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wasder, cool shot!

Posted by: Biff Champion at March 5, 2009 8:36 AM

It almost looks as if the clouds are actually moving in that photo.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 5, 2009 8:41 AM

Another great shot, wasder! (off to work now)

Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 5, 2009 8:51 AM

here we go again...

Posted by: randolph at March 5, 2009 8:52 AM

nice Wasder. Is that a real medium format shot on film with an orange filter, or are you messing around on the compter?

Posted by: denton at March 5, 2009 8:57 AM

randolph...keep your drivel to the Open Thread please. Its clear you can't actually add anything to a normal discussion.

How's that search for a cat going????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 5, 2009 8:57 AM

WOW!! Great shot.
I love the contrast between the dark water and the bright sky.

Where is this and what are we looking at in the background? Is that the ferris wheel at Coney Island?

Posted by: bayridgegirl at March 5, 2009 9:00 AM

I'm inspired to get out and take some snaps. Plus I got the SLR fixed this weekend after my 2 yr old used it as a lasso.

Posted by: dittoburg at March 5, 2009 9:06 AM

Wasder, your photos are professional quality - flat out amazing :) I'm inspired to upgrade my cheapo camera and get out there!

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 5, 2009 9:09 AM

That is a beauty wasder! Yes, please tell us how you did it.

Posted by: cobblehiller at March 5, 2009 9:09 AM

wasder you came out of no where lately (i think) taking these great photos. keep it up man!!! seriously love them. you have a good eye for city scapes.

*r*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 5, 2009 9:13 AM

Hello everybody. Thanks for the nice words about the photo. I am a photographer by trade and one who is dismayed by the digital trend somewhat (though trying not to be a stick in the mud and embrace the inevitable). This was taken with my mamiya 6, a medium format camera that shoots square negs. I used konica infrared film and was standing at the end of Steeplechase pier in Coney Island, shooting back towards the amusement park. Nowadays I don't think you can even buy Konica medium format infrared film, which makes me sad as it was one of my main artistic outlets. I am compiling a show of my Brooklyn images from the 90's and looking for a gallery to show it in. You can see more in the Brownstoner flickr group. I thought it would be cool to start sharing this stuff with you guys and see what strikes everyone's fancy. I am more known for photographing rock musicians but landscapes were my first and most long lasting love. Anyway, enjoy and I will catch up with you guys later.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 9:31 AM

Wasder, there is a new-ish place in Greenwood Heights - "Under Minerva Art Gallery and Event Space." They are looking for artists (and I consider photographers artists) to display there. You might want to check them out and see if it's a fit for your. UnderMinerva.com

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at March 5, 2009 9:39 AM

Konica did discontinue the IR film. So did Kodak. Very disappointing. Mamiya 6 is a great camera, but mine had the advance problem, which is common in them. Now I stick with a Rolleiflex for 6x6. Nice shot!

Posted by: eyepenn at March 5, 2009 9:40 AM

nice shots wasder, keep us informed if you ever put them up in a gallery. looks like you have captured some good stuff over the years

Posted by: bktycoon at March 5, 2009 9:42 AM

well yeah digital photography definitely DID take the fun out of photography. now everyone thinks they are a photographer, so i agree with you. tho i guess in a sense everyone is and can be. i just think those dark room smells are amazing and seeing a print develop before your eyes is a ton more fun than uploading a 1000 pics on your computer and picking out the best one. tho digital photography did make the internet 100x more fun, so it has it's place. digital photography is also a major boom for perverts.

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 5, 2009 9:43 AM

wasder, like bktycoon said, you have to let us all know when and where you'll be having a show.

Posted by: Biff Champion at March 5, 2009 9:56 AM

wasder, beautiful shot, have you considered selling prints?

Posted by: cobblehillcat at March 5, 2009 10:26 AM

Wasder,

Great photograph!

I still have a few rolls of 120 Konica IR in my freezer--great stuff, if somewhat unpredictable (at least when I used it). I understand that Efke IR film is pretty good, but I haven't tried it yet. Ilford's "near-IR" has been re-introduced.

Rob,

I agree with you about the darkroom--seeing an image come up in the developing tray hasn't lost it's magic for me even though I've been printing for 50 years.

After much hesitation I finally bought a digital SLR last month, but it will just be for the Lefferts Manor Echo newsletter and, possibly, for posting quick shots here--the sort of utilitarian stuff where, for the last few years, I've been scanning negatives, rather than printing in the darkroom. My "real" photography will continue to be silver based and my Rolleiflex remains my favorite camera.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at March 5, 2009 10:27 AM

cobblehillcat---for sure I have (and am) considering it. My music photography is going to be shown in Soho this summer and I am trying to figure out what to do with the Brooklyn and other landscape stuff. If you particularly want to buy something at this point, reach me through here or through the flickr site until I have my point of sale system set up.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 10:29 AM

Bob--I'll buy the Konica off you if you want to sell, although I completely understand if you don't want to...My real photography continues to be silver based as well. Lets keep it real for future generations Bob!

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 10:34 AM

Great work, wasder. Truly excellent.

Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 5, 2009 10:54 AM

Thanks Snark!

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 10:58 AM

Sorry Wasder--I plan to eventually use that Konica IR. I suggest trying the Efke--their R-25 and R-50 conventional B&W films are quite good so the IR should be good too and, like the Konica [and UNLIKE Kodak], it's a slow, fine-grained film.

I'm confident that B&W film and paper will continue to be available, as a niche product, for generations. It's a bitch though when something you really like gets discontinued. I'm mourning the loss of Forte Polywarmtone paper--I'm on my last box--but I'll make do with Ilford WT when that's gone.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at March 5, 2009 11:00 AM

Totally understood Bob. I wouldn't sell it either. I never liked the Kodak infrared for the reason you mention. So the Efke is medium format infrared 120? Where do you buy?

I also agree that black and white film and paper will be available in some form or another for a long time but it has been sad to watch my favorite films and papers disappear one by one. On a professional lab tip, do you ever go to Chelsea Photographic? They are amazing.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 11:05 AM

Thanks for the tip on the Efke. Kind of expensive, but sounds better than the Ilford alternative.

Posted by: eyepenn at March 5, 2009 11:18 AM

eyepenn--I have been looking at your stuff on flickr and it looks great.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 11:42 AM

Thanks. I have the link to your flickr account bookmarked because it's blocked here at work. Going to take a look tonight.

Posted by: eyepenn at March 5, 2009 11:51 AM

Wasder, your photo knocked me out this morning, and that's saying something because I am eyepenn's mother. The two of us had a conversation just last night about digital photography vs. "art." Coincidently, we also talked quite a bit about square format and black and white--two favorites of mine. I sure hope you and eyepenn and others like Bob Marvin never give up on "real" photography. The photograph above is a beautiful work of art.

Definitely look into places to show your work and let us know when you do. I would love to see more. Flickr's ok, but not the same as an exhibit in person.

Posted by: dylanfan at March 5, 2009 12:00 PM

dylanfan--thanks so much. I really appreciate the feedback. Yes, flickr does not substitute for a real show. AS I said earlier my music photography will be shown this summer in SOHO (I have shot a portrait of Dylan by the way) but the landscape stuff is still in need of a gallery home. Will definitely let you know if/when something happens.

Digital photography can be art in the right hands but there will never quite be anything like the chemical alchemy of light hitting emulsion and the magic that takes place there. A computer will never replicate that. Don't worry I don't plan on giving up film ever.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 12:07 PM

Wasder, I must see that shot of Dylan. Forgot how beautiful he once was until I saw those films last year.

Posted by: dylanfan at March 5, 2009 12:29 PM

Well I didn't shoot him in his beautiful phase unfortunately. Not old enough to have done that. It was 1996 and he was pretty grizzled. But the experience of having a one on one with him in a little dressing room in Germany was one I will always remember and treasure as I am an uber-fan too.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 12:39 PM

IFC showed a film based on the early years I think last spring, and I was struck by how gorgeous he was when young. He looked quite different in Prospect Park last summer, though it was a great show. (Well, to be fair, I don't look like one of the girls in the audience of the film anymore, either.)

At any rate, he must make a great subject, even now.

It seems you have two starkly different photographic interests/talents--portraiture and landscape.

Posted by: dylanfan at March 5, 2009 12:52 PM

wasder, let me add my voice to the rising chorus of accolades. I also confess to a screen capture of one of the fabulous photos on your website- I love black and white photography. Both my brother and brother in law are photographers. Sadly, i seem to be a thumb stuck over the lens kind of person. I also need to take shots using a plumb line and level.

Posted by: bxgrl at March 5, 2009 1:34 PM

bxgirl, if you're using a real camera, you can get a grid screen to replace the standard screen. That keeps the photos level. If not, you can use the perspective control in PhotoShop :-)

Posted by: denton at March 5, 2009 2:46 PM

Wasder,

Freestyle has the Efke IR film:

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/191820-Efke-IR820-BandW-Infrared-120-size-Past-date-Special-2-09-Date?cat_id=403

I HOPE it's being a past-date special isn't ominous. Perhaps it's only made once in a while, in batches, like the Konica film was.

I haven't used it, but I've been pleased with other slow (ISO 25 and 50) Efke films in 35mm and 120. I don't use it any more though because it's so damn curly, although it flattens out after a while, but it's a PITA to cut and place in negative sleeves. More important, I find that medium speed Ilford FP4 is plenty sharp and fine grain enough in medium format.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at March 5, 2009 3:04 PM

Thanks Bob. The Konica stuff was curly too when it was processed. As I don't usually process my own film the aspect of cutting and placing in the sleeve is less of an issue with me. I will check out the Efke film. Thanks again for the tip.

Posted by: wasder at March 5, 2009 4:39 PM

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