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, August 22, 2020
Friday, August 21, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020
View camera shot
I have shot with many formats and the view camera, large format, was always a delight. I still have a Burke and James 4X5 view camera with 22 inch bellows and an Ektar 105 mm F 5.6 lens. I loved to fool around with the tilt and shift and other features of the camera. A plate held only two negatives and you saw the image up side down. It was slow and each shot had to count. I'm not going to comment on the complicated developing aspects. Those were happy days indeed.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Due caffè
In Italy you do not say espresso, you simply say caffè; it's understood that you want an espresso. Also a macchiato is not a big deal. It's an espresso with a little steamed milk. It actually costs se same as a plain espresso. The idea of a double espresso is typically American. The bigger the better. The land of the super sized. As you can see, the espresso is usually corto or lungo meaning short or long. I prefer it as corto as possible. The design on the macchiato was a sign of affection on the part of the barista. After all the cucécé caffè is owned by distant relatives but very close friends. I really miss my Castellammare del Golfo.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Vincent Gardenia
I photographed Vincent Gardenia back in 1992 in his home in Bensonhurst Brooklyn.. It was for an Italian magazine. I was shooting while the writer interviewed him. The man was very attached to his neighborhood in Brooklyn. He said that he could live anywhere but he loved his home where people looked out for him. A wonderful person and a very fine actor.
Monday, August 17, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020
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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...