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Callie is known locally as 'black jesus' - he is kind, a deep thinker, ridiculously easy company.
Six days a week, his long gangly legs and endless ropey arms make their way around the island by bicycle, (often balancing a variety of fruits and coconuts on his handlebars to sell), easily traversing 20km-30km a day.
On this day, he told me that he had recently had a stroke and that he had some paralysis down his right side. The doctor told Callie that it was a good thing that he took one of his epic bicycle rides shortly after the stroke had hit, because doing so had minimised the lasting affect of the heart-event on his limbs.
Before the portraits, I showed Callie the images I had taken of his sister Anna - he got emotional: there she is...there she is'...
Callie, and ordinary men and women like him, make you feel part of something that matters. That a world of decency, respect, hard work, honesty and self-sufficiency, can and does still exist.
Whenever I speak to Callie or see one of his enormous hands lift from a handlebar to waive as I pass him, his give-everything smile beaming, I realise that 'god is one of us' and that our blessings are too many to count.
5x7 Harman Direct Positive Paper
Preflashed and exposed at ISO3
Linhof color with adapter and Leitz EPIS 400mm f4.
I always develop the paper complete.
The edges from the film holder goes black, and I know the development is good. This way, I only need to control the preflash and exposure.
I control exposure to get the right Highligt and preflash to control the shadows. Ligth source is also important as always.
Taken with Linhof Color 4x5, Computar Symmetrigon 150mm.
Ilford FP4, expired in 2000. Developed in Fomadon LQN
Linhof Color 4x5
Computar Symmetrigon 150mm f6.3
Kodak Plus X (expired 1987) exposed as 100 ISO, f22 and 1/4 sec.
Developed in FX39 1/14
Looking SW towards Deer Isle - bright midday sun.
Toyo 45G Nikkor SW 150mm/5.6 Rollei IR 400 ASA film. Hoya 720nm filter - rated @5 stops. Developed in Ilfosol-3 1:3 @68F 5:00.
There are faint vertical streaks present on the negative which I suspect are due to the water-soluble anti-halation layer - pre-washing before developing will probably take care of this (Ilford also uses an anti-halation coating but does not recommend initial washing of the film, and I have not had a problem with their film.)
For those who may be interested, I believe that Rollei is the only manufacturer still making infrared film. The film base is very thin, making it prone to sag and slip out of the film holders in the Stearman processing tank. It is also very susceptible to scratches from handling.
On a Roadtrip in 2017 this majestic peak showed uy it’s face on a quick cloud movement.
I felg so very tiny while watching this beauty!
Trichrome image of Happisburgh lighthouse, Foma 100 b&w film.
3 exposures, red filtered (105sec), green & blue (45sec each).
fearnphoto 45A // RealitySoSubtle 0.4mm pinhole // Fomapan 100, +1 dev, Rodinal 1+50.
My all-time favorite 4x5 camera is the Crown Graphic. What it lacks in movements it makes up for in versatility and ease of use.
Gandolfi largeformat 4x5 back.
Schneider-Kreuznack Symmar 300 mm, f.5,6
Fompan 200@100 in MoerschECO.
Printed on Fomabrom 111 in Moersch
Another picture from this very special place.
The old graveyard is peaceful. The place connects me emotionally to the ancient mysteries. The magic and beauty of the place is there to see and feel, but so difficult to capture.
It was raining and windy but it did not stop me from taking the pictures.
Taken with Linhof Color 4x5 and Fomapan 100. Developed in Fomadon Excel.
Lensless 4x5 pinhole camera
50mm@f/154
Exposure about 80’s
Ilford Delta 100 Profesional
Kodak HC-110
DsLr DiGiTiZeD
PS
Taken early autumn 2024 on Kodak Portra with the Toyo 5x4 view camera. I need to find a backpack I can fit all this thing in, the carry case is almost as heavy as the camera. I wanted a shot much deeper into this woodland, but I can't carry the thing very far. Since found that if I get it all set up on a tripod, compress the bellows, clamp everything down very well, put if over my shoulder, I can go further. The Portra was home developed in Kodak C41 chemicals.
You can’t go wrong seeing things from different angles. It often opens doors into new ways of thinking, living or feeling.
Just let it happen.
@polaroidweek day 6, 2nd image.
My @polaroid films are gone. I first thought that my photography time is over but i found a new path to keep my eyes open for some new images.
I wish a good time to all the people especially here in the @polaroidweek. If i find some fresh images next year i take part again.
Darvin is something of a legend in the Cayman Islands, known for dressing in full regalia as a Buccaneer for the annual Pirates' Week festivities. He is a serious and passionate man, and a champion of local culture, speaking in schools and the university. He is fiercely proud of his heritage but embraces the diversity of the community on the island. A man you can have a real conversation with.
Polaroid Week Day 3, image 1.
la première image faite avec mon Speed Graphic sur les pellicules New55.
The first photo taken with my Speed Graphic on New55 film.
Taken August 12, 2024.
Toyo 45G Fujinon A 240mm/9. Rollei Infrared 400 film. Hoya 720nm IR filter - 5 stops exposure compensation. 1/8s F16.
Standard development in Rollei Supergrain developer 1:12 for 7 minutes.
This has been sitting on the desktop for some time - there were technical difficulties developing the negative, but I like the overall look of the image.
There is a substantial anti-halation layer on the Rollei IR film which must be washed off. The exposed film sheet sits on a rack in the developing tank, held in place by tabs around the edges - I suspect that the film was not adequately washed around the edges, and so the border is underdeveloped. In addition, it was a real struggle for my hazy 240mm lens to shoot into the bright blue sky at F16, so there is some faint mottling.
Hidden behind some bushes and away from the path people uasually go, I found this tree with its beautiful trunk.
4x5 Kodak Plus-X that expired in 1987. exposed as ISO 50 and developed in Fomadon 1:50
Linhof color, Computar Symmetrigon 150mm
Contact print of 8x10 inch negative. The negative is not nearly dense enough for salt printing, so let's print normally.
Fomapan 100, no filters
dev. in R09 1:50 12:00 minutes
printed on Fomaspeed 312 RC
toned in Foma sepia 1+19
A relic from the Napoleon war.
5x7" Harman Direct Positive Paper (EI 3)
Rodenstock Apo Ronar 360mm
Linhof color with adapter for 5x7.
Happy New Year to all my friends! I wish that you will have much fun, prosperity and that all your dreams come true.
For me, my resolution is - to make at least one large format photo each week .... !
The illustration of my life in my beautiful Ukraine. The toughest year. The year of war. But we here, at home, put together pieces of our broken hearts, lives and souls and move, no matter what, to our dreams.
Toyo 45G + pieces of film (Fujifilm)
Life underfoot. Usually unnoticed.
So much talent has passed through the Universe, will the Universe remember?
Or just pass by unnoticed?
Ground cover. Variants 1 and 2.
Art 300 in lith.
Camera: Early top handle 4x5 Graflex Speed Graphic...
Lens: Carl Zeiss Jena DRP 150mm f4.5 Tessar, uncoated, same year as camera.
Film: Kodak Xray film,
Shot at ASA 25.
Developer: Rodinal RO9.
I'm just getting back to shooting large format portraits after a long break. Just about managed to do the right things in the right order. Technical stuff for those who care: Wista 45DX, 210mm APO Symmar at F11, 4x5 Ilford HP5+ rated at 250 ISO and processed normal in DD-X.
