Posts Tagged ‘Hasselblad’
Birubi beach revisited
Sunday, August 8th, 2010Twirl
Sunday, August 8th, 2010Sydney back street
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Native
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Painterly madness
Thursday, July 8th, 2010I was looking at my archive today and found this shot hidden away. Sometimes it take a year or two for me to finally see something in a shot. In this case it was not the foreground at all but the background craziness I had ignored up till now. Shame there is not more interest but still, I quite like the painterly feel.
Shinjuku darkness
Monday, July 5th, 2010Oncoming darkness
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Pressure of Shibuya life
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Madness
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Returning
Sunday, June 13th, 2010Lens fun
Friday, May 28th, 2010So just for fun I asked several people, including my friend Stephan, for a photo. I usually use the Hasselblad and have tweaked my settings so I can use the 80mm lens to take close-up head shots. I was, however, surprised to see the result when I developed the film. I wasn’t expecting him to look so different. And I always thought that the 80mm lens on the Hasselblad was a 50mm equivalent on a 35mm SLR. What a difference a lens and a bit of fiddling with the settings makes. Stephan prefers the digital shot. Probably because of how different the lens makes his face look. I actually like it more. Most likely because it’s difficult to replicate the look. In any case I’m surprised to see how well the film version turned out when putting it side by side with the digital one. More of these to come.
Omotesando old man
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Polada
Monday, May 17th, 2010This past weekend I was invited to an exhibition of Riku Wada san and Sayako Ishida san. They had both travelled to different places in the world (iceland, Portugal, Morocco, Argentina to name a few) and used Polaroid cameras to take pictures of their travels. By plan or by accident they managed to create a really amazing series of images. Because of the nature of the medium, the colours were all very consistant right across the world and the subdued yellowish tones suited the subject matter. In fact, had they used any other type of camera they would not have achieved close to the quality, consistency or look that they got with the polaroid.
I’m hoping they make a book of the shots. They are too good to waste on just a one time viewing.
The shot above was taken at the exhibition and is a globe they make with pins stuck into the places they travelled to. This was taken with a Hasselblad with a polaroid back and Fuji 100c film. And, as fate would have it, I got a happy accident. The resulting blue spots is a result of the film not being able to handle the overexposure of the light.
Kawasaki on film
Friday, May 7th, 2010So I finally finished the roll and got the film shots I took at Kawasaki developed. Here is the film vs digital.
I’m not sure if you can see it here (even at a large size) but the film appears to have more depth than the digital shot which just seems flat.
In any case I like the square format a lot more.
JR staff portrait
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010This past weekend I spent the day changing all my chemicals to new ones. My fix has now changed back to Kodak and is slightly more concentrated than before. The jars that hold the 1 gallon A and B solution needed to be scrubbed and chiseled at to remove the years of build up of gunk at the bottom.
As a result of all this work my negatives look amazingly clear. It’s easy to let quality slip as chemicals start to slowly die and it’s difficult to notice until it’s too late (or not at all in my case for a while).
Late afternoon
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Spent on afternoon earlier this year at Koga san’s cafe. He wasn’t around at the time and no one knew who I was but that was the beauty of it. This great little space in the middle of nowhere I’d been before. The light in the late afternoon is magic and the food is excellent. I’m hoping to go again with a few friends next time for some food and beer to kill a late afternoon / early evening.
Recommend you check it out if you get a chance.





















