I belong to Rumberos, a Cuban music study group. Every year we travel to a different part of Cuba and study for a week with various musicians and dancers. Most of the group are percussionists, but often people will join us on various trips who are interested in dance or interested in the Cuban culture. Each year I attend I shoot video footage and create three minute condensed versions of our trips. I’ve brought various stereo cameras along on some trips and have used them to take travel snapshots, usually at pit stops on the way to our workshops.
“Johnny Coming Through The Stereo Window” – Johnny Bullen, brother of pianist Eddie Bullen, laughs at all my jokes, so I consider him a great guy. If asked he’ll play bell, clave, timbales or cascara.
“Pausa Para Fumar” – Our bus driver for the 2023 trip.
“El Coche Verde” – – I was going to include some portraits but the ones I liked really needed some fill flash, so you’re stuck with the obligatory Cuban old car shot. The engine is probably running on modified Soviet car parts.
“Meet The New Swinger” – You’d have to be as old as I am to remember the photo-related commercial that began with “Hey! Meet the new Swinger!!” This is Vic Ramnarine, who’ll gladly sit in with any band on tumbadoras, even when not asked to do so.
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“PHOTO WALKS” – Steven Lederman’s d25 Submission
I belong to a number of Photo Walk groups here in Toronto. Participating in a Photo Walk is a great way to get one’s steps in, socialize with like-minded folk, and maybe use a camera that hasn’t been taken out in a while. If one is not driving, one can join one’s aforementioned like-minded friends in quaffing great flagons of beer after the walk, get sotted and beligerent, tip over tavern tables in anger, and tell everyone in the room what one REALLY thinks of them and their pretentious little point ‘n’ shoots.
“BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD…….ROCK”.
Captured during an excursion with the (Toronto) ANALOG FRIENDS photo walk group. TL-120-1, Kodak E100SW
“A STREETCAR NAMED RETIRED”.
Made on a solo photography jaunt. Sometimes you don’t want to be with others and their YouTube Influencer cameras. TL-120-1, Kodak Lumiere LPP
“CURB APPEAL”.
Snapped during a pleasant meandering with the TORONTO FILM SHOOTERS photo walk group. Sputnik, very expired and damaged AGFA APX 100 (Foma-R reversal kit)
“DOWN BY THE BAY”.
Photographed during a chilly Fall cattle drive with the TORONTO PHOTO WALKS (TOPW) photo walk group. There was an actual theme set for this photo walk, which was “Towers and Reflections”. Stereo Samulette, Kodak E100S
RACK AND PINHOLE
For loop 28, I’ve decided to submit four different images captured with four different medium format stereo cameras. This first image was captured with my “Rollei Pin” camera that I created for this year’s Worldwide Pinhole Day. Gary Cullen supplied a junked Rolleidoscop body, and I created a lensboard out of a Wellington Stout aluminum can. Matt Neima and James Mutch originally sparked my interest in pinhole photography, and this year when I participated in Worldwide Pinhole Day I recruited Ray Dillard into the fold. You can see the image I submitted to the WWPD gallery here: http://pinholeday.org/gallery/2015/index.php?id=2712
Both of these exposures were 25 minutes and 15 seconds long, 
captured with The Rollei Pin on Kodak E100S film, and home-processed in my basement. Now before some of you whine and moan that this image isn’t tack sharp (after all, it was taken with a pin, not a tack) just think about it for a moment – this was captured using a beer can for a lens! Here is a picture of the Rollei Pin, along with its lens source (shot with a W3):