MANHATTAN – I took pictures of film cameras today, since I’m shooting film on days when I have the time I thought you might be interested in what a film camera looks like.
Day 3770 of one photograph evey day for the rest of my life.
On this date ten years ago (day 118 of one photo every day): Blizzard.
MANHATTAN – From the roof of our building.
Day 3769 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day exactly nine years ago (day 482 of one photo every day): Film, looking up at night.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Shooting film in my Hasselblad XPan panoramic camera.
Day 3768 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date four years ago (day 2307 of one photo every day): GCT and the Chrysler Building. Shooting infrared at night.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Back to digital in bad weather in Connecticut.
Day 3767 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date exactly 8 years ago (day 845 of one photo every day): lipstick building.
MANHATTAN – More work with film today. I’ve purchased on ebay a Hasselblad XPan camera. This remarkable device, which dates I believe to the 1980s, shoots a panoramic 1:3 (roughly) aspect ratio on 35mm film. It was actually made by Fuji and branded Hasselblad outside of Japan, with excellent Carl Zeiss glass.
The XPan was the in the final generation of film cameras, so it’s actually highly automated and a pleasure to use. I’ve been sorting through film and developer choices and have been refining my technique for converting to digital, finally standardizing on a reasonable effective workflow. Developing and scanning adds about two hours to my daily photo workflow, so I only shoot film on those rare days when I’m comfortable that I have the time to process it.
Shooting film leads me back to the craft of photograph; I’m revelling in it.
Day 3766 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date nine years ago (day 479 of one photograph every day): Warren CT.
MANHATTAN – A glass bowl. This may be too obviously an image shot in photo-a-day desperation. Shot with my iPhone.
Day 3765 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day nine years ago: Ice storm.
MANHATTAN – Shooting in the neighborhood with my Sony A7riv.
Day 3764 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date nine years ago (day 477 of one photo every day): Bad storm.
