Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

One from the summer of 1970 with the Canon Ft and the superb Canon 50mm F1.4 FL. Shot on State street in Brooklyn. A building long gone.

Let's start the new year with deep color and pleasantries. I'm always fascinated by the so called point and shoot cameras. I will call them small cameras to distinguish them from those toy like cameras that are OK but leave much to be desired. The G-9 and the G-11 are examples of such units. On a trip they are absolutely right. They are unobtrusive, light and very capable. Ho camera hassles, no changing lenses. A trip should be enjoyable, it should not turn into a photo job. The location is Greenport Long Island on a beautiful Saturday the springtime. Speaking of which, it's not to far away.

Memories from another storm and another winter long ago. I loved my 6X6 cameras. If they could only make a digital one where one could focus on a LCD looking down like in the TLR's it would be wonderful. It would be very easy to implement. This picture was shot in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The film was Tri-X developed in Kodak D:76 full strength.

Thinking of Venice on these snow covered days. The lens was the 18-70 3.5-4.5 Nikkor kit lens. A great travel lens, light and unobtrusive. Image IQ is also great.

This was cousin Grace who lived in Washington CD or as she used to say, "in the district." To say that she was a character would be an understatement. She also had a lot of character.The lens was the 35mm F2 Summicron. The film was Tri-X developed in D-76 1:1.

These was shot by my wife Marcy with her G-9. Our poor excuse for a mayor, is more concerned about salt in the diet than in clearing the streets outside of Manhattan.

This is what the storm looks like.

When you are practically snowed in, you scan old photos. These were shot in 1971 in Kyoto, Japan with the Canon Ft and the Canon 50mm F 1.4 FL. A super lens. The film was Tri=X developed in D-76 1:1. The original print is on Kodak Polycontrast F double weight.

I'm so sick and tired of shoveling snow that I could scream. A little color please. The lens was the kit lens: the Nikkor 18-70 3.5-4.5.

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If this is what they mean by a winter wonderland, they are kidding. This is when it all turns to black and white. I was walking my dog so I used my new 16-35 F4 Nikkor.