Posts Tagged “B&W”

I got the film back from Italy and fell in love with the grain all over again. I think it happens every time I get back a batch of vacation film, see also here. Can your digital camera do this?

Yes, I know the highlights are blown out and the shadows are gone. I’m not interested in perfection, I’m interested in art, in chemistry, in magic. Can any digital camera do this?

Full disclosure: Tri-X negative scanned to hi-res JPG then cropped and level-corrected, but just a tiny bit. Sure, you probably can get that from a digital photo with more manipulation, and sure, you can see the artifacts along with the grain. But just you wait ’till I scan some of those negatives to uncompressed formats…

This one’s for the big N who gave me a Lomo Fisheye camera. It’s not replacing my Ricoh GR-1 any time soon, but it sure makes you look around a little different. On top of the oddness of the ultra wide lens, this shot has the benefit of being a black and white Tri-X negative scanned in color, which I’ve been liking for its warmish tone since Chicago.

Sorry I’ve been out of touch since HK, things got pretty crunky in Singapore and I was sick by the time I hit Mexico City. But anyway, the film is back and I’m going to post some more HK harbour shots under various conditions. Also going to update the media ticker and try to get some housekeeping done before the next flight, which is tomorrow. Paris and Munich for three or four days of meetings.

Trying out a warmer tone. Looking East on the river.

Under the chocolate-scented bridge.

A bit of Goldberg’s Marina City and Mies’ IBM building.