Ticket to Heaven

Last Saturday at Lincoln road...Leica M2 with 35mm Scopar lend on Tri-X film

Another night at Little Havana

Last Friday of every month there is an event at Calle Ocho in Little Havana named Viernes Culturales ("Cultural Fridays"). The site is down at the moment but the event is going on; it is relatively easy to find street parking and a lot of small venues to enjoy, a lot of subjects to photograph. Here is few more frames from the roll I shoot last Friday:

PHOTO+PAPER: issue #2 slideshow

Ocean Drive

Must be Russians:) -- I've heard my mother's tongue all the time while shooting at Ocean this weekend.
Olympus Stylus Epic/Tri-X

Master of the Shade

Little Havana area, where dogs are free and shadows are scarce :) Taken with Olympus Stylus Epic camera.

Drops

Again, Bessa L/25mm/Tri-X at 1600 in Diafine

Dry Season's Rain

Last week, Bessa L/25mm om Tri-X rated at ISO1600

Issue #2 of PHOTO+PAPER street photography magazine is out of print!

July-December 2011

By DarkSlide Press in PHOTO+PAPER

74 pages, published 15 FEB 2012

Second issue presents works of 19 photographers from Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Russia, Poland, Hungary, USA and Japan

The Box Of Darkness

This is brownie-style Agfa camera (B2-Cadet).
I found exposed roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan film inside and developed it.
There were 4 frames on the film:

Miami nights

I slowly came to like the night street photography for few reasons, one been Miami's unbearable heat+humidity duo. My problem is that I'm _not_ a nocturnal creature; I usually get up before sunrise and in a bed at 10PM. So I have to force myself to drive to Miami Beach or to Calle Ocho etc after the sunset; but I like what I'm getting so much...
My usual night setup is a rangefinder camera with 35mm or 50mm lens and Tri-X film pushed to 1600 or 3200 ASA. Check this flickr gallery to see more of my Miami night photography

A moment to remember...

Recent antique store find. It was in a bin with bunch of others; I had little cash with me so I took just this one. It was color one day in... 40s? 50s?

One day in February...

The last batch of street B/W shots right out of my darkroom. These are Olympus Stylus Epic P&S camera and some from Bessa L/25mm. All shot in February/late January on Tri-X and developed in Diafine, my favorite soup. Enjoy:)

Miami Camera Show 2012

I have been there again. Since I am in love with old cameras, I liked it. The parking was no problem, and the floor was not very crowded. It is once a year show, it is not widely advertised, so if you'd like to go next year, follow this blog, I'll try to keep you informed. See more photos from the event in this flickr gallery.

Legs and Tree

...taken in Little Havana with Olympus Stylus Epic 35mm camera

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!

Took this hilarious shot at the bus stop near Flagler and SE 1st Avenue. She was actually asking me to change the $5. Olympus Stylus+Kodak Ektar in Unicolor kit developer

Wire and Flag

Voigtlander Bessa L camera; 25mm Snapshot Scopar lens; Tri-X shot at E.I.1600 and developed in Diafine

One more rooster

Calle Ocho again...taken with Olympus Stylus Epic on Kodak Ektar film and developed in Unicolor C41 kit

Annual Miami Camera Show 2012 is coming!

Miami Camera show. Strange place, big room full of dusty cameras and half-crazy camera freaks (just like me:-). If you like old cameras, you are going to love it. You can take photographs there, its ok, you can also bring you camera to trade (not very profitable) or buy something (usually ridiculously overpriced).

Here is my gallery from the last year's event.

The original pdf can be downloaded from here. Fill it, then print and you'll get $1 off the ticket at the door.

I am going. See you there!

Ocean Drive

This weekend I came back to South Beach to shoot couple of rolls; have not been there since summer. It is the same, but in winter it is marvelous place to be. The water was warm and pleasant (yes I am Russian and I use to cold water, but still -- it is warm for winter, about 74-75F, just like tap water here). This frame had been taken at a cafe at Ocean Drive with Bessa L camera fitted with 25mm Scopar lens on Tri-X film. Enjoy:)

Self portrait

No, it is not me -- I'am not quite there yet:) "Me" is on the left, the one without glasses. Taken at Miami Art Fair 2012 with old Leica IIIf on Fuji Neopan SS film.

WEREHOUSE FOR RENT

Taken with old Leica IIIF with 50mm Summitar F/2 lens; Neopan SS film in Diafine @ E.I.200.

Hymns

Still walking Little Havana with Kiev-4am, this taken inside the little open store on Calle Ocho.

Color 2011 flickr matrix

Color matrix 2011.
View as a Slideshow

B/W 2011 flickr matrix

The B/W Matrix 2011.
View as a Slideshow.
I have a strange feeling about some of the pictured taken in the first half of the year: they look to me very old, like I took them ages ago.
That is probably because I went through many cameras this year: leicas, bessas, fed, kiev etc. and every camera has a micro universe of its own and its affecting the style.
Anyway, enjoy -- and Happy NY!