Gins # 8
Sharpness has been the goal of lens manufacturers for over a century.Gins # 8But, not the only goal. To wit: the 16″ Kodak Portrait lens. Softness was the goal when this lens was made way back when Kodak was a...
Pendleton, Oregon. March 2013
Gaia and I went to Pendleton, Oregon in March 2013 on a well deserved vacation. It was entirely too windy to get out my 8×10 camera, but I could hand hold my Speed Graphic if I kept the shutter speed...
Why Use 8×10 Film in a Digital Age?
November 2008. It’s 2:00 AM. I’m on the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. I have my Deardorff set up to photograph the city and it’s picturesque waterfront. It’s cold. I’m alone very near a bad part of town. The occasional...
The Mad Achemist Speaks: Fall 2012 in 510 Pyro
Chanticleer Point, November 2012 I took this picture on Tuesday, November 14, 2012 from Chanticleer Point in the Columbia Gorge. For once, the clouds were cooperating. So many times here in NW oregon, we have either total overcast, or blank,...
Bonneville Dam at Sunset, October 2012
Bonneville Dam at Sunset, October 2012 This is from my new (very old) 5×7 Camera City View (by the Seneca Camera Co. of Rochester NY). The camera was made around 1906, but is on remarkably good shape. I will post...
The 760mm SK Grimes Lens
The SK Grimes lens is the one on the upper right. It doesn’t look like much, but the focal length is 760mm. On an 8×10 camera it requires almost a yard of bellows draw. I refer to it as “SK...
The Columbia Gorge, October 2012
My favorite time in the Columbia Gorge is the fall. The leaves turn there slightly before they do in Portland, and on the rare day when the rain lets up, I’m out there with one of my cameras. This year,...
October 2012 Exhibit at Anna Bananna’s in North Portland
Greetings, My photography will be on display at Anna Bananna’s at 8716 N Lombard St in Portland, Oregon. This will be a themed show consisting of waterfall images. I can’t think of a better way to usher in the rainy...