These are the second set of self-developed and self-scanned photos, this time taken using a 50mm Canon rangefinder lens (first manufactured in 1958!). I took a bunch of these while hanging around in the National Gallery of Art, and a bunch more while visiting Berkeley, CA last month.
This next group is from Berkeley and its surroundings. My favorite photo of the bunch is the last one, of the kids. I might turn that one into a print, in fact.
I seem to take a different photo of this mural with a different camera in different light every few months.
Taken with a Fuji X100T. "Classic Chrome" film simulation.
I want to say this is in an alley between 6th and 7th St off of Florida Avenue.
Taken with a Fuji X100T. In-camera monochrome conversion.
After a year of shooting film and sending it off to a lab to get developed, I've started developing my own stuff, by way of classes and a local darkroom. This also coincided with the purchase I've been building toward for the last few months: a Leica M5, my new rig for daily shooting. I may write about the m5 one day, for now, here are shots from a roll of film I developed and scanned myself. These were taken using the cheap Russian-made vintage lens that I got with the M5. Subsequent posts will have photos taken with different lenses. I think there is a bit of underdevelopment here, and a few of these photos are definitely underexposed. Still, I'm happy that I actually know how to do this kind of work, since now I can start to get better at it.
Abe.
Annie.
Walking in the street.
Bird.
On Rhode Island Avenue NW.
Taken with Fuji X100T. In-camera monochrome conversion.
Sure I mostly shoot film, but it's nice to have a digital camera around when the sun goes down and cool shots present themselves.
Taken with Fuji X100T. In-camera monochrome conversion.
Heading home from work.
Taken with Fuji X100T and wide-angle conversion lens. In-camera monochrome conversion.
Taken with Fuji X100T. In-camera monochrome conversion.
Taken with Fuji X100T. In-camera monochrome conversion.
On Sunday, thousands of people (the count I saw was more than 10,000) gathered in front of the White House to protest the administration's refugee ban, and then marched down to the Capitol to protest Congress' inaction. I was already downtown for work and walked down to the protest with my cameras. I have three sets of photos from this demonstration. This is the first set. The next set, which are on medium format film, will probably show up in a week. And the last set, on 35mm film, I'll have to develop sometime this month.
Anywho, here are my digital shots from today. All taken with a Fuji X100T using the wide-angle converter, and edited in VSCO for iOS. The "wide-angle" in this case is 28mm, which is a little tough. There's always so much in the frame. But I think I used the space well, for the most part. As always, let me know what you think.
