Also from the 2026 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. TL-120 handheld 1/125 @ f16. Canon 600EX flash at half power. I hadn’t used the Canon flash with the TL-120 before, the internet told me that it put out twice as much light as the Vivitar 285H and it worked well using the settings I was accustomed to divided by two.
This was from a 2021 New York Pinup Club shoot at the American Air Power Museum in East Farmingdale NY. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H flash. I shot with Ilford PanF black and white print film and had the reverse processing done by DR-5. I’m not sure if this was one of the last runs they did, as I recall it took a few months to get the processed film back.
Once again from the 2026 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. I haven’t been doing much MF3D shooting lately but I decided to bring my trusty TL120 along for this year’s parade. While shooting I felt the lens board shifting a bit. After the parade I discovered that the lens board screws were getting very loose and one was missing. Fortunately none of the slides I took were affected by this and I tightened everything up.
The Findyhoppers are a group of dancers who I often see at this event, I have years of 3D photos and videos of them rehearsing in the staging area. For this group shot I used a Canon 600EX flash at half power, which matches the full output of the Vivitar 285H I’m used to.
From the 2026 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. TL-120 with Provia 100F pushed one stop. Handheld, most of the day I shot at 1/125 using f16 or 22.
I used a Canon 600EX flash at full power here – this is twice as much light as the Vivitar 285H I’m used to using with this camera. Without the flash our fry lady’s face would have been mostly shadows.
Photographed at the 2023 Coney Island Mermaid Parade using a TL-120 with Vivitar 285H flash.
Photographed with twin YashicaMat 124s. I got some nice images with this rig, it was great for slight hypers like this one. Unfortunately I never figured out how to get both shutters to fire consistently and always had a few wasted shots on any pair of rolls.
Provia 100F pushed one stop. I believe this was a four second exposure at f16.
Photographed at the “American Air Power Museum” in Farmingdale NY. The New York Pinup Club does a group shoot there most years. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill-flas, Fuji Provia 100F pushed one stop.
TL-120 with Ilford Pan-F processed by DR-5. I miss DR-5, just about everything I ever sent them came out looking amazing.
Photographed with a TL-120 with Vivitar 285-H fill flash. One minute at f22. It wasn’t possible to shoot a hyper of the view here so I wanted to figure out some way to get an interesting stereoscopic image, fortunately it was possible to get the foreground and background to both expose well. The flash froze a few ghosts within the blur.
Photographed at a car-show in Bolingbrook IL in July 2024. TL-120 with Vivitar fill-flash. Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100-F film. This is a monument to Irish nationalist leader Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847). I believe this was 20 seconds at f16.
Jim Harp “Surdo Player”
Photographed at the 2023 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash, Provia 100F pushed one stop. The biggest challenge at the Mermaid Parade is getting a shot that doesn’t have another photographer cutting in front of you!
Jim Harp – Double Trouble
Photographed at the Air Power museum in Farmingdale NY, October 2019. TL120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash. Ilford Pan-f, DR-5 processing. DR5 suggests rating Ilford Pan F at ISO 20 so this was probably a half second exposure.
Jim Harp – Tibetan Buddhist Temple, Mussorie India
There is a thriving Tibetan community in Mussorie India. This was photographed in 2012 with a TL-120 with a Vivitar 285H fill flash. Provia 100F pushed one stop.
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.