After spending years running my studio and producing low-budget feature films I returned to “hands-on” shooting in 2009. It was a slow start but within a few months I was confident enough to launch this blog and in October…
When I showed up on December 4th to shoot Violent Hearts at the Loop Lounge in New Jersey USA, I was happy to find that a second band was playing – Rhode Island’s Midnight Creeps. According to the bands…
When I ventured out on December 4th to shoot stills of Violent Hearts performing at the Loop Lounge, I hastily packed a tiny bag. Inside, all analog photo gear including my ’73 Canon FTb, 50mm f1.4 lens, small strobe…
A year ago today, I was testing cameras, flashes and any “new” used equipment that I picked up on the e-bay. Properly exposed, nicely composed images were my goal. Lacking any real subject matter in order to test a…
Dwayne’s photo, the last film Kodachrome film processor in the world, announced that they will continue to process Kodachrome film til December 31, 2010. NBC’s TODAY SHOW broadcast this report: I’ve been working on a number of new photography…
The last few weeks have been great fun – experimenting with various vintage film cameras and film formats. So many possibilities…always satisfying. KODACHROME HEAVEN I’ve become a bit of a KodaKook when it comes to Kodachrome film. Since Kodak…
“Old Film Project” on Flickr.com Yashica 35-ME Camera EFKE KB21 B&W Film (expired 1977) Image shot 9/15/2009 with Canon AE-1 Program Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400 Color Print Film When Flickr member Daniel Whitman found 400 rolls of dated black…
Kodachrome Krazy In 1935 KODACHROME Film was introduced and became the first commercially successful amateur color film. In June ’09 Kodak announced the discontinuation of their most famous film. Kodachrome’s popularity peaked in the 1960s and ’70s, when Americans’…
After complaining about quality issues with my Kiron 28 – 210mm Super Zoom (for Canon FD) in previous blog postings, I decided to look through my photo notes and find additional shots using the lens. Fellow Kiron lens user…
