Greetings, this blog is dedicated to my life in photography. I want to make this a place to stop and relax. In the hope that this will help in these trying times
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Friday, March 1, 2019
Thursday, February 28, 2019
The magic of 120 black and white
There was a magic when shooting middle format film that can never be achieved with digital. As you may already know from past posts, my favorite 120 black and white film was Tri-X professional. It had a speed of 320 as opposed to 400 for 135 Tri-X that was also my favorite small format film. I used to develop them in Kodak D-76 full strength to reduce grain although in 120 this was not a problem. This film had a tonality that was purely magical. I'm not one of those who misses film and goes around with film cameras. I had to do too much dust and hair retouching and the chemicals were not good for my health. Film also created much pollution and waste. Sadly, digital because of it's ease of use, killed photography. Too bad but nothing lasts forever.
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Tall ships
The Columbus quincentennial was celebrated in New York in the summer of 1992. The ships from the old Soviet Union were moored on the Brooklyn waterfront. They were wonderful ships but because of the political turmoil back home the crew was very worried about their future. I was able to get on board and buy Russian cigarettes. Very strong; definitely not part of Marlboro Country. But I did manage to take some photos using color negative film that I later scanned.
Monday, February 25, 2019
Seasonal Italian comfort food
Spaghetti con salsa semplice di pomodoro |
Pizza di patate e zucchine |
Minestra di ceci e verdure |
Trinche di maiale con mele |
With winter still showing it's stuff, one way to alleviate it's discontents is with comfort food. I've been cooking a lot during this period of mourning. These are not dishes from this sad period because I do not think it appropriate to shoot food at this time. Nevertheless, I've bee doing much cooking during this period because we Italians believe that we can cure everything with good food and lots of cooking. At any rate these typical seasonal dishes warm up the body, the soul and the heart.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
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These shots were As I go through my old cd's to re burn them, I keep fingid many great shots with the S1. It always amazes me what that ...
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There was something right about the skin tones of the D 1-X. Only the Fuji S2-Pro did better. The Nikkor 35-135 F 3.5-4.5 was used.
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Yes indeed, old photos from Sicily. I will be posting new ones very soon. The above photos were shot with Tri-X and with the Canon Ft and...