So as promised in my Trains post I headed back out to the train station, past the old farm the next day, still friggin’ cold, with my Canon A-1 and a new acquisition, the Sigma Mini-Wide 28mm f:2.8. Continue reading “What a difference a day (…lens) makes”

What is more rewarding to photograph than old farm equipment (well, apart from train stations, airports, streets……. yadda yadda yadda).

The magnificent, weathered textures play nice with the old lens. Imperfections upon imperfections. Combine this with nice grainy HP5 and you’re in heaven. Continue reading “The old Farm”

Didn’t you like to play with model trains when you were young? Well I did, a long time ago and though I never took a train those last…. many years. Trains and train stations still hold the same fascination. Continue reading “Trains”

Kodak Ektachrome slide film will be back! Other than a return of Kodachrome (I can dream, no?), this is the best news of the last years. Kodak is finally waking up and rearing it’s head again. Let Fuji kill off it’s fine films one by one to sell more Instax stuff and get on the roller coaster again, good old Kodak! Read all about Ektachrome’s … Continue reading THIS IS NEWS!!!!!!!!

Long ago, it must be.

I have a photograph.

Preserve your memories, they’re all that’s left you!

Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends Continue reading “Bookends….”

Oh Olympus what have you done? One of these days on the streets: “Oh, is that the new Pen F?” I carried my Leica IIIa with a big hulking external viewfinder on top….. Continue reading Angry with Olympus…

What is a compact camera? The Olympus OM1 is hailed as the most compact SLR, and it truly is. A marvel of haptics and function!

But is it compact, as in…. well small and pocketable? Certainly not. Continue reading “Compact Film Cameras?”

Where are they bound?

Where are they from? Continue reading “Travellers”

Hey, I just got over ten thousand views this year… makes me happy!

OK, there’s blogs that have that exact number EVERY DAY, but I’m glad that some people follow my ravings and even, sometimes return to my site to get more…. Continue reading “Ten Thousand!”

It’s six thirty in the morning, an ungodly time!

Shops are opening, sellers offer their wares Continue reading “Early Morning – Going to Work”

Do you also think that train stations and airports hold a special fascination? Travel, escape, gateways to the world…. But for us photographers they are even more fascinating! Especially at night. Continue reading “Luxembourg Airport by Night”

No, I’m not kidding. I use a printed light meter with my meterless Leica IIIa!

Well, it’s not really a light meter… It’s just a very clever sliding table that gives me the correct exposure for any lighting situation. Continue reading “Printing a Light Meter!”