I havent been shooting much film at all the last couple of years, but I brought my Arca Swiss 4x5 Field Camera out for a long weekend. This is Dohara Falls and Shrine, taken on a 135mm APO Schneider and Kodak Ektar 100.
I havent been shooting much film at all the last couple of years, but I brought my Arca Swiss 4x5 Field Camera out for a long weekend. This is Dohara Falls and Shrine, taken on a 135mm APO Schneider and Kodak Ektar 100.
Ryan
So beautiful. That lens you used, my great uncle had a hand in making.
Sadly I am shooting digital most of the time these days. I really do prefer shooting LF though. I did promise myself I would try to get out more this year with film gear.
Thanx!
Ryan
rattymouse wrote:
Ryan, I have been to Japan 7 times. It is a spectacular country. I'd spend myself into bankruptcy buying film if I lived there.
I've been revisiting and reworking some older film images this last month. Here are three more. One is Nathan East and his brother James, both bass players, shot on Plus-X, demonstrating just why I liked that film so much. Second is a sunrise shot from Mono Lake, shot with a 90mm Super Angulon on 4x5 EktaPan, another long defunct emulsion that was not only a favorite, but one of the most versatile films Kodak ever made. It was actually a better copy film than Kodak Professional Copy Film. It was also great at making black and white internegs. It had one of the richest tonal ranges of any black and white film I ever used. Third is an RFP shot that I think I did for Alfred Music Publishing, but I really don't remember. Always like it, but more so now.
Peter Figen wrote:
I've been revisiting and reworking some older film images this last month. Here are three more. One is Nathan East and his brother James, both bass players, shot on Plus-X, demonstrating just why I liked that film so much. Second is a sunrise shot from Mono Lake, shot with a 90mm Super Angulon on 4x5 EktaPan, another long defunct emulsion that was not only a favorite, but one of the most versatile films Kodak ever made. It was actually a better copy film than Kodak Professional Copy Film. It was also great at making black and white internegs. It had one of the richest tonal ranges of any black and white film I ever used. Third is an RFP shot that I think I did for Alfred Music Publishing, but I really don't remember. Always like it, but more so now....Show more →
I had a blitz of street-art photography on 13 April when in Melbourne, Victoria.
I used a Fuji GA645 loaded with Portra 160 and a leica M2, first loaded with home-rolled FP4+ and then with a cheapish (compared with most other stock) Agfa Vista 200. I haven't developed my FP4+ yet however I received the link to my scanned colour prints today. I'm super-impressed (again) with the quality of Portra 160 and the resolution of the GA645 lens.
Some samples to follow, with all of the images I took loaded into the same Flickr albums, should anyone want to view more:
Voigtlander Nokton 35 f1.2 v1 (purchased the day after I sold my P6x7 body...of course the lens cost more but was at a bargain price) street-000065580020 by David McI, on Flickr
lenticular11 wrote:
You must have had an amazing career Peter, judging from the photos you post and the stories behind them.
Lenticular - I've had a pretty good run, but I hope it's not over yet. Still have a lot to say and do in regards to making images. I'm working on a new web site now and there will be regular background stories - at least the ones I can tell - about different shoots over the years. Weirdly enough, I've been getting more and more back to doing what I did when I started - shooting musicians, and there are a lot of them in southern California. The pay isn't great, but I get to do pretty much what I want and we all have a great time doing it.
A shot that I always sort of liked in color, but when I was re-working this black and white just seems so much more classic for this subject and location. Rob Quist is musician out of Kalispell, Montana and this was in his front yard. Or side yard. Or whatever. How many of us have that for a yard and plenty of room to park his tour bus.
Yes, two lights. Either a softbox or umbrella to the right and then either a hard light or an extra small softbox kicking in from the left. And since this was shot on an FE-2, I probably went up to the max 1/250th flash sync to drop the background down in value. But those details are a little fuzzy at this point.
Peter Figen wrote:
Yes, two lights. Either a softbox or umbrella to the right and then either a hard light or an extra small softbox kicking in from the left. And since this was shot on an FE-2, I probably went up to the max 1/250th flash sync to drop the background down in value. But those details are a little fuzzy at this point.
