The boy and I went to a few more car shows last month. These are the best photos from both of those outings.
This first batch are digital.
And the rest are on film.
And here is the boy.
A few photos from the recent removal of the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville. Taken using a Leica M10-D and various lenses.
Taken around Charlottesville on an Olympus OM-1 using Fuji Superia X-Tra film.
This Memorial Day, I went to one of the cemeteries in town to photograph those graves where flags had been placed to honor veterans. This exercise ended up being a little more interesting than I anticipated (turns out we have veterans of the Spanish-American War buried here) and I thought I would share the (good) exposures from the outing.
Pretty self-explanatory. These are photos from around town, taken on my digital Leica, made with black and white in mind.
5th Street Waffle House
Lambeth Field.
McIntire Park.
Buford Middle School.
Warm weather and vaccines has meant the return of car show season in central Virginia. My son and I went to one such car show last month, at Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro, Virginia, just over the mountain from Charlottesville. I shot a roll of film and a lot of digital pictures as well. You can see the digital stuff on my Instagram. Here is the film. I used Cinestill 50D, which is converted motion picture stock, and a Yashica Mat 124G camera
I took these photos during a trip to St. Louis three years ago. I recently had the whole roll professionally scanned, which was a good opportunity to share the keepers. I no longer own the camera I used to take these pictures (a Leica M5) but I still have the lens and I use it all the time.
It’s very cliché but I like photographing old and decaying cars. Here are a few from the last month or so. I tend to think these work best in black and white, but if I see a good one in color, I’ll shoot it in color. The cameras used are a Yashica Mat 124G with Ilford XP2 Super film, a digital Leica, and my iPhone.
Leica M10-D | Konica M-Hexanon 28mm f/2.8.
Leica M10-D | Jupiter-8 50mm f/2.0.
Leica M10-D | Jupiter-8 50mm f/2.0.
Leica M10-D | Jupiter-8 50mm f/2.0.
Yashica Mat 124G | Ilford XP2 Super 400.
Yashica Mat 124G | Ilford XP2 Super 400.
iPhone 12 Pro Max
One consequence of not leaving central Virginia for most of the year is that I have had to get a little creative about my photography, looking for every possible way to capture an interesting image in a small city that is only so interesting. It’s been difficult! And there have definitely been times where I just didn’t take photos for weeks at a time. But now, at the end of the year, I’m pleased to say I have a few, halfway decent photographs under my belt. A few of these photos are from outside Virginia, but most were taken in the state, and specifically in and around Charlottesville. Let me know what you think.
A scene from the Oceanfront boardwalk in Virginia Beach, Va. Taken in January using a Leica M.
A demonstrator at a pro-Second Amendment rally in Richmond, Va. Taken in January using a Leica M.
Two people, walking on the (Virginia) beach. Taken in January using a Yashica Mat 124G and Ilford XP2 Super film.
Elizabeth Warren rallies supporters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Taken in February using a Leica M.
The tennis courts at Tonsler Park in Charlottesville, Va. Taken with a Leica M in March.
Volunteers preparing for a reenactment of the Boston Massacre. Taken in Boston, Ma. in March using a Yashica Mat 124G and Ilford HP5 Plus film.
A participant at a gathering of Black motorcycle enthusiasts in Charlottesville, Va. Taken in May using a Yashica Mat 124G using Kodak Portra 160 film.
An abandoned warehouse in Charlottesville, taken in June using a Leica M.
A Black Lives Matter protest in Charlottesville. Taken in July using a Graflex Crown Graphic and Ilford HP5 Plus film.
The Robert E. Lee Memorial in Richmond, Va. Taken in August using a Yashica Mat 124G and Kodak Portra 160 film.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel trail near Waynesboro, Va. Taken in November using a Leica M10-D.
Just a few photos of election-related things in Charlottesville.
