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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Leica M3
Grains of sand.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Life's Little Moments, PortraitTo see a world, in a grain of sand…
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand..
—William Blake, Auguries of Innocence.
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To hold it all, and then let it go…
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Black and White Honey.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica M3, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 NoktonHoney, on film.
↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
Disappointed.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, PortraitIt lasted for a split second.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
“The M3… for kids’ sports?” featured on Steve Huff’s site.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, SportsEight of my film images have been featured on SteveHuffPhoto.com as part of the Daily Inspiration:
The M3… for kids’ sports?
The text and images have been reproduced below.
A big THANK YOU to Steve for once again posting my work on his site!
—Peter.
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Hi Steve,
Last year, I wrote a short article for your site called: The Leica M9… for sports?
This year, I’m still photographing my kids’ sports activities with an M9, but two weeks ago I decided to take my M3 instead.
I did it for a couple of reasons: Firstly, I just like the look of film. Secondly, I thought it would be fun.
Well, 3 rolls of Tri-X 400 later, I ended up with some keepers. Actually, I ended up with a whole bunch of keepers, and I’m sharing a few here.
Incidentally, if any of your readers are interested in learning about how I process my B&W film, they can read about it here.
Regards,
Peter | Prosophos
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Game face.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, Sports(please click on the image to view)
↑Leica M3 and Leica 35mm Summilux FLE @ f/2.8.
Anticipation, Part III.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, SportsContinuing my exploration of photographing kids’ sports with 50+ year old Leica M cameras.
Anticipation, Parts 1 and 2 were posted last week and can be found here and here.
And here’s another example from a few days ago.
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↑Leica M3 and Leica 35mm Summilux FLE @ f/2.
Jostling for position.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, SportsEnveloped by the morning light.
The kind of light that gently sets everything aglow… including the silver halide crystals in this frame of B&W film.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
Anticipation, Part II.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, Sports
Anticipation.
2012, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, SportsTook a roll of Kodak Tri-X to the kids’ ball game…
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/2.
Still life.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica M3, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 NoktonWhen they’re not here.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
The beginning of himself.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica M3, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton“He wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone… His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
Soul.
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait, Teaching pointAs captured on film.
I can try and process my digital files to approximate this look, but — for me — the essence of who we are is better conveyed with the older medium.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
A – portrait, revisited.
2012, Film, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, PortraitSuffused with window light, infused with film grain.
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↑Leica M3, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
She, then and now (film).
2012, Film, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M2, Leica M3, Portrait, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 NoktonA few years ago, I realized I had never captured her on film.
It was important to me for some reason.
So I started shooting film again.
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2009:
↑Leica M3, Fuji X-tra 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
2010:
↑Leica MP, Ilford HP5 Plus 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
2011:
↑ Leica M2, Ilford HP5 Plus 400, and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.
2012:
↑Leica M2, Kodak Tri-X 400, and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.
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I look at these images now, and follow the path of light:
originating from the late afternoon sun,
filtering through the window,
touching her face before reflecting off,
traversing the distance between us,
bending in the glass elements of a lens,
and finally etching her image onto an organic emulsion.
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The film, like the viewer, is forever altered.
And it all happens in a fraction of a second — just like growing up.
—Peter.
Bedtime stories.
Film, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Leica M3, PortraitSlowly, under the spell of a good book, falling, falling…
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↑Leica M3, Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2, and Kodak Tri-X 400.
Catching.
Film, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Leica M3, PortraitCatching spangles of light.
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↑Leica M3 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
The interaction.
Film, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Leica M3, LFI Master ShotGlances flicker at Nuit Blanche, Toronto.
This photo was chosen as a Leica Fotografie International (LFI) Master Shot.
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↑Leica M3 and Konica Hexanon 60mm @ f/1.2.
Prosophos 