This was late summer on Long Beach Island up in Barnegat Light, bayside. Dusk settling in and you can see the mixed lighting of a sodium vapor lamp just out of the shot. This was Fujichrome Velvia, ISO 50 film. I was shooting at the edge of what I can comfortably handhold with the Leica M, likely 1/8 or 1/4 second and F/1.4 aperture. Under a loupe, I can see some slight movement but the atmosphere makes the image for me. This was also shot on my honeymoon so there's a nice sentimental value to it as well.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
highline2
New York...a place close by really, but I don't get in as often as I'd like. I had seen references to the High Line in NYC, but had never been up there. Some great opportunities for any photographer as one can walk from 20th Street down to the Meat Packing District.
This was shot with an M8 and 35mm Summilux aspherical. Column in the foreground was a little blown out as I brought the DNG file into Capture One, but I knew I'd be able to deal with it as there was plenty of detail there. I went for a little bit of a mid range exposure to make sure I held detail and color throughout. As it was a cloudy day, it really helped as well. I like the diffuse light coming through the windows here and I am very happy with how the out of focus background has a bit of a pastel look to it.
For more info:
http://www.thehighline.org/
This was shot with an M8 and 35mm Summilux aspherical. Column in the foreground was a little blown out as I brought the DNG file into Capture One, but I knew I'd be able to deal with it as there was plenty of detail there. I went for a little bit of a mid range exposure to make sure I held detail and color throughout. As it was a cloudy day, it really helped as well. I like the diffuse light coming through the windows here and I am very happy with how the out of focus background has a bit of a pastel look to it.
For more info:
http://www.thehighline.org/
Monday, April 5, 2010
vette - k642
While cars in this condition might be seen as rare to some...what's becoming more rare is the film I shot this with: Kodachrome 64. Kodak isn't making it any longer...and the only place that can process it - Dwayne's Photo in Kansas, will stop doing so in December of this year. I realize so many of us are shooting digitally these days, but film can still capture a look that has a subtlety and nuance that really cannot be replicated from a sensor.
As I increase my shooting with the digital Leica M8 over the upcoming car show season, I will be quite interested to see how it fares against the old standards of film I have used with my film M cameras. I know it will be a very different look.
This photo was also done with the Noctilux, probably very close to F1.0 or 1.4.
As I increase my shooting with the digital Leica M8 over the upcoming car show season, I will be quite interested to see how it fares against the old standards of film I have used with my film M cameras. I know it will be a very different look.
This photo was also done with the Noctilux, probably very close to F1.0 or 1.4.
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