As you know, I have several film and digital cameras, and I can take several of them at any time and go for a photo walk somewhere, anywhere. My cameras come from all over the world. My Kodak Medalist II (“Kodak Red”) was built in Rochester. My AGFA Clipper Special came from Binghamton. My Nikon…
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Prior to Opening Day
The New York State Fair’s photography competition has a category for photos that were taken at the Fair itself. It allows photographers to enter photos that contain images of people WITHOUT requiring those same people to sign model releases, since being on the fairgrounds automatically means you’ve given consent to be photographed (it’s on your…
Read MoreRealigning Raskolnikov
I’ve owned my Ukrainian super-ultra-wide film camera, my Krasnogorsk ФT-2 that I’ve nicknamed “Raskolnikov,” for approximately five years. I don’t use the camera as often as I want to, but when I use it, I like what it does. So I’m preparing for this big November photo shoot in which I’ll use as many of…
Read MoreThe photos I’m NOT entering in the New York State Fair…
Right around this time, I list the six images that I’ve captured and mounted and nursed and nurtured and hoped would reach the walls of the Harriet May Mills Art Center at the New York State Fairgrounds. And right around this time, I wonder if these six images have earned their right to be among…
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Rexleigh Bridge. Super-ultra-wide. Raskolnikov. Успіх!
When I work on a photo project, I keep battling it and battling it and battling it until I finally get the results I crave. Such has been the case with my weekend trips to Washington County to photograph the historic Rexleigh Covered Bridge. I couldn’t get the foliage shot I wanted, mostly because there…
Read MoreWintertime at the Rexleigh Bridge
Last autumn, I took pictures of the Rexleigh Covered Bridge in Washington County. I had hoped to capture the Rexleigh with fall foliage bursting around it … but the fall foliage at Rexleigh just wasn’t being as cooperative as I wanted. Urgh. So I decided to go with Plan B. Plan B, in case you’re…
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So how did my Washington State film cameras do?
In addition to bringing my Nikon Df camera (as well as my BlackBerry PRIV camera phone) with me on my Washington State trip, I brought three film cameras with me as well – my Leica M3 35mm shooter (“Leica Green”), my Krasnogorsk ФT-2 super-ultra-wide panoramic shooter (“Raskolnikov”), and, just for the heck of it, my…
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Raskolnikov’s take on the Boreas Ponds
I’m still feeling the tightness in my hamstrings, and maybe it’s because I’m completely out of shape. That happens. I wasn’t built for speed. And when I traveled to the Boreas Ponds Tract last Monday, I over-estimated how much hiking was necessary to get from the parking lot to the destination – and from the…
Read MoreRaskolnikov and the Colorizebot
As you can imagine, I’ve been having some fun with this layered-film attempt to photograph a switchback road in the Helderbergs. And in doing so, I snagged a great five-layer film shot with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide camera (the one I’ve nicknamed “Raskolnikov”). I posted this shot of Intersection 5 on the social media site…
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Raskolnikov’s Intersection, part 2
You may have heard that I’m trying something new with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide camera “Raskolnikov.” I had previously tried to craft a “weave” by crossing two strips of 35mm film into an intersectional photograph. Liked it, but wanted more. So last Sunday I went back to that bendy road near Route 157, just off…
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