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.

lost southeast asia photos

Found some other photos I neglected to upload. These are from my Southeast Asia trip. I also scanned a good amount of my negatives from the trip that can be found here.

Traffic in Bangkok, Thailand. The skytrain can be seen above.

This cow was grazing in Duc Hoa, Vietnam, just outside of Ho Chi Minh City.

From a trip on a row boat around Ha Long Bay, in northern Vietnam.

One of the many islands in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

A beach in Sihanoukville on the coast of Cambodia.

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.