Chatting photography

Yesterday I met with some friends in photography for coffee and something to eat. And we digested some photography books as well. How about a book with the work by Paul Strand or Next stop New York by Arthur Leipzig? Of course we also discussed some lenses and cameras, film developing and darkroom processes. Is there anything else?

 Krister

Alf

There was also Claes but he was to blurry to show.

Photo club meeting

Yesterday we had another meeting at the photo club. All digital contests on the program. I did not participate this time. Forgot to upload pictures. More interesting was the collection of pictures heading for the Trierenberg Supercircuit salon in Austria. We are seven participants from our club. I participate with four monochrome and four colour pictures. Here is a picture from our coffee break.

Low season

Photographing is low right now. But still I carry a camera always whereever I go. You just don't know when a good picture appears and I want to be ready for it. My Rollei is my companion most of the time but I also carry other old cameras. Sometimes more than one.

A photographic exhibition

Yesterday I went to the museum of modern art in Stockholm for a photographic exhibition there. They have a lot of other weird stuff but I cared only for the photos. More than 300 pictures were at display and that seemed to much for me in one bite. 25% of the pictures were nice, the rest just crap to my taste. But maybe I'll return to have a second look and opinion =)



Rolleiflex again on Tri-X

Resolution

I made a New Years resolution that will be easy to carry out this time. Life is too short to be hard on yourself. My resolution is to run at least one roll of film in all of my non-digital cameras. So far I have eleven and until today three rolls are finished. If I buy more cameras they are of course included in the resolution. Here are some picture samples from the three rolls.



Bronica S2A


Chinon CE-5


Olympus Trip 35

Retro camera picture pool

Today a workmate and I started a picture pool at Fotosidan.se for pictures taken by cameras manufactured before 1960. I have a few retro cameras and here is a picture shot with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/16 (manufactured approx. 1950) showing a pavillion at Kina castle at Drottningholm, Stockholm. We live almost next door to the Royal family =)

Lift-off

Hi, I'm Thomas

This is my first blog @ blogspot. It will be very irregular and mostly in English. I like photography and have more cameras than I need. I am not a collector though. I actually use all of my cameras. For fun and to maintain the skills from past days. My first picture ever taken was on a school trip in Spring 1964. Thousands of pictures have been shot since then and more are developing every day. Here is one of my first shots. I used daddys old Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/16. It was a sunny day and he set the cameras aperture, shutter time and distance infinity before I left for my first photographing venture.



My secret love in 1964