Window Light Portrait.

2015, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Portra 400, Mamiya 43mm, Mamiya 7/7II, Portrait

Birthday Girl.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica M3, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

Technical: f/1.4, 1/60 sec.

Can’t see the forest for the trees.

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point

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Definition: An expression used of someone who is too concerned about the details to see the “big picture”.

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Recent pixel-peeping-type comments pertaining to my film images (by a minority of individuals), and a text from a friend who asserted that the output from his M Monochrom is superior to the output out of a Rolleiflex, prompted me to remind people of the above expression.

And I leave you with one question: Why would you pixel-peep a film photograph?

(we don’t do that for a painting, even though an iPhone can “out-resolve” it)

—Peter.

Love, Spilling.

2015, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Portra 400, Life's Little Moments, Mamiya 43mm, Mamiya 7/7II, Q&A, Teaching point

Technical: f/4.5, 1/30 sec.

—Peter.

Dinner Theatre (in 3 Acts).

Film, Kodak BW400CN, Leica M3, Life's Little Moments, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

These were shot in a very dark restaurant.

(f/1.4, 1/30 sec)

—Peter.

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Act 1:

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Act 2:

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Act 3:

Archer.

2015, Favourite, Film, Kodak BW400CN, Leica M3, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

People often ask me why I always go back to the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4.

This is why.

—Peter.

Ah, film.

Inspiration, Q&A

I shot a second roll of Kodak Portra 400 on my Mamiya 7II last week.

Why haven’t I posted any photographs?

The lab accidentally exposed the film to light. Every image was lost.

Today, I dropped off more film. I’d taken some casual shots from a family event this weekend. I was told that the processing machine was down. Apparently this is a rare occurrence.

There’s no time estimate for when I’ll get my film back.

—Peter.

The Angel and the Devil.

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point

The eternal struggle.

My daughter: “I think you’re more on the devil side.”

My other daughter: “This is probably my favourite post.”

—Peter.

Equipment (Decisions).

Inspiration, Q&A

So I made a few decisions today. And then I ate a granola bar.

(if you care to understand, see my previous comments)

—Peter.

Reflections.

Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait

Window Light Portrait.

Favourite, Film, Kodak Portra 400, Mamiya 43mm, Mamiya 7/7II, Portrait

The Green Room.

Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Portra 400, Mamiya 43mm, Mamiya 7/7II, Portrait

Evening Repose.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait

One of the initial test images with my newly acquired Leica M3.

—Peter.

Copacabana (At the Copa), revisited.

Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Sports

At the school Lip Sync 2015 show. The related image is here.

—Peter.

Longing Look.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait

Echo, echo.

As an aside, this represents the 5th “test shot” taken with my new-old M3. As you can tell, most of the test shots were made under awful incandescent lighting (after all, I was only interested in confirming focus accuracy).

Still, there’s something about film and the way it renders even poorly lit scenes.

—Peter.