I’m traveling at the moment and can’t dig out the original scans of my submissions, so a snapshot I took of all four together will have to suffice…

Lifespace

From Summer 2025 in Pittsburgh, when the power company chopped down two blocks worth of large trees without warning. This event caused a massive community uproar. During a walk, I happened upon the stumps before they had been removed. I was out testing a prototype Mercury 6×12 film back, and only had ancient, expired, low-grade BW film loaded, but was pleased with the ironic result.

Shot on a Mercury Stereo 12, on unknown film. I believe this was with a Mamiya 105mm lens. Slide made via the M-Chrome process.

Snowstorm: Table Setting

From this January, during the largest snowstorm we have received in Pittsburgh in 15 years. Shot on Ilford HP5+ film, pushed two stops to ISO 1600. Shot on a Mercury Stereo 12 Pancake, an ultra-thin version of the camera normally used to shoot Instax 3D, but in this case I was testing out a radical lens: the Schneider APO-Digitar 35mm. This is widest lens I’ve ever tested in MF3D. I welcome your feedback! I haven’t had a chance to shoot more with this lens pair, and can’t wait to do so!

This is an M-Chrome made from the BW negative.

Hair

I shot this last spring with a fantastic model, Helena. It is part of a series of experiments with the Mamiya 105mm lens, which quickly became my favorite portrait lens for MF3D!

Shot with a Mercury Stereo 12, on 70mm Portra film. Slide made via the M-Chrome process.

Trundle Robot

This was shot at a curiosity museum in Pittsburgh. This wild robot sculpture was standing in a corner. With great effort, the owners of the museum, Vicky, and I hauled it out to pose it here, I’m sure for the first and last time.

Shot with a Mercury Stereo 12, on expired Fuji RMS slide film, using the Schneider Super Angulon 47mm lens.