Thursday, February 17, 2005
Been thinking about what kind of real camera to get--medium format or view camera. Since I've been thinking about view cameras, here are a few 4x5 contact prints:
The top is part of the New York State Pavilion and the second and third image are of the Unisphere from the 1964-65 World's Fair at Flushing Meadow - Corona Park in Queens, NY. During 2000 and 2001 I would get up before daylight on Saturday or Sunday and explore NYC to take pictures with my 4x5 and 5x7 view camera. Lots of interesting sites and some decent shots.
The last two pictures are from Chicago in the mid 80s. Second to the last is at Oak Street Beach in the winter, yes that's Lake Michigan in the background. The bottom one is a greenhouse in Lincoln Park--is it still there? For awhile I would wander Chicago in the middle of the night, shooting until the sky would lighten. That was some fun and scary. I think I would pick places to explore that were a bit scary in hopes other people would be too scared to go there so I wouldn't have to run into anyone. Also, winter was a good time to minimize human contact.
I remember when I started shooting during the day with the view camera, I was so pleasantly surprised how easy it was because each exposure didn't take at least 15 minutes.
The top is part of the New York State Pavilion and the second and third image are of the Unisphere from the 1964-65 World's Fair at Flushing Meadow - Corona Park in Queens, NY. During 2000 and 2001 I would get up before daylight on Saturday or Sunday and explore NYC to take pictures with my 4x5 and 5x7 view camera. Lots of interesting sites and some decent shots.
The last two pictures are from Chicago in the mid 80s. Second to the last is at Oak Street Beach in the winter, yes that's Lake Michigan in the background. The bottom one is a greenhouse in Lincoln Park--is it still there? For awhile I would wander Chicago in the middle of the night, shooting until the sky would lighten. That was some fun and scary. I think I would pick places to explore that were a bit scary in hopes other people would be too scared to go there so I wouldn't have to run into anyone. Also, winter was a good time to minimize human contact.
I remember when I started shooting during the day with the view camera, I was so pleasantly surprised how easy it was because each exposure didn't take at least 15 minutes.
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