Remembering the Ricoh GR1
Not many words today, just remembering a great camera that I owned for a very short time in December 2016.
The Ricoh GR1
Author: Frank Lehnen
Mauritius - based amateur photographer....
Shooting Film, Shooting Less!
Shooting Film is said to be expensive!
And it’s true when you don’t take into account the initial cost of a good digital camera and the recurring costs for ever newer models thereafter.
Film cameras, with some exceptions (looking at you, Leica!) are cheap as chips for the most part if you don’t go for some models that are overhyped. Most can still be serviced if something is wrong with them and after all, most will survive us anyways.
Simple Pleasures! Praise for the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic!
Yes, yesterday I said gear was not important!
And yes, it’s not…. really!
But then again it can make you feel good and help you make nice photos. Last example for ‘feel-good-gear’ is my Asahi Pentax Spotmatic.
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The simplest Cameras are….
I’ve noticed that it’s been one week since I annoyed you with a new post. This can not be! So I trawled my library, lacking recent shots thanks to my foot, and came up with a nice subject.
So you think you need the latest greatest cameras to do photography? Think again!
From a roll of HP5…
Just a short one today!
Just a selection I shot on HP5 last April. Of course the camera was Oskar the Leica IIIa.
The lens was my nice Summitar 50mm f:2.0. It’s not a sharp lens, it flares, is renders harsh light in some dreamy way, but I quite like it.
Must it be in Black and White?
I can’t seem to get off the ‘Street Photography’ wagon right now that I’m still sitting at home, nursing my slowly healing foot… no way to get out and about with a camera.
Anyways, it’s raining cats. dogs and other strange things so I’m not too tempted today.
But while I wrote Saturday’s post, a question cropped up in my mind:
Does Street Photography have to be in black and white?
Street Photography
There has been a lot of talk about Street Photography in the past months. What’s the legal situation? Can we? No? Why? Where?
How Much is Too Much?
I admit, I’m as guilty as anyone I will accuse in this post!
I’m guilty of tinkering with my photos digitally until they please me. Who doesn’t? Way back when the Darkroom was still king, photographers tinkered with their photos too. They dodged and burned, chose a certain paper gradation to get the contrast they wanted. They even cropped! And toned… and last but not least they hunted the dust spots. With ink and a very fine brush!
What will you show your Grandchildren?
I will not hide where I’ll be going in this post. I’ll talk about your photos, be they film or digital, and prints.
My mother has a cupboard with boxes and albums of photos. I assure you, she’s no Vivian Maier but the photos she’s got document the life of our family throughout several generations.
Even better, they go back to the start of last century with a photograph I cherish very much. 
This is a photograph of my Grandfather… no, not the distinguished gentleman but the cute little guy. This photograph must have been taken around 1920.
Stretching Time !
I have found a most marvelous way to stretch time!
Enjoyed a nice moment? Great! now you can stretch it out nearly to infinity! There’s just some small bugs I’ll have to work out….
Main trouble I got is that as of today it only works with unpleasant time. So that sucks but I’m hopeful that I can get this right, probably in TimeStretch.app version 2.0.
By the way, may I introduce my best friend, Sully the cat. Doesn’t give a damn about my problems…
OK, back to serious!
Frank Lehnen Photography 