Recent Street Portraiture

I don’t take a lot of street portraits, so accumulating enough for a post takes some time. Here are several recent ones, all shot on film. This is Mateo, who commented on my camera, and we talked photography for a few minutes. I placed him in front of this plain background. I found him a […]

The Magic Trio

I often think of this quote from Alan Schaller when I’m out hunting for street photos: “If you can get the magic trio of a good subject, good environment, and good light all together in one frame, you’re winning.” If I can find a spot where I’ve got two of the three, or am close […]

Back to Film

Like many photographers in my age cohort, I shot film for decades before digital came along. Also like many others, I did some darkroom work back in the day, developing and printing black and white film. But I hadn’t shot film in probably 20 years … before buying a film camera a few months ago. […]