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7.07.2015

A shot from antiquity. A disquieting feeling that your best days as a photographer were your last days as an amateur....


How simple were the tools? A Yashica Mat 124G. A small flash in an umbrella. A piece of string to measure the flash to subject distance. Pretested. Panatomic X film. ASA 32.
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9 comments:

  1. MalcolmJuly 7, 2015 at 6:05 PM

    Gosh, maybe they were ��. I really like this. I can read this photo in many different ways, hence its fascination

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  2. Roger JonesJuly 7, 2015 at 11:47 PM

    Greetings Kirk

    Yes, they were becaused we cared. We in it for the photography not the money. I miss those days, 40 years later I think my work was better back then because I didn't compromise, I didn't care about money I cared about the image, the meaning, the image to tell the story. 40 years on now I'm trying to go back, what a bitch. I have the resouces now, but ?, I truly miss those days, they were shining times.

    My Best
    Roger
    Elite Photography

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  3. James WeekesJuly 8, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    Never put a picture of your beloved and any form of the word antique in the same post;~}

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  4. PatJuly 8, 2015 at 10:14 AM

    In my opinion, one had to try harder with film. Translated: You didn't get as many chances so you put more thought into composition. Which is why I love shooting film. I have a ball with my mint 124G.

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  5. MikeRJuly 8, 2015 at 11:49 AM

    Kirk,
    My take: Whatever "it" is, you had it then, and you still do.

    Maybe nostalgia has set in?

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  6. Kirk, Photographer/WriterJuly 8, 2015 at 12:15 PM

    Naw. Just listless boredom with my current work...

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  7. Dan JansensonJuly 8, 2015 at 12:21 PM

    That's a beautiful photo, and not the least because of the technical quality itself. I remember well the thin negatives I'd get with Panatomic X (compared with Tri-X, I mean...different beasts of course).

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  8. AnonymousJuly 8, 2015 at 2:09 PM

    Great photo.

    Do you still tap up friends for portrait sessions?
    (been a while since you posted informal portraits)

    Mark

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  9. NigliJuly 10, 2015 at 6:30 AM

    Kirk, I've hesitated to ask this for a long time, but which books can I read to teach me how to use a Yashica (or Pentax 6x7) with a flash as described? Would any of yours help? I need nuts and bolts help (i.e. which cables to use, suggestions on lights to buy) as well as stuff regarding exposure. Any assistance rendered would be great.

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