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I have been stealing a few quiet moments here and there during my evenings of late to browse a photo book of the work of Vittorio Sella. If you are not familiar with this Italian mountaineer, I encourage you to remedy that. Not only are Vittorio's escapades atop mountains captivating but his photography is amazing. He portrays mountains with a degree of intimacy that is truly exceptional, and he did it a century ago hauling a 30 lb camera that used glass plates that themselves weighed 2 pounds each. Seriously, his work instills the sense of wonder and magic that one feels when they are at the feet of the mountain gods.
Hasselblad 500C
Fuji Acros 100
At the moment I'm still processing and scanning the films used during our summer holiday roadtrip through the Netherlands. Those will follow soon but for now
A few older ones (05-2020) We love to go out for a hike when we have some time left.
We decided to visit one of our favorite areas at National Park Dwingelderveld.
Followed parts of different hiking trails and enjoyed the time spend at the NP.
As we do almost every time we took some of our analog gear with us.
One of our Canon Eos 3 cameras was used, decided to use some of the original Fuji Acros 100
We still had some of the original version not the new Acros II. These rolls are from the last batch they produced before canceling it with an expiry date 10-2019.
Developing is as always done with our Caffenol recipe, Caffenol-C-L at 22c and stand developing for 50 minutes
Back to a warm weekend in the winter. One weekend you're hiking with temperatures below zero (about -10c) and snow and the next weekend you're hiking with almost spring like temperatures. It turned out to be around the 15c above zero during that weekend.
The temperature reached a record high actually in the Netherlands.
We left our winter gear at home and visited the Torenveen area near Gieten and Gieterveen.
Followed a hiking trail that followed a small river called the "Hunze"
We did enjoy the time outside and the weather. Even all the birds and the few hares we saw were very active.
We will visit this area again some time in the summer.
Used one of our Canon Eos 3 cameras again. Loaded the camera with our last Fujifilm Acros 100
This was our last original version not the new Acros II with an expiry date 10-2019.
Developing is as always done with our Caffenol recipe, Caffenol-C-L at 22c and stand developing for 50 minutes this time.
The original Acros does like Caffenol, the results are nice again
Test of my new / old Carl Zeiss Tele Tessar T 350mm.
Please view in large to see the quality of the lense.
Around the city of Salzburg there are lot of mountains. In winter, when we have much snow, the chamois climb down to find something to eat. If you are on the way early in the morning and you have some luck, you can watch them.
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Carl Zeiss Tessar T350mm f1:5.6
f5.6, 1/500
film: Fuji Acros 100 pushed to 400
Rodinal 1:50, 15min.
Location: Nockstein / Salzburg / Austria
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Standing up on this hillside we were fortunate enough to be within the retreating boundaries of the fading day. Looking down into the valley one could already see where evening was seeping and pooling among the shadowed trees. These brilliant, snow-covered bushes, in their bright glory stood as a stark contrast at the edge of where a was ending.
Hasselblad 500C
Fuji Acros 100
I love the winter months more than any other months of the year combined. It is my time of year. So I'm not going to apologize if 98% of what you see from me is going to be snowy forests for the foreseeable future - it is where I spend as much time as I can right now. I have to soak it up so I can get through the sunny summer months. It's like recharging in a way. And so far, so good. I think I have gotten in several good winter hikes in the past month. That's almost every weekend so far with numb ears, wet gloves, a snow-covered camera bag and the sound of fresh snow crunching under boots.
This winter I have been making use of a fresh stock of Fuji Acros we got in at work. These things go well together.
Anyway, there will be more of this heading your way.
Pentax 67
Fuji Acros 100
Wirgin presto camera with pre-WWII coated Carl Zeiss Jena
Carl Zeiss ,Jena, Tessar 10.5 cm, f4.5, Fuji Acros 100, 6x9, D76
Orange filter
It's my birthday today. I have a whole host of disparate thoughts on the matter, and today is as good a day to share them as any. Time is a subject that fascinates me. It is a common theme, in some fashion, in much of my photography. As such, birthdays in particular are a day that remind us of time. Many of us handle this reminder in various ways. Some dive in and celebrate the anniversary of their birth. Others want to avoid the attention and any thoughts regarding how this days marks the passing of our lives. Some don't much care at all whether it is today or tomorrow. We all handle time differently but we all play by the same rules. That is what fascinates me: this notion of time we have. I have read about how time is a human invention. I also recently read Slaughterhouse Five for the first time and enjoyed the Trafalmadorians' concept of time. In the book it is described that a Trafalmadorian sees all time at once, they say as we can look at a whole mountain range. A Trafalmadorian sees a dead person and thinks that they are doing quite poorly in that moment, but in other moments that person is quite healthy and happy. Birthdays are a very linear way of looking at time, and I think that is what bothers some of us. Instead of seeing the start of that linear path, we are seeing the end of it, but we are still looking in a linear fashion, regardless of which direction we are focusing on.
Personally, I don't put a lot of significance on my birthday. It's occurrence neither dismay nor terribly excites me. I appreciate the excitement of others over it (to a degree) but don't find it a necessary ingredient to the day either. I think part of this for me is that I try to make every other day as important as my birthday is. I try not to put myself in a position to need an annual reminder about the value of my birth, and rather try to use every day in that regard. Somewhere I got old enough to realize that the future is not infinite for me, thus every day is a gift in that regard. This does add a certain poignancy to each passing day and I sometimes wonder at the bliss of ignorance. My son is still young enough to enjoy that and I try to do what I can to preserve it for him. Not that I rue my perspective on it at all, I just appreciate the benefits of the other perspectives.
Not your typical birthday post, eh? That's ok, I generally have little patience for simple repetition. I don't claim that the ideas I have to share are any better than any others, but I do love engaging with how I think about things and exploring alternative ways to look at the world. I also don't need this to make any sense to anyone else, partially because it only partly makes sense to me, but such is the challenge of translating multi-faceted thoughts via a photo caption.
I really just wanted to share a photo because it is something I haven't done as much of on here as I used to.
In regard to this image, it was made on the edge of Detroit Lake. The lake itself is influenced by human intervention. A dam at the end of the lake has caused it to be much larger than it would have originally been. As is common for such man-made reservoirs, you will find a strip of land on the lake shore that is clearcut forest. These are like graveyards of trees and I find myself both fascinated and repelled by them. On a trip down to Proxy Falls we made a stop here to explore a while and I really wanted to try to find a way capture some aspect of this place. There is the horror of the carnage that is left of what was once a thriving forest, but then again there is also the fascinating presence of time as witnessed by the deposits left by previous high water marks and the semi-decayed, semi-preserved tree stumps. It is surreal in its way. Thankfully I had the Flexbody with me and its ability to tilt worked well with that sense of surreality.
And I think that is all the thoughts I have to share for today.
Hasselblad Flexbody
Fuji Acros
last year we made a great road trip to Norway. It was our first time there - very beautiful place. It felt like another planet :) It is a view over Sognefjord near Lærdalsøyri.
Pentax 67ii, 105mm f/2.4, filters
Acros 100, d76 1:1, 10min30sec
Coolscan 8000
This time of year tends to be my most productive. I don't know quite what it is about the winter months that wakes me up so. It is a combination of things, really. I love the constantly changing weather for one. Sure, many gripe that it is six months of rain but that is a bit of an exaggeration. You can have sunny but cold days. Or foggy mornings. Or cold and snowy. Or rainy and blustery. Or drab and overcast. You can drive up to the mountain to see winter. Or go to the coast to see a completely different type of winter. Or head to the Gorge to see yet another. There is a ton of variety, more than most people give winter credit for.
Another part of it is how easy it is to find solitude. I am introverted by nature, so I value being able to lose myself, by myself, in a forest or on a mountain. It is easier to do this in the winter, in the rain, or in the cold.
But another part of it is how weather like this gives me perspective. To stand on a snowy mountain with windchill near zero reminds you that you are but a visitor here. Eventually you will run home to your shelter and warmth. There was a time when we lived with the elements more (and I realize that in some places humans still do) but largely that time has passed. We wall ourselves off from the outside world and create these bubbles of light and warmth to surround ourselves with. It makes life more comfortable but it insulates us from the world and the environment as well. There is something about being out there and feeling it on your skin, hearing it with your ears, and touching it that reminds you of what it means to live on this planet.
Pentax 67
Fuji Acros
Every morning he is sitting in the southern entrance of the market do Bolhão, playing his instrument and with a white parrot at his side.
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Carl Zeiss Distagon 40mm f4
Fuji Acros 100, Rodinal
Location: Mercado do Bolhão / Porto / Portugal
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Look closely at the shadowed hillside on the other side of the valley and you will see tiny white dots. Those are cars zooming along Highway 26. In a weird way, they are one of my favorite parts of this image. Oh, to be fair, there are lots of things I like about this scene. I love the ripply, snowy hillside in the foreground and the perfect curves formed by the mini hillocks of snow. I love the contrast between the dark trunks and the snow-covered branches of the mid ground. I love that I am standing in this snowy wilderness and I can see the line of elevation where snow becomes rain and white forest borders dark forest. Of course I love the flakes of falling snow caught frozen by the snap of the shutter. But I really love the cars in their odd way.
Why? Because inside those tiny dots-that-are-vehicles are the tiny dots of people. And those people might be talking with passengers in their cars, they might be listening to podcasts, they might be singing along to music, they might be swearing at the other motorists. I dunno, but I do think it is a safe bet to say they are all oblivious to what I was seeing and they are all oblivious to the fact that in their own tiny way they are playing a role in a beautiful wintry scene, even if that role can barely qualify as a cameo appearance. Nonetheless, they are a part of it whether they know it or not. And thinking about all those unknowing actors and actresses down there makes me wonder how many times I have driven or walked through an incredible scene of one type or another, completely oblivious myself. Thinking about all those unknowing motorists makes me remember to think more about the scenes I wander through. And that helps me keep an open mind and even more open eyes wherever I go. And that is why I like those little tiny cars down there. Because some times I am in one of those little tiny cars.
Hasselblad 500C
Fuji Acros 100
Maybe night is like an invading army, marshaling its forces for the inevitable battle it already knows it is going to win.
Or maybe night is like cold air, following the contours of the land as it pours into the crevices and fills the world from the bottom up.
Maybe night is like the soft ending of a favorite song, listened to on constant repeat and fading softly to silence with a last few notes.
Maybe night is like the lull of a conversation, sometimes awkward and painfully unwanted, but at other times presenting a wonderful opportunity for detachment and escape. Then again, instead of a lull, it could also be more of a reflective pause as well.
Maybe night is the period at the end of a sentence. Or maybe it is the capitalization at the beginning of one. Heck, it may even be a comma, semicolon or hyphen for all I know. In this sense it could be the conclusion of a thought, the beginning of one, or just one of the intermediary steps in between.
Maybe night is death for surely that entity called Day has reached its end and is poised to expire. For some organisms on this planet witness multiple nights but days only ever experience one.
And maybe night is a cosmic game of shadow puppets with a celestial torch held aloft on one end and the Earth providing the contortions necessary to create myriad forms of shadow on the other. Seen from far enough, maybe they even start to look like rabbits and dogs.
It was strange to somehow find myself above night on this particular evening and only knew it was something beautiful and breathtaking. Hiking icy trails in dark forests is not exactly at the top of my lists of favorite things to do, but on this day it was well worth it for the couple extra minutes with this view.
Hasselblad 500C
Fuji Acros 100
Odd to think that these days even passing someone on a chairlift might be pushing the limits of acceptable social distancing.
Trying not to dwell on everything that is going on, and in fact I'm am actively avoiding exposure to the outside world for both my physical and mental health. Regardless, after a couple month hiatus it's a great time to get back into posting photography and this image seemed apt.
These chairlift lines stretch up from near Timberline Lodge to the Silcox Hut 1,000 feet above. You can pay something like $18 for a ride up, or if you're so inclined (pun) as we were, you can hike up and then get a free ride back down. Pretty sweet deal.
Image with my Hasselblad 500cm.
Blacksmith shop at Millbrook Village, near Hardwick, New Jersey.
Technical details:
Bronica SQ-A medium format film camera with a Bronica Zenzanon 65mm F4 PS lens.
Fuji Acros 100 film shot at ISO 100.
Semi-stand development using Kodak HC-110 1+100 dilution for 1 hour with 30 seconds initial agitation with swizzle stick and three turns @ 30 minute mark. Paterson 3 reel tank.
Negative scanned with Epson 4990 on holders fitted with ANR glass.
Rolleiflex 3.5B
film: Fuji Acros 100
Location: Gstättengasse / Salzburg / Austria
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Hi there 2019, I think it will be a pleasure knowing you. I already know some of the things you have in store for the coming twelve months but I am excited to see what surprises you have around your corners, just out of current sight. So off I go.
Hasselblad 500C
Fuji Acros 100
In the little book that all passengers got at the end of the day, there is written under the title: „Memories of an incredible journey“.
Each step in the Presidential Train is like slowly entering a time machine. It is a train and a gourmet experience. And on the top you can enjoy the beauty of the Douro River, of the Douro valley and the great landscape around.
Its oldest carriages were assembled in Parisian workshops 127 years ago to convey the kings and queens of Portugal around their realm in high comfort.
Now the train takes paying passengers through a stunning scenery from Porto to Quinta do Vesuvio, about 200 kilometers.
The Presidential only runs in spring and in autumn and only for a few days.
On the photo above you can see one of the dining carriages. Everything is prepared for the passengers. The Chef of the menu at our trip was Ljubomir Stanisic, -
the most creative chef working in Lisbon (and maybe in Portugal).
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Carl Zeiss Distagon 40mm f 1:4
Fuji Acros 100, Rodinal
Location: S.Bento Station / Porto / Portugal
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A shot from the docks of the Kirby Corporation at the Philadelphia Naval Yard during the annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day on April 29th, 2018. I wish I could have had just a single tugboat in the shot and maybe a few less guide wires running through the frame but I'm still pretty happy considering the 25 mph winds we were having that day.
The Tugboat "Mediterranean Sea" on the left was built in 2004 with the original name "Donald C". She was retired to the Kirby Corporation's docks in 2017. The Tugboat "Dolphin" on the right was built in 1973 with the original name "Ocean Sun". She was also retired from active service in 2017.
Technical details:
Zero Image 2000 wood & brass 6x6cm pinhole (lensless) camera.
Tiffen 52mm Orange filter taped to the inside of the camera body behind the pinhole.
F138 aperture.
Fuji Acros 100 at ISO 100.
24 second(ish) exposure.
Semi-stand development using Kodak HC-110 1+100 dilution for 1 hour with 30 seconds initial agitation with swizzle stick and three turns @ 30 minute mark. Paterson 3 reel tank.
Negative scanned with Epson 4990 on holders fitted with ANR glass.
Back to a warm weekend in the winter. One weekend you're hiking with temperatures below zero (about -10c) and snow and the next weekend you're hiking with almost spring like temperatures. It turned out to be around the 15c above zero during that weekend.
The temperature reached a record high actually in the Netherlands.
We left our winter gear at home and visited the Torenveen area near Gieten and Gieterveen.
Followed a hiking trail that followed a small river called the "Hunze"
We did enjoy the time outside and the weather. Even all the birds and the few hares we saw were very active.
We will visit this area again some time in the summer.
Used one of our Canon Eos 3 cameras again. Loaded the camera with our last Fujifilm Acros 100
This was our last original version not the new Acros II with an expiry date 10-2019.
Developing is as always done with our Caffenol recipe, Caffenol-C-L at 22c and stand developing for 50 minutes this time.
The original Acros does like Caffenol, the results are nice again
Industrial art lining Founders Way at the old Bethlehem Steel complex in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Technical details:
Zero Image 2000 wood & brass 6x6cm pinhole (lensless) camera.
F138 aperture.
Fuji Acros 100 at ISO 100.
6 second(ish) exposure.
Semi-stand development using Kodak HC-110 1+100 dilution for 1 hour with 30 seconds initial agitation with swizzle stick and three turns @ 30 minute mark. Paterson 3 reel tank.
Negative scanned with Epson 4990 on holders fitted with ANR glass.
Another shot of the old lady and her dog. Taken at the next day.
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150mm f4
Fuji Acros 100, Rodinal
Location: Coimbra / Portugal
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