Monday, May 27, 2013

NYC Morning










Photos from a recent morning wandering around Grand central and the New York Public Library.  All photos taken on a Mamiya M645 camera with 80mm f2.8 lens on Ilford HP5 120 size film.  Work flow is much more streamlined in digital photography, but there is something really satisfying about shooting on film and and scanning.  It is much more deliberate.

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

5 comments:

Rie said...

I really love the Grand Cental Photos....Guess Bobby's influence's are showing up. What do you expect after almost 30 (YIKES!!!!) years together. Seriously, beautiful photos, as always. xoxooxo Rie

Dave King said...

Yes, I agree, digital doesn't have it all. These are superb.

Carl said...

Rie - Almost 30 years... How did we get to this point. Just last week we were 17 drinking wine coolers on your front steps....

Dave - YES! There is still a great deal film can say and say very well. the one thing that makes B&W win hands down is that you are printing basically first generation and all of its sharpness and clarity. When you have to develop film and then scan it to get to the point of printing there is a little lost even with the larger film. Admittedly I am not using the best scanner for the film. That said the act of shooting a manual film camera and all that goes with it is special and produces some images I just can't get in digital. I thin i will shoot film for many years as just another tool in my toolbox of photographic tricks.

Wendy Mould AFCA said...

I really loved your pictures. I didn't realize that people still used film. You sure gave those statues a new life in your photos.

Carl said...

Hi Wendy

To shoot film these days a photographer has to really want to do it. I have a great lab for my B&W stuff. They develop and contact for me. I scan and then start my normal editing process. The lab then exposes my files on to traditional fiberbased B&W paper and as a final step it is hand toned in sepia or selenium to extend the tonal range and make the print archival. It is a labor of love. the time involved is much great, but the end result can be so satisfying.

Carl