going historical

I've recently come across some older photographs and slides. Part of this sign are 440 slides taken in Germany and France during the early 1940's. This is during World War 2, although looking at the photos you wouldn't be able to tell that a war was going on. I'm currently in the process of cleaning the glass carriers, and trying to find replacements for the few broken ones. Then I'll start the process of scanning and uploading them.

I also found 8 old family portraits taken at the turn of the last century. I can't be positive with the identity of everyone in the photos, but I'm fairly certain they are of my great great grandparents. They are albumen prints on cardboard. I have created a new Flickr account to post all of these found photographs and slides, and named it going historical. I haven't had a chance to go through all the photographs and slides I've found, so I've got plenty of material that might find it's way onto Flickr. For now check out these turn of the century portraits of my family. There are descriptions under each photograph on the Flickr page.

polaroid

My acquisition from the suitcase of inherited cameras is a Polaroid Land Camera 250. The negative battery cable was broken, but after an easy battery mod it was working again. It's taken a bit of playing around to get the exposures right. It still has a tendency to underexpose, but I think I have a hack worked out. This second shot is a darkroom print from my Canon FTb. I've had this camera for almost a year now, but don't think I've posted anything from it yet. This was taken in Golden Gate Park.

burning man continued

Below are the rest of my Burning Man photos. The first five are scans from prints, the rest are scans from negatives. You can see the first set here.

burning man

Here are my first Burning Man prints. These were taken on a camera I found at a sidewalk sale a photography store nearby had. I really wanted to shoot medium format at Burning Man, but did not want to risk roughing up my Autocord. It is a Balda Gloria made in 1934 in Dresden, Germany. This folder shoots 6x9 medium format (120) film. The bellows had a few pinholes in them, but nothing some RTV sealant couldn't fix. The trickiest thing on this camera is that there is no focus. You simply estimate the distance to your subject, and set the lens to that. Luckily I found this site and made my own paper rangefinder.

italia

These have been sitting on my hard drive for months. From a trip to Italy I took back in May. All of these are from Rome.

Inside Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

Taken in Rome, Italy from the steps of the Capuchin Church of the Immaculate Conception. I highly recommend checking out the Capuchin Crypt. Sadly photography was not allowed inside.

Looking down from the window of our Bed and Breakfast in Rome, Italy as the sun was setting.

Sant' Ivo Alla Sapienza

Sfera con Sfera inside the Vatican courtyard.

Next up, Burning Man prints.

train east

Finally got photos from my train trip out to Chicago uploaded. You can view the set here on Flickr. I've also created a set of my favorite shots.

developing my own film

Decided to take a dark room class. Haven't started printing yet, but did develop my very first roll. This is a large set, so click here for all the photos.

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vehicles and performers

Some shots taken in San Francisco. Just got back from a trip and have 6 rolls I need to develop.

1/500@f/6.3
Summitar 5cm f/2

1/500@f/4.5
Summitar 5cm f/2
See this on Flickr

1/500@f/4.5
Summitar 5cm f/2

1/500@f/3.5
Summitar 5cm f/2

1/500@f/4.5
Elmar 3.5cm f/3.5

Taken with a Leica IIIc. Film is Ilford HP5+, scanned with an Epson V500 and minor edits done in Lightroom.

desolate

1/100@f/12.5
Taken along a railroad line in Sonoma County, California.

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Taken along a railroad line in Sonoma County, California.

1/200@f/6.3
Chinatown in San Francisco on a very rainy day.

1/100@f/12.5
At the San Francisco Art Institute overlooking North Beach.

1/100@f/12.5
A bridge in Yosemite Valley

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Forecast said it was going to be raining. No mention of snow.

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Near Yosemite. The main road had just as much snow on it.

All photos taken on Kodak BW400CN and were scanned with an Epson V500 with minor edits done in Lightroom.

photography

It's been a while since I've updated here. I've been mostly focused on my project over at Flux 53. If you're in the bay area come stop by and check us out. I have been taking a great deal of photographs over the past few months. Here's a select few. To see more, check out my Flickr.