This is my first recipe that I created specifically with night street photography in mind. This mimics no specific film stock but shares a couple of elements of some color film stock that has been used for similar scenes. This recipe works great with artificial lighting that you find in city street scenes. But because... Continue Reading →
This STONE GARDEN recipe sits somewhere between my C-3400 and METRO ELEMENTS. They were all built with the idea of street photography in mind. This is the latest addition to my color street photography recipes. I appreciate recipes with a vintage look to them, I've created some and I intend to create more but this... Continue Reading →
I want to create as many good B&W film simulation choices as I can for the X-T1. "REFLECTED CONCRETE" is my latest B&W recipe. This sits somewhere between my "STREET SPIRIT" and "TONED CARBON". I know it becomes difficult to tell these B&W recipes apart at first but once you shoot with them often enough... Continue Reading →
My first 2 black and white film simulation recipes were high contrast looks. Sometimes you need a slightly lower contrast film sim recipe to help soften shadows a bit. My next couple of recipes were built based on this need, including this one "STREET SPIRIT". I built "STREET SPIRIT" on my X-T1 but just like... Continue Reading →
My photo essay on the original memorial at the Las Vegas sign. October 1, 2019 - I originally posted this blog on Medium nearly 2 years ago. Not long after the tragedy on October 1, 2017 an impromptu memorial began to build around the Welcome To Las Vegas sign. I was so moved by the... Continue Reading →
The original Route 91 memorial for the tragedy was set up around the Vegas sign using the crosses as the starting point. Knowing that it was only going to up for a few weeks I visited it a few times to take photos. Below is a link to a short photo essay I did on... Continue Reading →
