a few recent photos

I spent a little while this week going through about three months’ worth of photos from my Leica M10-D. These were about half of the keepers. The first few are from a recent trip to New York, the bottom few are from a news conference for unionizing workers in town.

For these photos, I used the M-Hexanon 28mm f/2.8 lens.

And for these, I used the Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f/1.8 lens and the Nokton 35mm f/1.4 lens.

keepers

I picked up a box of Kodak Pro Image 100 and spent most of the last month trying to finish a roll. I just got the scans back from my local lab (I have long since sold my 35mm scanner) and after a spending a little time with them, I think I have my keepers. I used a 90s-vintage Nikon point and shoot.

First Baptist Church on Main Street.

One of my favorite murals around town, over by one of my favorite bakeries in town.

Footprints in the snow.

Nice deep shadow on a house in my neighborhood.

I liked this bumper sticker.

Beer delivery.

from the archive

I was going through old negatives looking for a particular photo and, in addition to the picture in question, I found a lot of stuff that I really liked. Here are the best of those photos, which were taken with a camera I no longer own. I believe the film is Kodak T-MAX 400, which for awhile was my preferred choice for black and white. These were all taken in either 2017 or 2018. I should say that the camera in question, a Fuji medium format rangefinder, was very large and very heavy, and I’m honestly surprised I brought it so many places.

Durty Nelly’s Pub in Charlottesville, Va.

From a stockyard somewhere near Orange, Va.

I believe this was on Martha’s Vineyard but I honestly do not remember.

This, I think, was Santa Monica.

I took this in D.C. I have no idea where. It is, however, one of my favorite photos that I’ve taken.

leftovers

These are photos from the last two months that don’t really fall into any particular category, other than that I like them and want to share them with y’all. I took them with my Yashica-D (which has not been getting much use lately) using either Kodak Ektar for color or Ilford XP2 Super for black and white. Developed by my local lab and scanned at home.

signs

Inspired by Lee Friedlander, taken using a Yashica-D camera. Color photos are Kodak Ektar, black and white are Ilford XP2 Super.

fun with limits

I have exactly one 35mm camera — a Nikon compact from the early 1990s — and I have been using it a ton lately. The fact that there’s not much to do with it other than point and shoot is, at this moment in my life, very appealing. I put a roll of Ilford XP2 Super into it last month and recently got the results back. Here are a few of the keepers.

I actually just finished a roll of color film this week, so I may update this post with a few of those photos when I get the scans back from my lab.

last month's snapshots

Mostly stuff seen while walking or biking around town.

The fading sign of a long-defunct convenience store. Shot with Leica M10-D using M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0.

One of the older buildings on main street, I’m not entirely sure what goes on in there. Shot with Leica M10-D using M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0.

The recycling center. Shot with a Ricoh GR III.

A new mural on 10th and Main Street. Shot with Ricoh GR III.

An overgrown shed on one of the less trafficked streets in my neighborhood. Shot with Leica M10-D using M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0.

I did not bother to actually identify this car but I saw it on my way home after dropping off the kids at daycare. Shot with Leica M10-D using M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0.

I believe this is a Plymouth Valiant. I saw it over at the Fry’s Spring Beach Club. Shot with a Ricoh GR III.

Riding a bike down Cherry Avenue. Shot with Leica M10-D using M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0.

I dunno I just liked the shadows here. Shot with a Ricoh GR III.

There is a church over by the Best Buy and it always looks so good in the late afternoon light. Shot with a Ricoh GR III.

recents and re-edits

These first two photos were taken during our brief trip down to South Carolina for the Thanksgiving holiday. We met a guy with a very cool 1950s era Chevy, and he let me take a few photos. I somehow missed focus on the photo of his car, but my photo of him came out pretty well. The second photo is just of a fire hydrant, but it’s a good fire hydrant, I think! I shot both with my Leica M10-D and a 35mm Voigtlander lens.

These next four photos were taken years ago, in 2016, using a Fuji X100T I have long-since sold. I’ve been going back and re-editing old photos, just to see how my current sensibilities fit with my old work. Most of the photos I took back then were pretty bad. But these four are, I think, worth sharing. The original edits were color, and I’ve converted most of these to black and white. The one that I kept in color, I toned down the vibrancy and lifted the shadows.

My latest camera acquisition is a little Nikon point and shoot from the early 1990s. It is pocket-sized with a sharp 28mm len. I consider it a companion of sorts to my Leica M10, something to keep on me when I’m shooting with a digital camera. Anyway, I put a roll through it last month, and these are a few of the keepers. I used Kodak T-Max 400 film.

After scanning roughly two month’s worth of developed negatives, I found that I had only taken four images worth sharing. Here they are, from around town and the surrounding area. They were all taken using a Yashica-D medium format camera. The color photos were taken using Kodak Ektar, the black and white photos using Ilford XP2 Super.

Some quick descriptions.

The first photo is from a recent visit at the Lincoln Memorial. The second is of a re-enactor who was presenting at a festival in Gordonsville, Va. The third is of one of my favorite signs here in Charlottesville, for a convenience store that as far as I can tell does not sell either subs or pizza. And the fourth is of some apples at a local orchard.