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Winter 2020 In Black and White

Some b&w’s from this winter. The first half are all taken in Ridgewood, Queens and Bedstuy, Brooklyn. The other half were taken in Washington and Oregon while traveling there for a doc shoot. These are from the first few rolls through my refurbished Minolta X-570 (fixed up by Garry’s Camera in Buffalo Grove, Illinois - i’d 100% recommend his shop if you have a 35mm camera in need of repair). I absolutely love this camera, it’s super lightweight and reliable. I believe all of these were taken with the Rokkor 35mm f1.8, which is stunningly sharp.

As usual, Illford Hp5+, pushed two stops - developed and scanned at home.

Summer 2019 In Black and White

A few quick snapshots from over the summer.

Fall 2018 In Black and White Pt. 2

More from this fall. All on Illford Hp5+ pushed 2 stops, developed and scanned by myself.

The first eight images are from my Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80, which has some really interesting distortion and flaring. I was happily surprised by at the optical quality it delivers, considering that it’s a cheapo point-and-shoot. This was also my first roll of dx hacked film (the only way to get my preferred push-process on a point-and-shoot) and i can happily say it worked seamlessly.

The bottom row of images is from Thanksgiving at my parent’s house in NJ, shot on my Olympus OM-2n and 28mm f/2.8.

Fall 2018 In Black and White Pt. 1

A series of images shot over the course of this fall. All on Illford Hp5+ pushed 2 stops, developed and scanned by myself. Final image (of me) shot by Phil Solokoff.

Early Experiments With Medium Format

A handful of shots from the first few rolls of 120 film that I put through my new Bronica ETRSi. I love the quality of the images that i’m getting from this camera. There is light bleed and inconsistencies in some of the images (mostly noticeable at the top of the frames), which I think either points to an issue with the film back or the leaf shutter in my 50mm lens. Issues aside, I’m excited to keep shooting and processing film with this camera.

Summer 2018 In Black and White

A series of images shot over the course of this summer. Mostly hand-developed and scanned by myself, with the exception of the images shot on P3200. 

Cameras Used: Olympus OM-2n MD and Fujifilm DL-290 Zoom