petersburg, va.

I recently used a free Friday to take a drive down to Petersburg, walk around and make a few photos. Here were the keepers.

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Graflex Crown Graphic | Optar 135mm f/4.7 | Foma Fomapan 400

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Graflex Crown Graphic | Optar 135mm f/4.7 | Foma Fomapan 400

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Lumix GX8 | Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8

Graflex Crown Graphic | Optar 135mm f/4.7 | Foma Fomapan 400

nighttime walk to dinner

A few shots from a nighttime walk to and from dinner, from a trip to New York earlier this year. All taken with an Olympus E-P7 and the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2.0.

riverside church

Olympus E-P7 | Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2

Grant's Tomb

Took a jaunt over to the tomb of Ulysses S. Grant when I was in New York a little earlier this year. It’s a beautiful landmark that’s worth the visit. I only took a few photos. Here were the keepers.

Leica M10-D | M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0

Leica M10-D | M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0

Olympus E-P7 | Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2

volvo

Camera: Yashica-D. Film: Ilford XP2 Super.

Another angle.

grocery carts

Camera: Leica M4-P. Lens: Konica M-Hexanon 50mm f/2.0. Film: Ilford XP2 Super.

cypress gardens

Photos from a lovely little park in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. I took these with a few different cameras: the Leica M4-P, the Olympus Pen FV and the Canon Powershot G10.

And this is a photo of some nearby church ruins that we went to check out after taking our walk through the swamp.

summerville

This year on my annual winter trip to South Carolina, I spent a little time wandering around the historic neighborhoods in the town my parents live in. These are the photos. Everything in color is a half-frame shot on Kodak Portra 160 and everything in monochrome is a full frame shot on Ilford XP2 Super.

downtown d.c.

My goal here was to treat these very familiar sights as if I’d never seen them before. How would I photograph them, in other words, if I were a tourist? I shot most of a roll during the 6 or so hours I was in town and these were the keepers.

beaufort, south carolina

We go to South Carolina every winter to visit my parents. Usually, this gives us a chance to have a little time without the kids, who are busy spending time with their grandparents. This year, my wife and I took a day trip down to Beaufort, South Carolina, a town of real significance in American history. Specifically, it was home to Robert Smalls, one of the heroes of the Civil War and one of the first black Americans elected to Congress.

Beaufort is a lovely little town, and we intend to take another visit to explore a little more. Until then, here are some photos I took from this trip.

In addition to my usual camera, a Leica M10-D, I also brought an Olympus Pen FV along. The Pen FV is a half-frame 35mm camera manufactured between 1967 and 1970. It’s small, compact and a lot of fun to shoot. You can also use the half-frame format to make diptychs, which I tried to do here, as you can see.