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Captured: Abigail
Nobody wanted Abigail, so my parents took her. It helped that she is a Lab mix; they had two Labs before her and they had come to love the breed. After their last Lab, Shadow, passed a few years ago I...
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Shooting Kodak Plus-X Pan
Long ago, Kodak’s three main black-and-white films were Verichrome Pan, Plus-X Pan, and Tri-X Pan. Only Tri-X Pan is still made, albeit improved over its original 1940 formulation. Kodak discontinued...
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1950 Hudson Commodore
My favorite car at this year’s Mecum auction was a pale yellow 1950 Hudson Commodore convertible. I photographed it extensively on Kodak Plus-X Pan film with my Nikon F2AS and my 50mm f/2 AI Nikkor...
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Car parts on Kodak T-Max 400
I love both of Kodak’s ISO 400 black-and-white films, Tri-X and T-Max, but for different reasons: Tri-X when I want that grainy look, and T-Max when I don’t. I didn’t when I photographed the cars at...
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Shooting Kentmere 100
Some people say you have to get the processing juuuuust right to get the best results from Kentmere 100, a black-and-white film manufactured by the same folks who make the Ilford films. But I don’t...
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Bespoke in black and white
I wished I had an f/1.4 lens for my Nikon F2 last month when I visited the classic car museums in Auburn, Indiana. My f/2 prime would have left me with a mighty narrow in-focus patch; I wanted that...
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Goodbye Arista Premium 400
Arista Premium 400, a black-and-white film, has ceased production. I think. What I know for sure: the only place in the world where you can get it — Freestyle Photographic Supplies — will stop selling...
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Nikon F3HP
There I was, happily making photographs with the Nikon F2 that John Smith generously donated to the Jim Grey Home for Wayward Cameras, when John e-mailed me asking: Would I like a Nikon F3 that he...
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58th & Victoria Nikon F3HP, 50mm f/2 AI Nikkor, Arista Premium 400 (exp. 11/2011) 2014
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Shooting Ilford Delta 100
I was disappointed with the photos from my first roll of Ilford Delta 100. As much as possible, I want to get the photo right in the camera. That didn’t happen on a single frame of this roll — every...
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Goodbye Rife’s Market
Word reached me the other day that Rife’s Market, in the Grandview neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, has closed. It was a five-aisle mom-and-pop grocery that would have been a throwback even 30 years...
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Decline and growth, close to home on the Michigan Road
For a few years now, I’ve meant to photograph the portion of the Michigan Road nearest my home. For those of you familiar with northwest Indianapolis, it’s the stretch between about Kessler Boulevard...
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