5.24.2025

Photo Essay about Inconsistency on a hot, hot Saturday afternoon. It's okay to have more than one approach to your photography. Honest. And more fun too.

this is Craig and his cat. This was from the earliest days of my photo adventures in lighting. 
A Vivitar 283 flash shooting through a battered 42 inch translucent umbrella. The camera was a Mamiya 220 with the 135mm lens set. And, of course, Tri-X. Circa 1979.

Ben at Asti. Waiting for dessert. Leica M6 with 35mm Summicron. 
And...of course....Tri-X. Circa 1999.

pure magic. pour magic. por magique. Let's make coffee...

Current favorite photo-walk shoes. Oh heck; anything shoes.

An angel with a unicycle. 

Scouting.


Swimmer selfie. CL. 

a fellow photographer. I met him in the alley behind East 6th Street. 
You meet the nicest people in alleys sometimes.

Somewhere in Italy. Hasselblad 500 CM. 80mm lens. Mom and son.

Booting up. 


Somewhere Rome. 1991. Hasselblad 500CM + 80mm.

Renae. 

A display of tableware on the street in Berlin.

Taking a break for coffee. Yes. Sitting and sipping. Tastes better out of a paper cup...

Sam. The studio in Westlake Hills. Last year.

Photographers hanging out above a giant waterfall in Iceland. 

Berlin. 2013.

Outside the Austin City Limits Studios. Ready to roll.

UT does landscaping. Lots of nice landscaping. I need to go by and pick a few to earn points with B.

A rare thing. Rain in Austin. 

Highway project. Big flash. Medium sized camera. 

Sharing lunch and music on the steps of the Opera House in Berlin.

documenting one interpretation of paradise. The spring fed, Deep Eddy Pool, in the heart of Austin.



85mm rain

And more rain




Watching the yearly Ferrari Parade in the middle of Rome. 1991




 

4 comments:

  1. Very nice images! Which developper did you use for Tri X? In my hands the grain with Tri X or HP5 was terrible! (I used HC110 or Gradual).

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  2. Very nice images! May I ask which developper you used for TriX? In my hands the grain was terrible!

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  3. Hi Andrea, my usual Tri-X developer was Kodak D-76 diluted 1:1. With correct agitation it yields sharp images with minimal grain.

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  4. lovely assortment Kirk

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