Untitled Nude. Gwendolyn, San Francisco. February of 2015.
Leica M3, 50mm lens, Ilford FP4 film.
New Photographs
No. 0343_19
Untitled Nude. Gwendolyn, San Francisco. February of 2015.
Minolta X-700, 50mm lens, Ilford FP4 film.
No. 0348_19A
Sunset. Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M3, 50mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0348_16A
Cormirant. Naples, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M3, 50mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0347_32
Beach People. Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0347_20
Fisherman and Bird. Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0347_13
Barefoot Beach, Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0346_33A
Barefoot Beach. Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0347_08
Storm Clouds, Lake Trafford. Immokalee, South Florida. March of 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0347_03
Lake Trafford. Immokalee, South Florida. March of 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0347_02
Lake Trafford. Immokalee, South Florida. March of 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0346_23A
Beachcomber, Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0344_03A
Commuters, Montgomery Station. San Francisco, Ca. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
Throwback Thursday / No. 0001_15
About 13 years ago I bought a really beat up Leica M4-P on a whim, borrowed a lens from a friend and hit the street. Fifteen frames in I made this photograph and it changed the way I looked at and made pictures forever. At the time I was shooting everything digitally, having given up on film because, quite frankly, that's what everyone else was doing then, and that's what everyone told me I should do. After I made this picture I took all my digital gear down to Camera West in Monterrey, California, took whatever they would give me in trade, and put it all into 35mm rangefinders. I never looked back.
Cameras don't make great photographs, but there is something to be said for stripping away all the bells and whistles of modern digital cameras and focusing on what is necessary, instead of what is on the bleeding edge of technology. Getting rid of all my digital gear and switching back to old film cameras made me realize that there is a huge difference between taking pictures, and making photographs.
No. 0346_22A
Barefoot Beach. Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0346_20A
Joanna, Barefoot Beach. Fort Myers, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0346_09A
Lake Trafford. Immokalee, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0346_02A
Lake Trafford. Immokalee, South Florida. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0344_22A
Montgomery Station. San Francisco, California. March of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0339_29
Gwendolyn, Untitled Nude. San Francisco, California. February of 2015.
Minolta X700, 50mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.