It's All In The Wrist

Calotype - Canon Powershot SX-120 P&S Digital Camera
Toned in CS5 w/Exposure 4

Although it is not exactly shot on film, this is part of a series of Film Portraits that I was doing on location with my Portable Studio setup.  I decided to try using a Canon Powershot SX120 Digital P&S Camera, although it is closer to a bridge camera, that has an on-camera flash which can be used to trigger a secondary flash, such as my Blazzeo 180W/s Strobe. 
The reason for the Sepia Toned Plate image is that she was wearing a very classical costume, and it just felt right.
A fantastic model who just struck pose after pose after pose without much in the way of guidance, except if she stepped too far right or left and I had to redirect back in front of the screen.

Just brilliant!  Looking forward to working with her again..
Expect to see the film-shots uploaded in the near future, as I get them developed and scanned.

Until next time, remember to visit out friends at the Film Photography Project and tell Michael Raso that Michael Bitaxi sent you there.

As always, Keep those Shutters firing!

Haven't Forgotten

Haven't posted in a while, as I have been concentrating on my Year On Film project.  Although the Year On Film and my main blog page (Through My Eye) do go hand in hand, I have been posting more on the Year On Film page in the past few posts.

Well, at the beginning of August I was up in Port Colborne/Wainfleet, Ontario.  It's not too far from Niagara Falls, and has some very interesting sites to see.  One of the few sites was, as previously posted, on a Run-Down home.

Rundown Motel - Pentax Spotmatic (1964)
Yashica Yashinon 50mm ƒ/2 M42 Prime - Fuji Neopan SS 100

 Well, I also revisited a collapsing home that I had visited the year before (above);

Rundown Motel - Exakta VXIIa
Carl Zeiss Jena 50mm ƒ/2.8 - Kodak Portra 160NC

This home, err ruined home anyway, I photographed last year with my Spotmatic, and even had a print done of it.  This time, however, I had my Exakta, and some Portra160NC loaded.  I didn't waste any time, and clicked off about a dozen frames around this home.  The only difference is that last year I had a completely different type of light than I did this year.  As I visited it last year in the waning hours of the day, getting long shadows and a nice warm tone, although I shot it in B&W, this time I had full sun, clear and empty blue skies, and lots of heat!  I did have my 4x5 View camera, which would have been a great choice to use for a photo or two of this place, but I didn't reach it out.  We were on a tight time-table as is already, and so I had to make due, again, with a 35mm Camera.  One day I plan on getting this with my, much, larger camera.  Although, 35mm does make a very nice image, and will make an ever better print!

I may have been busy lately, but I have never forgotten about the blog.

Until next time, remember to support film... And keep those shutters firing!