]
‘Something Special’ There is a unique rendering to photographs made with Multigrade enlarging papers. It’s difficult to define, maybe it’s the timeless mood or perhaps it’s the mystical feeling, or even a haunting aura… it’s certainly there for me I like this very much! Add to this, it’s super economical […]
Carpenter – 35mm 1/125 f5.6 The project is to shoot informal portraits with a wide angle and a tele lens. For this daunting assignment I’ve selected 2 superb Tamron lenses; the 70-200mm f/2.8 and the fabulous 35mm f/1.4. Both are outstandingly sharp with instant accurate focus… love them both! Eyes […]
Here’s 35mm HP5 PLUS image shot at a whopping ISO 10,000 I could have made this shot at ISO 400. But very much wanted a low key nostalgic mood which is imparted by this exposure/processing technique. Please note, this not for a composition with predominant middle greys (zones 4-5). I […]
An (almost) non-biased review of the Tamron SP 35mm f1.4 Di USD lens. A 35mm lens has historically been my go-to choice as a photojournalist. It renders a natural perspective of my subject while establishing the setting… ‘who and where’. The f2 Summicron pared with an M series Leica was […]
1/2000 at f2.8 I could spend hours at this keyboard waxing away about my experiments, tests, those of others, quotes from all sorts of books, advice from the photo pundits, the online stuff etc. etc. and in the end, I’d only have contributed to the confusion. When I was shooting […]
This odyssey began on a hot summer afternoon in 1966 when as youthful and green Ottawa newspaper shooter I visited the Ottawa Mission for Men. Rudi Wolf, the chief photographer, suggested I give this a try on my day off, not for the newspaper. I was truly scared – fully […]
ROCKING THE TRAY! My journey with photography began as a child while spending wondrous hours with my father, a gifted portrait photographer, in his darkroom in the amber glow of the safe lights. It was astonishing to watch an image blossom to life in the developer, sometimes I even got […]
