Jim Harp – May 2012
Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop, Vivitar 185H fill flash, tripod support.
TaiPei is filled with beautiful Buddhist and Confucian temples.
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Buddha National Memorial, Taiwan
Jim Harp May 2012
Photographed with a TL-120, Provia 100F pushed one stop, tripod. This monument is located in Fo Guang Shan in Southwestern Taiwan. It’s difficult to capture the scale of this place but panoramic MF3D comes close.
View from the 101 Building – Taipei, Taiwan
May 2012
This is the view from the observation deck of the 101 building which is the tallest skyscraper in Asia. This was a cha-cha shot with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a four foot separation, which is quite a bit less than the “1/30” rule would dictate. While I don’t think this separation would produce satisfactory depth in 35mm or digital I feel that it works well for medium format. Medium Format’s high level of detail provides plenty of depth cues and there’s none of the miniaturization effects that a 20 foot separation would have created.
Behind the 101 Building – Taipei, Taiwan
May 201. Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a pod support.
This image captures what much of Taipei is like; the mountains in the background, the modern, nondescript buildings and the group of people exercising in public.
Jim Harp – Soda Can Mermaids – Coney Island
Shot with a TL-120, Provia 100F pushed one stop Vivitar 285H fill-flash
The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is a photographer’s paradise. Participants love to have their picture’s taken. I like the way the fill flash brings out the faces here, but I wish I had used a diffusor, it’s a little harsh.
Jim Harp Self Portrait
Shot with a Sputnik Ilford Pan-F processed by DR-5 Dublin 2006
This was a three to four minute exposure. You have to look for my face in here, it’s floating in space just to the left of the base of the statue. I opened the shutter with a locking cable release, walked up to the statue and held a Vivitar 285H pointed at my face at arm’s length and fired it.
Jim Harp – George Cohan Statue, Times Square
Shot with twinned Yashica-Mat 124s, Provia 100F pushed one stop. Vivitar 285H fill flash
I shot this in 2003. This statue has since been moved so that this particular view is no longer possible. I liked to think of George M. Cohan watching over all the Broadway theaters here.
Tomb of Itimad ud Daulah Agra, India
Photographed with a TL-120, Fuji Provia 400X
This monument is known as the “Baby Taj” because of its location near the Taj Mahal, which has also led to it being generally ignored by tourists.