The Triple

I had made an image of the boy, a garden sculpture that I like, with an image of a sunflower projected onto it. It was at the beginning of a roll of Kodak TMax - and had made only a few exposures. I wanted to load color film, so I rewound the TMax, leaving the leader out - and used color film for a vacation. The TMax was reloaded, and I didn't wind it quite far enough - so there were a few new double exposures created over the originals. An accidental mashup that I like...

Sky Voyager at Laumeier Sculpture Park...

Some little happy things in perpetual motion...

Happy things

CineStill 50 film, the Nikon F3.

Reimagined

Another from the vault - never printed this, a good candidate for the LightJet...

A sunny day in Chicago - circa 2005

Abstractions from the vault...

Just rooting around in an old drive - a pair that I want to print again...

Encircled

Seasick...


These abstractions are as they appear on the film - they are not computerized effects, abominations, electronic monstrosities - there is no viewfinder, metering, automatic this, automatic that - they are deliberately calculated degrees of abstraction.

Beetle

First large format image from the Speed Graphic - Ilford Delta 100 film. The image is soft - the Kalart rangefinder needs adjustment. When focusing on the ground-glass, images are sharp. This Bug is in central Iowa.

Going nowhere fast...

Details, details...

From The Beast

When I got the shutters back (see earlier posts...) I took the camera to this entryway of our neighborhood. When playing with a new toy, these images are used to evaluate exposure accuracy (shutter speed), and lens performance - I am looking for resolution, color aberration (especially color fringing), geometric distortion, etc. The detail is quite remarkable - I'm very pleased with the lenses and shutters that came with this camera.

The Details Matter...

Scans from the large format film soon...

Welcome Home...

First rays from the The Beast

Another image from the test roll - Speed Graphic, Kodak Portra film. Wait, what's film? It's new! It's exciting, it's... still alive!

Welcome Home

This is from the first roll of medium format film through the Speed Graphic. With the trade for this camera, I got a back that can use medium-format film. This is proving to be a favorite, versatile camera despite its bulk....

Cloud Gate

With the recent move and all the fun and excitement of moving - figuring out where I packed things that go together - I finally have some time to start creating imagery again. Both enlargers (Bella and Frank) are assembled and ready to go, and the various camera bits and pieces have been found.

These two images are from my last trip to Millennium Park, sometime in May of 2016.

The Hasselblad, Fuji 160 NPL film, and the wonderful Cloud Gate sculpture.

Emergent Spirit

Reaching out to the spirit face...

Examples of why we should look at things from various angles - these images were taken from almost the same position - one looks like an emergent spirit, and rotated, the second as a face from some other spirit world.

Graflex Optar 135mm lenses reassembled

Prior to sending the Wollensak shutters to S.K. Grimes for repair, I removed the Graflex Optar 135mm lens elements. Now that I have unpacked, having moved recently, I miraculously found the various bits and pieces. The lens elements were in nice shape - two lens/shutter assemblies came with the trade for the camera.

Parts is parts...

A pretty little face

Behind the scene...

The Toy is complete

Prior to the move, I had a chance to make a few exposures - I hope to zap a few more pieces of film and get it to the lab in a week or so. The shutters from S.K. Grimes work beautifully - check out their site for some beautiful engineering.

Graphex Shutter

One of two Graphex shutters expertly cleaned, adjusted, revitalized by S. K. Grimes - beautiful work on their website.

Detail and a brief video to follow...

Graflex Speed Graphic

A new anachronous toy - circa 1950. 

I am in the midst of moving, so the lenses have been packed.

A couple of exposures were made before the shutters were sent to S.K. Grimes for a CLA - details to follow.

Chester the Mighty Fine Cat

aka Chuckles or Chet

Not on my time you're not









Hard at work

Seaside, Florida Post Office

A favorite little building in Seaside

Passengers past and future

Some confusion





Hinsdale, IL. The usual setup for my in-camera double exposures.

The jitters

Perhaps I should cut back on the caffeine

The Nikon F3HP, Kodak TM-max film. Hinsdale, IL.

Been thinking a lot...

...about less and less




(Althea - Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia)

The Volkswagen Beetle - Rural Iowa

A few views of a Volkswagen Beetle in rural Iowa...

The road goes forever on... or not

Forlorn

Good bye

The Nikon F3, 20mm lens, Kodak TMax film. And, of course, great subject matter in rural Iowa.

The waves

are tugging at my spirit

In-camera double exposure, also a projection from the Beseler 23CIII enlarger.

Sky Voyager - I'm Trying

to make those connections again

Sky Voyager - Don't leave

until the moon settles into its proper orbit

I'm Free

Completely free

The Model

Projecting a medium format negative onto the model - Beseler 23CIII, the Nikon F3HP, Micro-Nikkor 55, and Kodak Portra film.

Elegant evening attire

Free falling

These scans are as true to the negative as possible - I do not use masks, tricks, radical adjustments in digital editing. Expose it right - your meter lies to you - use exposure compensation or manual settings.

Classic Portrait

Needed the new driver license photo...

Getting to the root of the problem

Wrapping my mind around it

The Returner, the Nikon F3HP, the 55mm Micro-Nikkor, Kodal Portra film, and the Beseler 23CIII...

Projections - Tattoo

The Returner and his New Tattoo

Fashion I

Fashion I Redux

Moving to the Dream State

The Returner - Nikon F3HP, the 55,, Micro-Nikkor, Kodak Portra, the Beseler 23C III enlarger - 

last image in-camera double exposure.

Funhouse

One of the Returners visits the Funhouse

Seeking my identity

Losing my identity

The Nikon F3HP, 55mm Micro-Nikkor, Kodal Portra 400, and the Funhouse Mirrors.

Elusive dream guest

Through dream-space

In-camera double exposure

Looking through rose-colored glasses...

Or in this case, a rose-color rose

In-camera double exposure

The missing game piece

An eye for precision

In-camera double exposure.

Sky Voyager metamorphosis...

Sunflowers and branches are projected upon the Sky Voyager, via the Beseler 23 enlarger. These are the test images from the phone - the film versions to appear later...

Formal profile

Set for night clubbing

Question what I am saying

Coursing beneath

Liquid Light to Watercolor Paper

A returner

A returner - redux

Remove before flight

She flies above the highways


Liquid Light on cold-press watercolor paper - from various format film via Beseler enlarger.