Tag: Cameras
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End of year review and GR Photo Festival 2025 submissions
Favorite photos of 2025, mostly taken in New York, and submitted to the GR Photo Festival
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The first roll of new Harman Phoenix II film on my new Pentax K1000 SE
Review of Pentax K1000 SE camera and new Harman Phoenix II film and sample images
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A warm Saturday evening of photos in Red Hook (Brooklyn)
This past weekend we went to Red Hook in Brooklyn and I went on one of my periodic photowalks put on by Photograpals, a casual photography club here in New York City. Every two weeks we visit a new neighborhood and go for a short walk around, taking pictures as we go. My favorite walks…
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A Florida Thanksgiving in The Villages
We spent Thanksgiving in The Villages, Florida with my parents, trading Fall weather in the Northeast for palm trees, pools, and long shadows. It’s pleasant, suburban, and car-oriented which isn’t usually my chosen artistic subject matter, so I thought I’d give it a try as a challenge. Below are some of the photos from our…
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Comparing the same moment on digital and film (Ricoh GR IIIx, Kodak Gold 200, iPhone)
I bought a new camera earlier this month, a film rangefinder called the Ricoh 500G. It’s a great little camera, which I purchased from New York Camera of Princeton (my favorite for used cameras). It’s relatively compact, has a bright viewfinder, and feels fun and intuitive. What follows is a little non-scientific comparison I did…
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Organizing 35mm film scans with Apple Photos
I’ve started to use my film camera more regularly and recently decided I needed a way to keep all my photos organized on my computer. Here’s my process: The current version of iOS has some great options for batch renaming of files by selecting and right-clicking. Shared Albums, once set up in Apple Photos, can…
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Street photography thoughts
I’ve been reading a lot about the techniques and philosophy of street photography lately, here are some tips I’ve picked up: Talk to people I was under the impression that a solitary photographer could, through observation alone, could develop a collection of amazing people-centric photos. Then I read Bryan Peterson’s book, Understanding Street Photography, and…
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Ricoh camera nostalgia (TF-500 and GR IIIx)
I have two cameras made by the Japanese brand Ricoh. One is a TF-500, a vintage film camera, and the other is a GR IIIx, a modern high-end digital point-and-shoot. I have a soft spot for Ricoh because of 1980s nostalgia. First, there’s the connection with famous street photographer Daido Moriyama, who used a Ricoh…
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Light and shadow
No need to wait for the golden hour as the sun is setting, New York is good for photos at any hour. The skyscrapers cast hard shadows like sundials onto the streets below. All photos were taken and edited on my iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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