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Old school photo

cameraboomer — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:03:25 +0000

Picture of Dad as a young man. The camera equipment is unknown but, cameras don’t make pictures people do. The camera is the tool to make it happen. So what ever picture making tool you have go out and make those Pic’s. Some images can only be appreciated after time has played it’s part in allowing them to have a historical quality. This image was taken in the 1940’s.

Brandley Point West Haven, Connecticut

cameraboomer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:59:25 +0000

This is part of a series of photos taken in my home town. This is a digital shot taken with my digital Canon Rebel Xti, taken on a tripod. I will share some more soon.

New Haven, Connecticut

cameraboomer — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:32:21 +0000

This Photo was taken in the town in which I was born and raised.

Harlem, New York 2005

cameraboomer — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:24:11 +0000

Miller Street School

cameraboomer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:23:23 +0000

This photo was taken while I was work as a graphic artist. Young people love to get in front the camera. This was taken after the more serious shooting was done.

Self Portrait

cameraboomer — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:33:05 +0000

Picture makers often make self portraits from time to time. I am no different, I guess it is because we are often making pictures for others. If we desire a picture of ourselves we have to model for it ourselves. We are also cheap models. I have made self portraits in other mediums such as painting and etching. This portrait was done using a mirror. Artists Such as Rembrandt Van Rijn painted self portraits all his life portraying himself in different ways. This invites us into the artists psyche and history.

I know many of you are wondering, what am I thinking? OK, I will tell you. I was actually looking in the mirror at myself and thinking about you.

Leica Summitar 50mm wide open f2.0

cameraboomer — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:38:56 +0000

This picture of at close friend’s wife was taken with available light, with a Leica IIIg and Summitar 50mm lens opened to f2.0. I think this is a good lens for taken pictures of women. It gives a nice smoothness to the skin and blurs the background nicely. Some lenses are overly sharp and unflattering to the subject no matter how nice looking the person might be. So keep those old lenses they have not lost their usefulness.

Henri Cartier-Bresson Acted Out

cameraboomer — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:27:16 +0000

This image was taken with a Nikon FM with 50 1.8mm lens. Let me say this photo is not a Henri Cartier-Bresson style decisive moment photo, but one in which I asked Aunt Bertha to kiss Uncle Gus. Some folks think I just saw them in the moment and took the picture. They were close friends of mine that are now with the Lord. They are very much missed in my heart, but I have this moment of remembrance.

Rosie a blogging boomer taken with a boomer camera

cameraboomer — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:06:10 +0000

With this image I used my Leica IIIg with a Summitar lens to take a photo of Rosie of blogging for boomers This is a pretty active site that gives tips to boomers who want to blog or already blogging. Check out the podcast interviews by people such as Cathy Perkins TheWordPressWizard and Kevin Thompson’s review on BlogCatalog an excellent resource for anyone who is serious about blogging.

BlogCatalog can Connect you with other Photographers in the blogging community. This Image was taken next to a window to take advantage of the lighting. This is my favorite light source because it gives your image that much needed drama. My old trusty Leica Summitar 50mm is working for me again. You can get this Lens at really reasonable prices on www.ebay.com .
Some people like it and some complain about its lack of contrast, but I’m still having fun with mine.

Dad photographed with a Contax G1

cameraboomer — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:33:08 +0000

This image was photographed using a Contax G1 45 mm lens. Low light using a lamp as the light source. Processed at the local Costco’s then I had it scanned to a disk.