Hangzhou - 1992 - Hula Hoop

Hangzhou. May 10, 1992
I shot this during my honeymoon in 1992. It is from a series of negatives that I was never able to print from because of the excessive contrast and exposure in the negs combined with the heavy density from the film development. I had no success (or patience) trying to burn in the highlights. Shooting Konica Infrared film in a 12 exp Mamiya M6 certainly is unlike shooting digital now. However finding a camera such as this that is digital capable is not going to happen. Definitely a challenge, and a worthwhile one. For me it was only the scanner that is bringing life into these negs. After 20 years I finally see a little detail in the highlights and hopefully this image and more will finally find there way to a sheet of paper.

I sometimes regret my failure to see beyond what I was shooting in China on this day. This transition period for China was a beautiful time to see and I was blessed to have a wife and companion to guide me through it.

Chinese New Year

Sunday around noon. 1/29/12
The second shot from today. For me the best some of the best parts of the parade are the high school bands. Good kids too.

More Christmas Lights a Month Later

Sunday around noon. 1/22/12

Christmas Lights

Thursday morning. 12/15/11

Square Trees

Thursday morning. 12/15/11

Dress on Yellow Corner

Wednesday Night. 12/14/11

How to Take a Photograph

Sometime in 1972.
Start with 5 cans of soup.

How To Use Chopsticks

Saturday Evening. 12/3/11
Now you have no excuse.

Wisconsin

Thanksgiving Day. 11/24/11

New camera - old lens

1pm Wednesday, 11/23/11.
New Canon 5DII + 2003 Canon 17-40.
Using a full-frame camera to shoot something for the web is pretty much overkill. 20+ MB files reduced to 500kb is severe shrinkage.

However I have a need for this new tool. It will provide me with almost two more stops of high ISO shooting over what I'm shooting now plus a larger file that can be chopped and cropped while retaining good image quality. Having three different format sizes in the toolbox gives me excellent flexibility for assignments.

And the view through FF! The large optical viewfinder of the 5D compared to slectronic finders is like a picture window next to a security camera. The image quality of the larger file seems to add a bit more dimension than the smaller sensors. I'm looking forward to work!