I shot this photograph last year on “de Huizerdag”, an annual local fair. It was a surprise to see a booth selling wedding dresses and wedding suits, since the quality of most products for sale is quite… mediocre.
The guy that owned the booth was patiently sitting on his chair, while nobody seemed to give the out of place gowns a second glance. But suddenly, a young (I think mentally disabled) boy appeared alongside his dad. He was fascinated by the dresses, and stood there for a while.
There’s some sort of wry sadness here. The booth-owner wanted to sell and promote his products, but he only attracted the attention of a young kid during the time I stood there. Which, if I make a wild guess, isn’t his target audience. Notable, since the rest of the booths were crowded with people. Although you can’t really see that on this photograph, so you’ll have to believe my pretty blue eyes.
Shot with my trusty Vivitar 35ES on Kodak Tri-X.
This entry was written by , posted on February 28, 2011 at 11:56, filed under Analog, Film, Street and tagged Analog, blackwhite, Film, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.
This is an oldie. Well, relatively speaking. I took this photo (with my Vivitar 35ES on Kodak Tri-X) last summer, on festival ‘De Parade’. The one on top was shot in the dark. I used a fence (you can see that behind the tables and people on the second photograph) as a makeshift tripod. It didn’t do a great job, but who cares. I still like it, and it did catch the mood of the moment really well. It makes me look forward to this summer. Bring it on!
This entry was written by , posted on February 21, 2011 at 12:54, filed under Analog, Film, Street and tagged blackwhite, Film, Rangefinder, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.
Well, the title says it all, doesn’t it?
They’re shot on Ilford HP5 and Kodak Tri-X, with my Vivitar 35ES rangefinder. I had these scanned professionally as a 2500 dpi tif file. It’s a world of difference between these scans and my own. I didn’t add the borders; they’re a result of the scanning process. I kind of liked them, so I decided not to crop them off.
There are three more photos below!
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This entry was written by , posted on June 5, 2010 at 19:11, filed under Film, Street and tagged Analog, blackwhite, Film, Rangefinder, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.
This is the first time in years I shot some images on film. I recently bought a Vivitar 35ES rangefinder and these pictures are the result of it’s first test run. It is really awkward to shoot film again. I have to admit that I’m a bit lazy when it comes to aligning horizontal lines correctly while shooting. It’s a lot easier to straighten photos in Lightroom. It’s a bad idea to do this while shooting film though, as you can see on the photos.
Anyway, I really enjoy this little camera. And shooting film is fun too. There is a downside though. I’m really (unpleasantly) surprised by the cost of developing film and printing the photos. I’ll have to find a solution for this if I want to continue to shoot on film.
Well, enough with the talking. Check out the photos after the jump. I used Ilford Delta 400 for these photos if anyone cares ;)
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This entry was written by , posted on February 4, 2010 at 21:04, filed under Analog, Film, Street and tagged amsterdam, Analog, Film, Rangefinder, Street, Vivitar 35ES. Leave a comment over here.