Bands.
Jon and pat played an awesome house show a while back. I finally got around to filtering out the crap pictures and processing these.
It was pretty dark in there, and low light performance isn't really the XSi's (450D) forte.
It was pretty dark in there, and low light performance isn't really the XSi's (450D) forte.
Last of the Carrie Furnace set
I wanted to upload these before I forgot about them. These are some pictures I took with a Yashica-A at the abandoned carrie steel furnace.
The rest of the pictures from the furnace can be found here
These were shot on Kodak Ektar. While being a wonderful film with vibrant colors, it's kinda unforgiving if you dont get the exposure right. Makes pictures come out a little washed out looking.
That said I absolutely love medium format and I wish it wasnt such an expensive habit to get into.
The rest of the pictures from the furnace can be found here
These were shot on Kodak Ektar. While being a wonderful film with vibrant colors, it's kinda unforgiving if you dont get the exposure right. Makes pictures come out a little washed out looking.
That said I absolutely love medium format and I wish it wasnt such an expensive habit to get into.
PGH vintage grand prix '10
Like last year, I was able to make it to the race day of the annual Pittsburgh vintage grand prix. Unlike last year however I only took my dslr and 50mm lens (last year I shot film as well). It turned out to be a wise decision as the event turned out to be more of the same, or even less of the same as the selections of cars on show and on track were not as good last years. The weather was also not agreeable to photographers as it was overcast one second, raining the next and really sunny in between.
However it didnt stop me from snapping a few pictures and trying my hand out on panning some shots.
The cars on show were also not up to last years quality, but here are some highlights:
Mercedes 300sl Gullwing
Lotus Exige
The usual selection of M3's, R8's and other exotics were present but they didn't really stand out much.
On a side note, I met a man shooting with a black Leica M9 that day and he let me hold it and compose a bit (he had a 90mm Summicron on it, I believe). It didnt cause my heart to explode in a sudden burst of envy or motivate me to sell everything I own to buy one, but it was really nice. I mean the thing was built like a tank, really heavy for such a small(ish) camera and everything felt well built. I cant imagine myself spending that kind of money on a camera ($9,000 just for a camera body, with lenses upwards of $3000), but If I was going to spend the kind of money that can buy you a film M6, I would rather buy a nice Hasselblad or Mamiya 6.
I mean c'mon, medium format is the shit.
However it didnt stop me from snapping a few pictures and trying my hand out on panning some shots.
The cars on show were also not up to last years quality, but here are some highlights:
Mercedes 300sl Gullwing
Lotus Exige
The usual selection of M3's, R8's and other exotics were present but they didn't really stand out much.
On a side note, I met a man shooting with a black Leica M9 that day and he let me hold it and compose a bit (he had a 90mm Summicron on it, I believe). It didnt cause my heart to explode in a sudden burst of envy or motivate me to sell everything I own to buy one, but it was really nice. I mean the thing was built like a tank, really heavy for such a small(ish) camera and everything felt well built. I cant imagine myself spending that kind of money on a camera ($9,000 just for a camera body, with lenses upwards of $3000), but If I was going to spend the kind of money that can buy you a film M6, I would rather buy a nice Hasselblad or Mamiya 6.
I mean c'mon, medium format is the shit.
Raccoon State Park
Some other pictures from Raccoon state park.
These pictures were taken on this little sloped dam/run off thing that excess water from the river flowed over. It made for a bit of a water slide and it was fun to climb/walk on.
Here is the slope the next few pictures were taken on, to give you a little context. Over the hump was the deep river that runs through the park (I cant remember what it's called)
Cracks between the concrete had tufts of grass growing on it
Maintaining her balance
The water rushed down the slope with some force, and it was harder than it looks to stand still on the slippery slope.
Auto focus failed me here, but I still really like this picture.
These pictures were taken on this little sloped dam/run off thing that excess water from the river flowed over. It made for a bit of a water slide and it was fun to climb/walk on.
Here is the slope the next few pictures were taken on, to give you a little context. Over the hump was the deep river that runs through the park (I cant remember what it's called)
Cracks between the concrete had tufts of grass growing on it
Maintaining her balance
The water rushed down the slope with some force, and it was harder than it looks to stand still on the slippery slope.
Auto focus failed me here, but I still really like this picture.
Walking Taco 2?
Getting the idea from the trip a couple of friends made to raccoon state park, Mo and I decided to go down there ourselves to have a day away from the city.
In his post Jon introduced us to the idea of the walking taco.. Essentially a bag of frittos full of taco fillings. We had to try it and it was quite good I must say.
here's a dipytch of Mo surveying it.
In his post Jon introduced us to the idea of the walking taco.. Essentially a bag of frittos full of taco fillings. We had to try it and it was quite good I must say.
here's a dipytch of Mo surveying it.
What?
This is perhaps the strangest double exposure I've ever seen. Can you see it? No? Look a little closer.. It freaked me out the first time I saw it. I'm not entirely sure how this happened.
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