Directional Light

Manhole Revisited


Late Afternoon Light

Deep Shadows

Tree Shadow


Lonely Shrub


A Row of Sheds


A Memorial


Empty Playground

The play between light and dark shadows always interest me.
I always try look for interesting graphic elements in my photographs.
These are recent shots from my Dacora Digna.

Todos los Santos

In my native country, the Philippines, we don’t celebrate Halloween like they do here in the United States but around this time we celebrate “Todos los Santos” (all saints/souls day) instead. Being predominantly Catholic, Filipinos celebrate this holiday by remembering friends and relatives who have passed on. It is similar to Mexico and Latin America’s day of the dead.
A few days before the holiday, Filipinos would clean and spruce up their cemeteries. They would re- paint the tombstones, mow the grass and remove the weeds around the grave sites. On the day itself, November first, families would visit the grave sites, bringing along candles and fresh flowers. The day is a mixture of solemn and merry occasion. It is a time to remember the departed love ones, to pray for them, conduct a vigil and at the same time to socialize with other relatives and neighbors who came to visit the grave sites.
And since Filipinos love to eat they usually bring food with them, not to offer them to the dead but to have a picnic along the site. The cemeteries would have a festive atmosphere; many flowers, candles and food stalls would be along the entrance.

Dacora Digna

Recently I rescued a rather ratty looking Dacora Digna medium format, scale focusing camera. Although it looked very well used, it is still very functional and the lens seems to be clean and clear.
It was made by Dacora-Kamerawerk, Reutlingen, Germany in 1954.
This Digna version comes with a collapsible Achromat Digna 80mm lens and one shutter speed (1/50 sec) plus B for timed exposures. It has two aperture settings, f 8 and f 11. Focusing is done by extending the lens from the body and turning the lens into three scale zones, 5-10 feet, 10-25 feet and 25 to infinity.

I loaded the camera with a Fuji Acros 100 120 roll film to test it but I’ve been so busy recently with commercial work that I couldn’t find time to finish the roll.

I will post images taken with it soon.

10th Ave.

Boat Yard

Hay Stack Pyramid

Open Wide!

Now that summer is almost over, I will miss scenes like this for awhile.
Camera: Rolleicord IV Film: Neopan 400

A Forgotten Cup

Old Window

High Line Park

Dessert

Holga 120N, Neopan 400

Queens County Farm Pow wow-Part 2

Camera: Holga 120N, Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100

Queens County Farm Pow wow-Part 1

Last Saturday, I spent the day at the Queens County Farm Museum. They had the 31st Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow, a three day event, participated by over 40 Native American nations.

I brought my Canon P rangefinder and Holga 120N with me.
I had photographed many Pow wows before using a SLR or DSLR with long zoom lenses. I usually concentrate on the dancers as they perform but this time I photographed the participants as they interact with their families and guests on the sidelines.

I will post images from the event as I finish scanning them.

More Farm Animals

Petting Farm Diptych

Agfa Click II, Neopan Acros 100

Diptychs and Triptychs

The Matador


Waiting for the Right Time


Shrubs
Camera: Agfa Click II, Film: Neopan Acros 100

My First Holga

Couldn't resist all the hoopla about Holga cameras, so I finally manage to get one without the inflated price. These shots are from the first roll, a Neopan Acros 100. The lens wasn't bad at all, a lot sharper than I expected. I think I will have fun with this camera. I already pimped the camera body with fun and funky stickers!


Picnic Table


Mr. Bunny


Old Wheel


Lawn Chairs


Out House

The Passerby

Camera: Agfa Click II
Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100

More From Coney Island

Super Baldax, Fuji Neopan 400


Inflatables


Little Horsey Ride


Shoot the Clowns

Canon P with 35mm Jupiter 12 lens, Kodak BW 400CN


Concession Stand


Freak


Carousel-2

Kodak Gold200


Coney Island Lager


Chacha

Walkway

Walkway

Camera: Agfa Click II
Film: Neopan 400