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One from an up coming collection

Shinjuku station, about 12am. Rain is starting to fall and he’s…

This 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).

Before I took some time off from shooting (something I badly needed) I was testing out an old Olympus Pen-s half frame camera. With all the talk of the new Olympus pen digital I thought I’d give the camera a try for the second time. My first attempts were not great as it doesn’t have a meter, has a shutter limit of 250th/sec and has a tiny ring where the aperture of the lens can be changed with a lot of effort. After more than a month on the shelf I thought I’d develop 2 of the films I’d shot with it to see what I had. I’ve not had a chance to go through them all yet but I did find this semi focused feel quite appealing. These 3 frames are actually taken in succession which, judging by the other frames further on in the film seems to be a reflection of my ability to gauge light and set the camera correctly. I think my speed judgment is off a bit but I’m not minding that I got these wrong

I’ll likely be posting experimental stuff up here for a bit while I get to work on the other projects I have lined up.

This particular shot I like because of the light on her face and the softness of the shot in general. Difficult to find in stations.

Well, government men but they are not really G-men as referred to in Wikipedia (FBI).  When I shot this the hasselblad back was dying and was causing a lot of overlapping of frames. I like the picture but have never used it cause of the overlap at the top of the frame. Obvious solution if not very pure.

Sometimes a girl needs accessories in her bag. This one seems to be bigger than most.

Part of a series. From the archives.

Sometimes when a perfect moment occurs, thing’s go horribly wrong. In the case of this shot I was disappointed at the time but after not viewing it for several months I’ve come back to it and had a laugh. Some shots you can’t plan

Sometimes you find a gem in the crowd.

Sometimes you’re afraid to ask…