Glasswares

Glasswares at the Golden West Swapmeet one recent Sunday morning. I was testing my new "Debonair 120" medium format plastic toy camera. The film was Fuji Acros 100.

Sadie Rides Shotgun

And she keeps a good lookout. Yashica Electro 35 GSN and Kodak Pan X film. Processed in Rodinal.

Broadway Is A One Way Street

Shot from my car window while I waited for the traffic light on Broadway Street in Long Beach. I used my Olympus XA and Kodak Ultramax 400 film.

Late Afternoon Chat

A pair of blokes chatting over a late afternoon cocktail at Vallejo Yacht Club. Vivitar PN2011 with flipped lens and expired Kirkland Signature 200 film.

Grandstand Seat for Volleyball

Huntington Beach, May 31 2012. Canon F1 with Canon FD 28mm lens and Arista EDU 400 film.

Live Healthy

Venice, California. Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Arista EDU 400 film pushed to 800 and developed in Rodinal 1:50.

A Celestial Fireball Illuminates a Game of Soccer

Vivitar PN2011 with flipped lens and Memories brand 200 ASA color film that I cross-processed in Rodinal.

A Cold, Wet Life on Venice Beach

April 13, 2012. Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Arista Premium 400 film pushed to 800. Developed in Rodinal 1:50.

Looking in Joe Jost's Window

Olympus XA with Arista Premium 400 film.

Rod Stewart Toby Jug

Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Plus X film developed in Rodinal.

People Peering from the Pier

Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Plus-X film developed in Rodinal 1:100. March 31, 2012.

Trader Joe's

Took this with my Vivitar PN2011 with flipped lens and "Memories" brand 200 ASA color film that I cross-processed in Rodinal black and white developer.

Buca

Buca Di Bepo Restaurant, Huntington Beach, CA. Olympus XA and Fomapan 100 film (exp). R09 1:100 for 60 mins.

On Signal Hill at Night

Konica Autoreflex TC and Kodak Plus X film. Developed in Rodinal diluted 1:100 for 90 minutes.

i-Steps

The stairs at the Apple store at The Grove in Los Angeles. Shot with the Konica Autoreflex TC and Kodak Plus X film which I developed in Rodinal 1:100 for 90 minutes.

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Olympus XA and Kodak Portra 400 film.

Reflections On The Library Glass

Huntington Beach Public Library. Shot with Olympus XA and Kodak Ultramax 800 film.

Huntington Beach Public Library

I took this with a Mamiya C330 and Kodak Ektar 100 film. The film is 120 format, which is usually square. However, I had to crop this image to remove a wall that was dominating the lower portion of the image.

Dog in the Fog

I put the camera--my Olympus XA on the ground to steady it--and snapped this pic. Wish I had been able to point it more upward since I got too much foreground in the image. However, the upper half of the image I like. Can you see my dog, Sadie?

Olympus XA with Kodak Ultramax 800 film.

A Getty Detail

Underexposed I think, hence the grain. 20 second exposure as I recall, with Ilford Delta 100 film in the Konica Autoreflex TC with 50mm f1.7 Hexanon AR lens. Developed in Rodinal (R09 One Shot) at 1:25 dilution. December 31, 2011.

Getty Stairwell

Photo taken at the Getty Center on Dec 31, 2011. Konica Autoreflex TC, 50mm Hexanon AR lens, Ilford Delta 100 film developed in Rodinal (R09 One Shot), diluted 1:25.

Shadows and Light at the Getty

An indoor wall at The Getty Center caught my attention due to the shadows which I thought were very nice indeed. I took this shot on December 31, 2011.

Used my Konica Autoreflex TC for this shot. The lens was a Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f1.7. The film was Kodak BW400CN which expired in May of 2009. I estimated the exposure since I have no batteries for the camera. (Don't know if the meter works anyway.)

Diners at the Getty

The Getty Center in Los Angeles on December 31, 2011. Dining area. Shot with Konica Autoreflex TC and 50mm Hexanon AR lens. Film was Kodak BW400CN, expired in May 2009 and shot at an estimated 200 ASA to make up for the expiration time.

Hole in the Getty Wall

Taken at The Getty Center with the Konica Autoreflex TC and Ilford Delta 100 film. Developed in Rodinal (R09) 1:25 for 9 mins.

The Little Boy and His Ghostly Father

This I took at The Getty Center in Los Angeles on December 31, 2011.

You can see the lad apparently transfixed by the illuminated fountains. Look a little to the left of the lad and you can see a figure leaning casually against a railing. That's a security officer I do believe. However, look between the lad and the officer and you will make out what looks like a shadow. That is the boy's father. (OK,...that's an assumption on my part to be sure, but certainly it was a fellow who was serving as the boy's guardian for that brief moment in history--which now belongs to me and me alone, by the way, except for any memory of the moment that a witness or participant may retain--yet why should they, so mundane was the moment?)

The father did not record well on the image because this was a 30 second exposure and he was busying himself with apprehending the lad, among other custodial duties. Indeed, you can see that the wee lad is a bit vague, too. Yet he stood long enough before recapture to be recorded quite clearly. Having no tripod I set the camera on the ground to make the exposure a steady one. That's why the big foreground.

I took this with my Cheap-as-chips-challenge camera--a Konica Autoreflex TC and Konica Hexanon AR 50 f1.7 lens--equipped with Ilford Delta 100 film which I developed in Rodinal 1:25 for 9 minutes.