And no, those are not self-inflicted wounds. At least not the type you get when you try to bleed yourself to death. She burned herself while cooking or something.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The smoking session - Take 2
A few shots on film. Then camera brakes. Switch to digital. Here's a few of the pictures I took with my Nikon D200 last Sunday. I'll have to wait till I develop the film to see the B&W versions.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sad goodbye to my Sears 35|RF
In this digital day and age it just feels good to sometimes go back to basics. It's just a whole different experience when you shoot with a good old film camera, and not completely rely on the instant gratification of a digital camera.
Yesterday, during Father's Day celebrations at my parents, I pulled out my Sears 35|RF rangefinder camera, loaded with a roll of black and white film, and took a few shots of my wife sitting on my parents doorstep, happily smoking a cigarette. Ugly vice, but there's something I like about a smoking woman captured in gritty black and white.
I managed to shoot two or three frames before the winder got stuck. Not good, thought I. For a while I couldn't even rewind the used film back into the cartridge, to at least save what frames I had already exposed, before getting all medieval on the camera and tearing it apart. In the end I was finally able to rewind the film back into the cartridge, and then open the back cover to remove it. Film cartridge safe in my camera bag, and useless -but still pretty- camera, now sitting in my little "camera museum" corner of my book case. Keeping it company are a Yashica Electro 35 GX and a Minolta XG-M, all non-functioning.
Now, the only functioning camera I have is a Bronica ETRs Medium Format camera. It's a great camera, but not exactly what you want to be carrying out on the street when you're looking for some quick shots. If you're into street photography, where the idea is to be quick to put your camera to your eye, frame and capture, if possible without your subject even noticing. You can compromise with other cameras, digital or analog, but to me the perfect street camera is a quiet rangefinder with a lens somewhere between wide and normal.
I guess it's time to hit the flea markets and look for my next rangefinder.
Yesterday, during Father's Day celebrations at my parents, I pulled out my Sears 35|RF rangefinder camera, loaded with a roll of black and white film, and took a few shots of my wife sitting on my parents doorstep, happily smoking a cigarette. Ugly vice, but there's something I like about a smoking woman captured in gritty black and white.
I managed to shoot two or three frames before the winder got stuck. Not good, thought I. For a while I couldn't even rewind the used film back into the cartridge, to at least save what frames I had already exposed, before getting all medieval on the camera and tearing it apart. In the end I was finally able to rewind the film back into the cartridge, and then open the back cover to remove it. Film cartridge safe in my camera bag, and useless -but still pretty- camera, now sitting in my little "camera museum" corner of my book case. Keeping it company are a Yashica Electro 35 GX and a Minolta XG-M, all non-functioning.
Now, the only functioning camera I have is a Bronica ETRs Medium Format camera. It's a great camera, but not exactly what you want to be carrying out on the street when you're looking for some quick shots. If you're into street photography, where the idea is to be quick to put your camera to your eye, frame and capture, if possible without your subject even noticing. You can compromise with other cameras, digital or analog, but to me the perfect street camera is a quiet rangefinder with a lens somewhere between wide and normal.
I guess it's time to hit the flea markets and look for my next rangefinder.
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