Sometime last year I picked up a Minolta Freedom Escort (otherwise known as the Minolta Riva Mini), which is a 35mm point and shoot from the early 1990s. It took forever but I finally put two rolls through it — Kodak Tri-X — and scanned them. These are the keepers! I’m going to put one more roll through and then I may sell the camera to make room for a new one coming my way. Which is to say, let me know if you’re interested!
I was in Myrtle Beach a few months ago to give a talk and had just enough time to walk around and take photos. These are the ones worth sharing.
Camera: Leica M4-P. Lens: M-Hexanon 28mm f/2.8. Film: Kodak Pro Image 100 (I think).
As usual, it takes me a while to get around to scans and edits. I took these photos in October, at various events and places around the area. I used a Leica M4-P, the M-Hexanon 28mm f/2.8 and either Kodak Tri-X or Kodak Gold.
A man and his dog.
Ivy Creek Natural Area.
The amphitheater.
Hayride.
A horse meets a girl.
The Lorax(es).
Each month, the Charlottesville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee hosts and leads a walk through a different neighborhood in the city. For November the walk was in the Venable neighborhood. I took some photos of the group as well as some stuff we saw along the way.
📷: Leica M10-D 🔎: M-Hexanon 35mm f/2.0
Our walking guide.
Reading some neighborhood facts.
Walking uphill.
Show and tell for an old fallout shelter.
The entrance to the old fallout shelter. (Plus two city councilors.)
Seen: Some students giving each other haircuts. (Dudes rock.)
Did a recent dump of everything I’ve taken on my Leica M10-D over the last few months. These five photos were the keepers from a day when I sent a lot of time just walking around town, either by myself, with my kids or with my parents. I don’t usually rank my photos but I’ve arranged these in order of my personal preference.
Early morning game of some sort (soccer? flag football?) at Tonsler Park.
A lone chair, free for anyone who wants it.
My little homage to Lee Friedlander.
Train tracks off of Shamrock Road.
I saw this beauty while walking downtown with my parents.
Same camera as the last post! I took these in October(?) at a car show in nearby Crozet, Va. I’ll have some photos on (medium format) film in a future post, after I scan them.
I keep a little digital point and shoot on me at all times, and I’m always snapping pictures wherever I am. Here are a few recent keepers.
A large slide that I, perhaps unwisely, went down on with my kids.
Tourists posing with National Guard troops at Washington D.C. Union Station.
Vacant (?) takeout shop off of North Capitol in Washington D.C.
Some dude in a mask and a suit who I saw while riding my bike near the Washington D.C. convention center.
I took these during a mid-morning stroll around Charlottesville last month. I used Kodak Tri-X in medium format on a Mamiya 6 rangefinder.
We took a trip to Brooklyn this summer to housesit for a few friends. It was the kids’ first time in New York and they had a blast. As usual, I took a few photos. Here at the keepers. I took the color photos using a Leica M10-D. The black and white were shot on Kodak Tri-X using a Mamiya 6 rangefinder.
I attended Charlottesville’s “No Kings” protest last month, less as a participant than as observer. I brought a few cameras along: a Crown Graphic to shoot large format, a Leica M4-P to shoot a few frames of 35mm, and a Leica M10-D for when I ran out of film. Ordinarily, it is a little hard to distinguish the difference between formats on a phone or tablet screen, but the large format photos stand out for their sharpness and clarity.
As for the protest itself, it was big — with about 5,000 people out on the streets — and lively. A lot of people, here and around the country, are furious with the administration, and they’re desperate for anyone to show actual political leadership. I think the politician to grasp this, whoever it is, will be on the fast track to national office.
Anyway, here are the photos! As always, let me know what you think.
