Came Across An Old Photo of Mr. Lincoln
I came across this old photo of Abraham Lincoln and thought I'd post it. Just joking. I took a picture of this statue in front of City Hall using my Holga and Ilford HP5 120 B&W film with 400 ASA. I then used Picasa software to give it a sepia look. Hey, it was fun.Eric
posted by Eric at 8:12 PM
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5 Comments:
Eric,
Nice use of sepia. Where was the City Hall?
It's the SF City Hall. One of my friends at work who likes photography said I should try taking "old" things with the Holga. He was right. Mr. Lincoln is one of my biggest heroes, and shooting a pic of his statue and then rendering it in sepia was a cool experience.
Eric
Dolph, forgot to say "thanks" for saying this was a nice use of sepia. I just wanted to make it look old.
Eric
Hi Tom. Thx for the nice comment. Holgas are so bad they are good. Light leeks like you wouldn't believe so I have to tape mine up each time I use it. I missed a couple of places when I took the Lincoln photo. You have 2 f-stops - kind of. They are f8 and f11 (supposedly). There are 4 focus modes at 1 meter, 3 meters, 9 meters, & infinity. What's fun is that you point and shoot, no messing around with technical stuff, and you get some really interesting stuff. A lot of folx don't like Holgas, but I find that they can add character and feeling to a photo sometimes. It's a $20 purchase so you may want to try it out. Another good med format camera is a Yashicamat. I purchased it at a camera swap in SF. If you are interested in the swap, let me know and I can get info for you.
Tom, that guy Jurgen looks like a safe bet as a source for a MF folder. I have one that I have not had time to try out yet. It's a Voigtlander Bessa 6x9 folder, and it once belonged to my friend's father-in-law. I also once owned a Yashicamat 124G that I was very happy with, but eventually sold because it wasn't being used much. I still have a very old Graflex TLR that still works. These day, I would tend to use my Hasselblad 500CM for MF work.
--Warren
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