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The End of Stebbin’s

Paul — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:23:59 +0000

So this is the last post on Stebbin’s Gulch. Thanks for putting up with it!

These were all taken with my 5dmkII and a 20mm or 100mm Macro lens. While the last posts were about shooting film and waiting to see what I would get after developing it. I was really interested in looking for the finer details in Stebbin’s and that’s why so many of these are macro shots. I’ve been there before with wider lenses and I’ve captured the landscapes shots. This was my first time in with a macro lens and I wanted to take the opportunity to get a fresh angle on things.

That’s it! I have to pick a dozen or so of these shots to have critiqued by Ian next week. Have any favorites from this series of posts that you think I should include?

Stebbin’s Gulch – A Little More Recent

Paul — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:54:42 +0000

So last post was about hiking into Stebbin’s Gulch just around the time World War II was starting. This time around the technology is a little close to the end of the 80′s – valley girls and mullets. I shot the following pictures with a Canon AE-1. This is the camera I first got into photography with. Well, not this AE-1, that camera is long gone, but it’s the same model. It’s another camera I like shooting, but I found my eye is lazy and I just don’t manual focus like a used to. It amazes me that I used to shoot football and soccer with a manual focus camera. I can barely shoot my kids standing still and nail the focus today if I have to rely on myself to do it.

This was the final shot in the last post. I’m standing in the exact same spot – just different camera, lens and film.

Next post will bring us back to the current age of digital SLRs and color photography! I promise!

Stebbin’s Gulch – Time Machine

Paul — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:08:38 +0000

This weekend I hiked into Stebbin’s Gulch with Ian Adams and a few other brave souls. The temps were around 12F and we had a 1/2 mile of snow to trudge through from the parking lot to the Gulch. This was my fourth visit into the gulch, but my first with a bunch of new toys. I took three cameras with me. I had my 5dmkII, a Canon AE-1, and a Kodak Brownie Reflex. This post is all about the Brownie Reflex.

I found this camera at a flea market this summer for $5 in the original box with the manual. I guess it’s a rare model that was around from 1940-1942. In 1943 Kodak added a flash sync connection and that model is much more available. The other interesting thing is that this is a 127 film format camera. Not easy stuff to find these days. Fortunately, the good people at B&H Photo still sell it and I’m glad they do because I love the images this camera makes. They are instantly nostalgic – dusty and scratchy, quirky little lens anomalies. In this case, the roll didn’t sit quite right and you can even seen the image number in each shot.

Later this week I’ll post shots from the AE-1 and the 5dmkII. Shortly after that LoC will return to it’s regular programming of families and weddings!

Lakeview Cemetery

Paul — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:23:51 +0000

Took off on Sunday morning with some old and new friends to a walk through Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery.

Surprisingly, I had never been there before, but I can’t wait to get back.

The doors on the mausoleums were really interesting to me.

Photowalking – Lakeview Cemetery

Paul — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:39:32 +0000

I promised another photowalk and, with short notice, one has come together for next Sunday (1/10/10) at Lakeview Cemetery. If you care to join us then drop me a line so you don’t get left for dead behind.

Probably spend an hour or so walking the grounds and then head in to Coventry to grab a bite and warm up.