Serendipity – What I miss from the days of film.

Sometimes, I miss the hidden advantages of film in these days of digital perfection. Digital has brought many advantages to photography. Today’s cameras can work faster, are more accurate with metering and focus, and can show me the image being recorded as I’m photographing. I can eliminate mistakes and avoid errors before I’ve pressed the…

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Surprises

 And I thought I had it all figured out. I think I’m going to go back to shooting film.  I have always kept my toe in it; I still have my darkroom, processing tanks, and enlarger. I think I might make more of an effort to shoot two or three rolls a month and see…

Categories Black & White Film Leica

Film Daze

 One from the film days. Back when it was somewhat ok to photograph at the airport. I don’t think I’d dare this today.

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36 years and counting

 The image below was from my first photography class, the first roll of film I shot, and was the first print I brought out of the darkroom. George Strimbu, my dearly loved professor, looked at the image still wet in the tray and asked, “Have you ever thought of a career in photography?” Thus began…

Categories Black & White Film