Setting up a 4 x 5 camera for a portrait session.
Baltimore
Encounter with a Fae
I met this young woman and her friends while shopping in North London’s Camden Town. They always dress in vintage clothing and really stood out from the crowd. Sara was so pretty and Fae-like that I asked if I could photograph her.
Out of ammunition, and armed only with a piece of steel pipe, she hid behind the boiler, hoping that the zombie would continue on…
Ruins of St. Marys Church, Pluckley England. Hasselblad 503 CXi, 80mm.
Model: Alena Interrupted
Medieval Perch
Model: Alena Interrupted
Shooting location in Pluckley England. St. Mary’s Church, built in 1250, was destroyed by a German V1 Buzz bomb (called a “Doodlebug” by the British) during the Blitz. Only some of the outer walls remain. I took this wide shot to show the scale of this ruin.
“IMG_2919” aka “The Last Image”
Alena and I were on the approach to Tower Bridge in London using a tripod for some time exposures. The ambient light was so low it required a high ISO with the resulting digital noise. I was in the process of lowering the ISO and attaching a radio transmitter to the hot shoe of the camera to use a remote triggered flash when it happened. I was using an unfamiliar tripod and had not properly secured the mounting plate to the tripod head. The Canon 5D with a heavy 28-135 lens and battery pack went tumbling to the concrete. F=MxA (force equals mass times acceleration). It was dead. I shot the rest of our journey with my backup DSLR and two film cameras. Being in a hurry and fumbling in the dark with expensive gear can have consequences. I sent the 5D off to Canon for repair and overhaul. The body had well over 10,000 shutter actuations and a service was due for that anyway. The mishap gave me an excuse to use two classic film cameras (Leica M3 and Hasselblad 503) more than I would have on the trip.
“It was one of those days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
-Charles Dickens
Dover, UK
Model: Sadie Biggs
Paris, May 2013
Model: Alena Interrupted
Wave Gotik Treffen
Leipzig Germany
May 2013
Model: Alena Interrupted
Ruin of St. Mary’s Church, Pluckley, Kent, UK
Built 1250, destroyed by V1 flying bomb during World War II
Model: Alena Interrupted
May 2013
“English Girl”
Dover England
May 2013
Model: Sadie Biggs
“East Side Girl”
Berlin, May 2013
Model: Alena Interrupted
Traveling with friend and fellow photographer Alena in Europe. We were in Paris and accidentally ended up in a riot of sorts. Link: