Shades of Darkness

Lot's of pictures accompanied by thoughts and opinions on emerging tech, software, social business, photography and other shiny objects.

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I really like panoramic photos. For the past year I’ve used a Fuji TX2 as my main panoramic camera, augmenting with a Fuji GSW690 sometimes. I recently started testing a Bronica ETRSi as a good travel medium format camera. It’s a solid camera and has some unique options including two 135 backs. The “N” back is standard 35mm but the other back, the 135W, is a panorama back. It’s not quite as wide as the TX2, losing about a cm in width, but is more than adequate. It weighs a lot less than the TX2 as well, so if you want both medium format and pano, it’s a great travel option. Here are a few sample images from my recent trip to the Canary Islands. All shot on either Kodak Portra 400 or TX400.

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Bronica ETRSi and the 135W back I really like panoramic photos. For the past year I've used a Fuji TX2 as my main panoramic camera, augmenting with a Fuji GSW690 sometimes.

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I’ve just started working though quite a few rolls I shot in Tenerife over the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a popular holiday destination for Europeans but a little less known in the US. It isn’t the easiest place to get to I suppose, but there are plenty of flights to the islands from Madrid. There’s also ferry service from several southern Spanish ports and of course from Morocco. There are 7 islands and Tenerife is the largest. We spent most of the trip on Tenerife but also did a day trip to La Gomera. All the islands are volcanic and the volcano on Tenerife, Mt Teide, is the third highest in the world.

For equipment on this trip I took three cameras, a Nikon F6, Fujifilm Kalsse S and a Bronica ETRSi with 75mm and 50mm lenses. I took 2 standard backs for the Bronica and also a 135W back, which shoots 35mm in a panoramic format. The pano back was experimental, but I am pretty happy with the results.

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain I've just started working though quite a few rolls I shot in Tenerife over the Thanksgiving holiday.

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During our recent trip to Venice we did a day trip to Verona. Here are few shots around Verona.

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Nikon FM-3A

Nikon FM-3A

Nikon FM-3A

Nikon FM-3A

Fujifilm TX2

Fujifilm TX2

Nikon FM-3A

Nikon FM-3A

Nikon FM-3A

Nikon FM-3A

Verona, Italy During our recent trip to Venice we did a day trip to Verona. Here are few shots around Verona.

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A few more shots from a trip to Washington, DC in March. All shots on Fujifilm TX2 on Kodak TX400.

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WWII and Korean War Memorials A few more shots from a trip to Washington, DC in March. All shots on Fujifilm TX2 on Kodak TX400.

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Burano is a little island near Venice, Italy and is known for its colorful buildings. It’s also a great place for lunch. Here are a few shots of Burano from our recent trip to Venice. All shots on Fujifilm TX2 and Kodak Portra160.

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Burano, Venice, Italy Burano is a little island near Venice, Italy and is known for its colorful buildings. It's also a great place for lunch. Here are a few shots of Burano from our recent trip to Venice. All shots on Fujifilm TX2 and Kodak Portra160.

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The Vietnam Memorial

Everyone who has seen the Vietnam memorial and commented to me at least, find this memorial extremely moving. I go back often and every time the experience is the same and different. I was there in March for the March for Science and had some time to walk around and shoot some with my Fujifilm TX2.   

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We recently spent some time in one of my favorite Italian cities, Venice. From that visit I have a few series to post. The first is gondolas and gondoliers.

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Fujifilm TX2 Kodak TX400

Nikon FM3A Kodak TX400

Nikon FM3A Kodak TX400

Fujifilm Klasse S Kodak TX400

Nikon FM3A Kodak TX400

Nikon FM3A Kodak Portra160

Nikon FM3A Kodak Portra160

Nikon FM3A Kodak Portra160

The Gondola Series We recently spent some time in one of my favorite Italian cities, Venice. From that visit I have a few series to post. The first is gondolas and gondoliers.

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I had the pleasure to attend the Washington DC March for Science protest a few weeks ago. Here are a few shots from that rainy but nonetheless awesome day. All shots are with a Nikon F100 on Kodak TX400.

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March for Science, Washington DC May 22, 2017 I had the pleasure to attend the Washington DC March for Science protest a few weeks ago. Here are a few shots from that rainy but nonetheless awesome day. All shots are with a Nikon F100 on Kodak TX400.

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Over the past few weeks I’ve worked on a project to produce some cyanotype contact prints. I had the idea mostly because of the FSC’s holiday print swap. I needed to do an actual print, not an inkjet print and I haven’t had a wet print setup for quite a while. I enjoy alt photography processes anyway, so pulling out the cyanotype chemicals seemed like a good way to accomplish the print and have some fun. I won’t spend time walking you through the process though, since that is well documented on the Alternative Photography site. The process dates from the 1840’s and the exposure is made using some form of UV light. The most common approach is to use the sun, although I also have a grow light in the correct light spectrum rage as well. For the contact print, you also need some good, large negative with a range of densities. I use negatives shot with my 4X5’s and I also make negatives from the scanned film files on transparency film with my Canon Pro-10. Both methods work fine, and it’s nice to be able to contact print shots from medium and small format as well.

Here’s a selection of the prints, scanned after development of course. They do lose some of the dramatic impact when scanned, but you’ll get the idea anyway. I will also put up 3 pairs showing the traditional version and the cyanotype at the end.

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Cyanotypes Over the past few weeks I've worked on a project to produce some cyanotype contact prints. I had the idea mostly because of the FSC's holiday print swap.

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Or maybe I should call it buildings or architecture, well, no matter, you’ll get the idea. Organized by city:

New York

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Chicago

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Cityscapes Or maybe I should call it buildings or architecture, well, no matter, you'll get the idea. Organized by city: New York Chicago

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Here are a few random images from a couple of trips to the Jersey shore last Summer. The first 3 are from Ocean City, NJ boardwalk and the rest are from Asbury Park boardwalk. All shot with a Nikon F6 on Cinestill 800T.

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Night at the Jersey Shore Here are a few random images from a couple of trips to the Jersey shore last Summer.

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Some Polaroid Fun

Polaroids are fun; I’ve always thought so and when I was a kid instant was one of my first photographic experiences. They’re also serious creative instruments and with a hybrid workflow have even more possibilities. I love my manual converted Polaroid 360. It has a great Tominon 114mm f/4.5 lens, a copal shutter and Zeiss rangefinder. It’s the best Polaroid I’ve used but it has one shortcoming,…

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I spent some time a few weeks ago shooting in some local state parks. The camera of choice for most of that week was the Pentax 645N, a camera that is becoming a go to choice more and more. Anyway, since this week’s curated stream on the Film Shooter’s Collective is black and white, I thought I’d join with a few forrest black and white images…a little moody maybe, but I do love black and white. All shot on Kodak TX400 except the 1st (feature) and 5th images, which are on Kodak Portra 400.

  Forest of Black and White I spent some time a few weeks ago shooting in some local state parks. The camera of choice for most of that week was the Pentax 645N, a camera that is becoming a go to choice more and more.

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hot on Flickr.

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through the fence on Flickr.

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Ricky Syers on Flickr.

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tattoo on Flickr.