Jim Harp – Hailey and the Excalibur
Photographed at a “Tilted Kilt” car show in Bolingbrook Illinois, August 2023. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill-flash. Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Hailey and the Excalibur
Author Archives: Jim Harp
Air Power
Photographed at a New York Pinup Club event at the American Air Power museum in Farmingdale NY. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash. Ilford Pan F processed with DR5. DR5 recommended rating the Pan-F at ISO 25. I believe this was a half-second exposure at f16. It’s challenging to get sharp portraits at the long shutter speeds these low ISOs require.
Seven Sisters, San Francisco
Photographed with twin Mamiya C-220s with 135mm lenses. (My attempt to build an affordable twin-Tele-Rollei alternative). Provia 100F pushed one stop
Halo
Photographed at the 2022 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill-flash. I was happy to see this event happen again after its two year absence, it’s a portrait photographer’s paradise.
Vittorio Emmanuel II Monument – Rome
Photographed with a Stereoflektoscop – Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Bagan Myanmar
Bagan Myanmar – this was in late 2015. I’m not sure if I would be able to get this shot again as climbing on these stupas has since been restricted and there was some earthquake damage in 2016.
Photographed with twin Mamiya C220s with 135mm lenses. It was quite a feat hauling that rig around Myanmar, I’m not sure if I could do that again either. Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Ariel
Photographed at the 2022 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. I was very happy to see this event take place again after a few years of its absence. Photographed with a TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash, Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Six of Diamonds
Photographed at a “New York Pinup Club” event held at the American Air Power museum in Farmingdale NY.
TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash – Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Dublin
I think this was in 2006. Photographed with twin Yashica-Mat 124s using Ilford Pan F processed at DR5.
Christmas in Ginza Tokyo
I shot this in 2004 using a twin Yashica-Mat 124 rig. I would go on these business trips to Japan with just a few items of clothing and my suitcase filled with tripods, twin bars and other camera gear. I brought the actual cameras as carry-ons whenever possible. They’d keep me working all day so I ended up with lots of nighttime shots.
This was probably a two second exposure at f16, I manually fired a Vivitar 285H flash while the shutter was open.
Rita N Wink on the mic
From a 2018 New York Pinup Club shoot – TL120 with a Vivitar 285H flash. There was also some studio lighting, I used an incident meter and crossed fingers. I was using long exposures, 1/4 or 1/2 second and asking the models to hold still.
San Francisco Playground
This was taken with twin Mamiya C220s using 135mm lenses. Provia 100F pushed one stop. I love the surreal effect of slightly hyper telephoto shots, San Francisco offers lots of nice elevated views where this works well.
Katie Kells Beach-Ball
This is from a New York Pinup Club shoot in Long Island June 2021. It was very hot and humid that day, many of the photographers went home early. This is a TL-120 without a flash, Provia 100F pushed one stop. I believe it was 1/125 at f22.
Coney Island Mermaids
The past few years the Coney Island Mermaid Parade has been the event where I shot most of my Medium Format rolls for the year. This was the event I most missed among all the cancelled activities of Summer 2020. This shot was taken with a TL-120 using a Vivitar 285H fill-flash. My TL-120 reliably syncs to flash at 1/125 even though flash sync is marked for 1/30. This has softened the shadows on countless Mermaid Parade portraits I’ve taken. Provia 100F pushed 1 stop.
Alcatraz
Shot with twin Mamiya C220s with 135 mm lenses. I enjoy the surreal effect telephoto 3D creates. For years I had dreamed of being able to own twin Tele-Rollei’s and then one day I realized I could get very close to that on the cheap with the old Mamiya TLRs.