The Photography Thread

[TheGSMoeller]

Thought I would move my post over to this thread, some of my last film photography, which I would love to get back into, but not many accessible photo labs nearby...

Here are a few from my last film camera, shots taken on a trip to Chicago...

 

 

[TheGSMoeller]

A few from an iPhone, the foggy/tree shot was taken by my wife...

   

[TheGSMoeller]

And finally my girl, Ruby, who has made a fine subject...

 

[North Star]

Lovely pictures, Greg! I like the b&w of Ruby in particular, and those iPhone shots are nice too.

Seeing how there won't be snow here in the next 6-8 months..

[North Star]

...and yet more dead flowers...

[TheGSMoeller]

Lovely pictures, Greg! I like the b&w of Ruby in particular, and those iPhone shots are nice too.

Thank you! 

[North Star]

More dead flowers

In colour:

   

[Mookalafalas]

Just saw the documentary "Finding Vivian Maier".  For me, it was incredibly powerful and moving. I can't remember the last thing I saw that affected me so deeply.  I can't say why, exactly, so perhaps it is unlikely to hit others in the same way, but if you have a chance to see it, I recommend that you do so.

[TheGSMoeller]

Just saw the documentary "Finding Vivian Maier".  For me, it was incredibly powerful and moving. I can't remember the last thing I saw that affected me so deeply.  I can't say why, exactly, so perhaps it is unlikely to hit others in the same way, but if you have a chance to see it, I recommend that you do so.

It's already on my must-see list, your post has moved it up. Thanks for the comments, Bak.

[North Star]

Just saw the documentary "Finding Vivian Maier".  For me, it was incredibly powerful and moving. I can't remember the last thing I saw that affected me so deeply.  I can't say why, exactly, so perhaps it is unlikely to hit others in the same way, but if you have a chance to see it, I recommend that you do so.

Excellent!

BTW, FINDING VIVIAN MAIER will be broadcast here on Saturday 

And since this is the photography thread, here are some photographs. These are mine, not Maier's

 

[Sergeant Rock]

Some black and white portraits, shot with a Canon F-1 and Tri-X.

My sister-in-law, Mrs. Rock's sister:




My favorite niece, already a profound thinker at age two 




Mrs. Rock and her sister: a montage created with two photos taken a year apart and in vastly different lighting conditions. I used Photoshop to match the grain.

[Sergeant Rock]

Gorgeous! A fine flare!

Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Amazing, Sarge! Great use of contrast, and depth of field with your niece.

[Sergeant Rock]

And finally my girl, Ruby, who has made a fine subject...

A fine subject indeed, and a great doggie portrait. I don't know the circumstances, and I'm probably guilty of anthropomorphizing here, but your dog looks incredibly sad 


Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

A fine subject indeed, and a great doggie portrait. I don't know the circumstances, and I'm probably guilty of anthropomorphizing here, but your dog looks incredibly sad 


Sarge

You may be right, Sarge. She (Ruby the dog) was in the back yard while my son and I were sledding down a hill in the front, she loves the snow and wanted to join us.

[Sergeant Rock]

That's superb, and supremely moody. Congratulate your wife.

Sarge

[North Star]

Some black and white portraits, shot with a Canon F-1 and Tri-X.

My sister-in-law, Mrs. Rock's sister:

My favorite niece, already a profound thinker at age two 

Mrs. Rock and her sister: a montage created with two photos taken a year apart and in vastly different lighting conditions. I used Photoshop to match the grain.

Beautiful portraits!

[North Star]

Gorgeous! A fine flare!

Sarge

Thanks!

[Sergeant Rock]

Mrs. Rock, four portraits.

Our first shoot, 1975. I'd known her about a week at this point. Canon FTb and 50mm F1.4




A similar pose four years later in the state park near Cuyahoga Falls Ohio. Canon F-1




By the Rhine, 1981, shot with an Olympus OM-2 and a Sigma 600mm Mirror, which accounts for the donut-shaped bokeh.




In the wetlands of the "Alt Rhein" adjacent to Mrs. Rock's hometown in Germany, 1984. Shot with a then newly purchased OM-4.




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Mrs. Rock and the Automat, on a street in Munich near the Englischer Garten, 1986.



Sarge