A scene from the 2010 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. The sun coming from an angle behind the tulips gives them an added luminostiy, and I like the reflections and shadows. TL-120, and Provia 100F. Exposure settings unrecorded.
Category Archives: FolioA
A Fine Bouquet
One of my favorite fireworks shots, especially for the fineness of the light trails, and the color. I shared this image with someone who told me it made her feel like she was on top of the magic castle at Disneyland — one of my all-time favorite responses to a 3D slide.
Shot with twin Hasselblad 500Cs sporting 150mm lenses. Approximately 40 foot separation (based on the half mile distance between me and the fireworks, and the fact that we don’t discern any details behind the firworks — otherwise the 40 foot separation would be a problem).
My Medium Format Slides
Taken cha-cha with my Fuji GA645W and a CU lens at my light table. This shot has images that have toured the folio before, so if you’ve been around, you’ve seen them in 3D 😉 There’s a nice image of our LA3DClub in there too with some 3D friends that may be your friends too (L-R.. Ray Zone, David Kuntz, myself, John Hart, Lawrence Kaufman, Ed?, ?, Oliver Dean, Cassie Kaufman, ?, ?, Steve Berezin. Fun stuff.
Griffith Park Trail
On another run, this time with the Fuji GA645w which I can pack and run with, using Provia 100. This angle is expansive from the Griffith Park trail that leads to the Observatory Overlook. You can see Silver Lake Resevoir, downtown Los Angeles and deeper in the background is the Palos Verdes Peninsula and behind it Catalina. Taken cha-cha style.
Sunset at Lake Balboa
The nearest lake and it’s only 4 miles from my house. I run here often. Lake Balboa is in the Sepulveda Dam Recreation area in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. I used at Sputnik and Fujichrome RDP III 100.
Kids at Paramount Ranch
Summer time at Paramount Ranch, Calabasas, CA is a wonderland for my family. We watch the Silents Under the Stars program put on by Hollywood Heritage and the National Park Service. I took this with the World 3D camera and it flarred so I cropped it. Left to right: Kevin is 8, Vincent 4, Emilie 6, and Valentine 5. Shot on Kodak EPR 64 Ektachrome.
Shwedegon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar
The Schwedegon Pagoda is considered to be the most sacred Buddhist temple in Myanmar.
Photographed with twin Mamiya C220s using 135mm lenses, I used a tripod. Prove 100F pushed one stop. Probably a 15 second exposure at f22.
Great Wall of China
This is the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall located 45 miles from Beijing. It is one of the most thoroughly restored segments of the wall.
Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. No tripod, I get good results with this camera using a waist-level finder and letting it hang around my neck.
New York Kite Festival
This was a New York Stereoscopic Society activity, we all had a great time shooting stereo of kites against the Hudson river and NY skyline.
Photographed with twin Mamiya C220s with 135mm lenses. Prove 100F pushed one stop. I love the surreal quality the telephoto lenses give to this sort of scene.
Bagan, Myanmar
Bagan is famous for its thousand year old Bhuddist temples. Many of these belonged to wealthy families who built them next to their houses. The houses were made of wood and are long gone, but the temples remain.
Photographed with twin Mamiya C-220s using 135mm lenses, December 2015. Prove 100F pushed one stop. I used a tripod. It was challenging hauling this huge rig around Myanmar and my family got a bit impatient with me at times, but it was worth it to get shots like this one.
Ray Dillard – August 2016
All three of these images were captured in Elora, Ontario, Canada at the site of an old mill on the Elora River. I was fascinated by how much was left standing of this structure, although all things considered there was more missing than present! Matt Neima and Steven Lederman, featured in this folio, along with some other friends were out for this photo jaunt. It was a bright day, allowing some significant blue skies mixed with the deteriorating building.
“The Inner Garden” – As per my last run, I am still experimenting with multiple exposures, but this image is the only example I have included this time. It was very bright, so I had to do a bit of calculated guessing at the stacking of the exposure times. I was fascinated by the garden like aspect inside the walls of this building. I also loved the fact I was shooting through a chain length fence. All three images were captured on my Sputnik which I acquired from John Thurston.
“Under deConstruction” – The strange position of the construction barrel, with the bizarre rebar jutting out of the old foundation caught my eye here. It was also an interesting optical illusion that the supports appear as though they are pushing the crumbling walls over rather than supporting them. The Fuji Provia 100F film did a nice job with the blue sky and drab greys.
“Stuck in the Corner” – Experimentation is at the core of my shooting. I was intrigued at how much the person in the corner disappeared due to the brightness of parts of the building. My attempt here was to slightly over expose the brightest part of the building, hopefully then under exposing the bottom right area. Maybe it worked…
Thanks to Steven Lederman for developing this film for me.
Steven Lederman – August 2016
“THE MISSING LINK” – I decided to submit this after being inspired by a negative image of Dorothy Mladenka’s in an earlier Folio loop, or in a different folio (MF3D II?). I actually shot this during work hours. I was hired to shoot an industrial video and decided to bring my TL-120-1 with me. After Principal Photography for the industrial video was completed, I wandered around the factory pretending to take production stills. I originally planned to get this roll developed by dr5 – but for some forgotten reason that didn’t occur. Captured with the aforementioned TL-120-1 on some type of Ilford black and white film. I believe I used a Vivitar 283 fill flash.
“STRUNG OUT” – one of the plusses of the TL-120-1 is its ability to capture greatly-detailed close-up portraits. This image was captured during a jam session of “The Ass Moles” on December 20, 2008. Despite the fact that we never released a commercially-available recording, we did commission Cal Schenkel (of Frank Zappa record cover art fame) to create a piece of Ass Moles-inspired art for us. TL-120-1 using Fuji Film (Provia?) with a Vivitar 283 flash.
“BARN TO BE WILD” – In 2014 I learned a slew of farms were slated for demolition so that condos could be erected on their land. This is one of the images from the resulting photo excursion that documented some of the doomed farm buildings. This image was captured with a TL-120-55 modified with Sam Smith’s machined lens board, using Scala film and processed in dr5’s DEV 2 (sepia).
“ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR LIFE” – No need for an explanation. Captured with a TL-120-1 on Fuji 220 film using a modified winding sequence (with the red window gaffer taped shut). Processed with a CPP-2 Jobo unit in my basement bathroom.
Matt Neima – August 2016
Matt hasn’t shot alot of film lately, but still wanted to participate in this loop of the folio. Since members of Folio B haven’t seen any of his images, I suggested that I be allowed to pick out four slides from his past body of work for submission to the Folio. He agreed and asked me to curate. My image descriptions will also serve as my comments. Matt usually shoots with Fuji Provia 100F film (not for “Ferry Dock” of course), and a Sputnik. He has also owned two incarnations of the TL-120 – a TL-120-1, and a TL-120-55. As these selections span seven years, I’m not sure which camera or film was used for each one.
“Albion Falls” – captured in Hamilton, Ontario, Summer 2004 – I selected this shot for its composition, varied lighting, depth and detail. That particular area of Hamilton / Ancaster is home to a great number of waterfalls. Matt has captured a lovely rendering of one of them.
“Pretty Women” – Misha, Sandra and Kim, in Matt’s backyard, 2009 – I selected this image simply because I think it’s a great portrait. You can invent your own back stories for the expressions on the women’s faces. Thought went into the stereo composition – there are foreground elements, the main subjects, and a slightly soft background which serves to highlight the main subjects.
“Lake Huron” – captured in Pinery Provincial Park, 2010 – As you may know, it’s not easily to properly expose snow. Especially when it’s 30 below, ho ho ho. I like the repeating hilly motif from foreground to mid-shore.
“Self Titled (Ferry Dock)” – captured in Vancouver’s Ferry Market 2011 – I selected this image for the wonderful use of the dr5 process, the composition, subject matter and the sharpness of detail.
Matt died of cancer October 1, 2016. His generosity and support for his friends will be missed. [JRT October 3, 2016]
Corn Dogs and Lemonade
CNE midway
I spent a whole afternoon scouting angles for shooting time exposures at the Canadian National Exhibition midway. After I had shot two rolls of my well planned scenes, I had one frame left over. I quickly looked around for a nice angle and took this image to finish the roll. It was the best one of the lot. I feel quite fortunate that two spotlights on the corn dog stand were burnt out. Either one would have made this shot impossible, or at least very diminished.
TL-120, Provia 100f, f22, four second exposure (I’m pretty sure).
Charles Bridge, Prague
Hyper stereo image
Some of you may get a feeling of deja vu with this one. It is almost identical to a shot I took with my TL-120 a few years back. This time I returned with my Lubitel rig to get a hyper shot of the wonderful and famous Charles Bridge in Prague, which I was just itching to do. The TL-120 image did not show enough depth for me. This one does. I was thinking about putting both images in the folio for comparison, but I would rather show some variety. I prefer this image to the original.
Provia 100f, but I have no idea what the aperture was, but the shutter speed was 1/125th. I never change that, lest I lose my matching shutter speeds.