…the cameras, that is. I took them both to the local St. Patrick’s Day Parade which is billed as the “shortest in the world”.
The Man on Pearl Street. Boulder, Colorado, 2014 (Brownie Hawkeye)
The above was captured with my old 1960s vintage Brownie Hawkeye loaded with Kodak T-MAX 400. Once I got the negatives and the disk with the scans, I ran it through Google/Nik Silver Efex Pro and Photoshop–mainly fixing the contrast with a bit of cropping thrown in.
I definitely need to try cleaning the lens one more time as I think I should be getting slightly sharper images from this ancient black box. Also, I need to work on how to aim it effectively as the viewfinder is so scratched up that it is hard to see through it, not to mention you are seeing the image reversed (which requires opposite movements to to move the the image around).
The picture below was made with the 1970s vintage Diana camera in my collection, loaded with Ilford Delta 100. Again, the scan was worked through the Nik plug-in and Photoshop for some minor tweaks–mainly contrast.
As with the Brownie, I need to learn to aim this a bit better. I think I’ll just kinda point it at the right spot rather than trying to use the little, dorky viewfinder–at least for street photography.
Now that I have given these tools a first try, it’s time to get a bit more bold and see if I can work on better street action within the images themselves.
Man on Bicycle. Boulder, Colorado, 2014 (Diana camera)
NOTE: This “man on bicycle” (I like his pointy shoes!) is a regular on the Pearl Street Mall. If you spend any time at all strolling the mall down on Pearl Street, you’ll likely recognize him:
The “Man on the Bike”, in the sun. Boulder, Colorado, 2012
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