Category: Photography

caturday, 13 february 2021

whbeebe

So what do you show on a Caturday? Cats, of course. And I have five (five!) to chose from.

First up is Luke in the classic turkey position while his attention is being held by I-don’t-know-what. Yes, I looked. But I didn’t see anything. Maybe he was trying to fake me out. He does that on occassion.
Next up is little Danï looking for all the world like I caught her in the act of doing … something. Who knows what was going on in her little mind at the time.
Finally we have little Zoë giving me the stink eye while trying to rest in her bed. I’ll get that until she wants to come over and snuggle. Then all is forgiven.

All taken with the Olympus E-M1.2. Top photo used the Panasonic Leica 1.4/25mm, the rest using the Olympus 40-150mm PRO.

old school style photography with current tech

whbeebe2 Comments

I remember starting my photographic journey with a Kodak Instamatic 104. It was a Christmas gift from my parents back when I was in elementary school. Lots of black and white photos because that was the least expensive way to go. Several cameras later, while in college, I bought a used Yashica Electro 35 from a guy who worked with my dad, which in hindsight was probably the best 35mm camera I ever owned, but never appreciated at the time. Fixed lens 45mm rangefinder. From there I’d become a Minolta SLR user.

Again, tons of black and white. This time using Kodak Plus-X and Tri-X, rolling my own cartridges out of 100 ft bulk rolls because that was the least expensive way to go. I loved the look of Plus-X on satin-finished papers. I always seem to want to get the look in my current cameras. Not the grain; I hate grain, always have. Yeah, I know Tri-X was famous for its grain. But if you processed the film right the grain got really tight. Plus-X required a bit more careful handling, but it produced results I loved, in particular lots and lots of mid-tones. The upper photo is a bit like Tri-X, the lower photo a bit like Plus-X.

These were taken with my iPhone 11 Plus Max and post processed with Snapseed.