So it’s been many years since I’ve looked at my Tumblr account, but with Instagram focusing on video content and ‘suggestions’ I might like but not actually work that I follow…I thought I would relook at Tumblr again.

Here are afew images from a recent trip to St Louis, MO. Missouri is known as the ‘show me state’. Taken with my Contax 645 and a roll of Kodak Portra 160.

After using my RB67 for several years I thought I would try the RZ67 Pro ii.
I bought an almost perfect example which was used as a studio camera in a small ad agency, it came with 2 lenses, a Polaroid back, a prism finder and a few filters. It looks like it’s not been used for many years as the Polaroid back still had a new pack of fim in it…I say new, but it must have been in there for at least 20 year.

I bought a new battery and a box of the Fuji FP-100c and took 3 test shots with it from my balcony at home. The first with the 65mm lens and the other 2 with the 180mm lens. Looking forward to shooting with it later this week.

Leica M6 and Tri-X v. the Leica Monochrom

Interesting comparison between the two cameras.

http://leicaphilia.com/a-leica-m6-and-tri-x-v-the-leica-monochrom/

London, UK

Whilst being a ‘tourist’ in London for the day, I spotted this young couple posing for their wedding photos on Westminster Bridge. The people on the bridge have no idea what’s going on below them.

Switzerland

I took the Hasselblad Xpan out for the very first time and took these photographs in and around Lake Léman (Lake Geneva).

Chicago, USA

I spent a few days in Chicago back and took my Pentacon six out with me as I walked the streets.

Sefrou Festival des Cerises Fantasia, Morocco

Fantasia is a traditional exhibition of horsemanship performed during cultural festivals and celebrations in Morocco. The performance consists of a group of horse riders, all wearing traditional clothes, who charge along a straight path at the same speed so as to form a line, and then at the end of the charge fire into the sky using old muskets or muzzle-loading rifles

Ahmedabad, India

This old guy was working on a construction site, building a new freeway/motorway overpass. He had a wonderful weathered face and probably not as old as he looked. Taken in the late afternoon but if I remember I’m sure there was a yellow wall opposite giving that wonderful colour to his face.

Arizona, USA

Take on a mini roadtrip from Los Angeles to Monument Valley and back in a week. Driving back to LA you could see the storm in the distance, it was just starting to rain and I saw a break in the clouds and had to pull over, the mailboxes were an added bonus and I had to include them in the shot.

Jamnagar, Gujarat, India

Wandering the streets of Jamnagar I heard the familiar sound of a printing press, I peered into a small room to find these guys hard at work. They were happy stand in the doorway to have their photograph taken.