Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Friday's Night Catch
Leica M2 has become my #1 camera for night work. Tried: Leica IIIf, Nikon F5, Nikon S, Contax IIa...you name it. M2 is a clear winner. The lenses are 35mm and 28mm (this is 28mm).
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Books I published in IPAD format
I converted all books I published on Blurb to Ipad format.
The download is free, here are the links:
"Selected" series:
Victor Ginzburg, "Selected Photographs" --
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/345444-selected-photographs
Mike Steinberg, "Selected Photographs" --
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/345429-selected-photographs
Alexander Slyusarev, "Selected Photographs" and "Selected Color"--
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/345417-selected-photographs
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/345401-selected-color
Emir Shabashvili, "Selected Photographs" --
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/345449-selected-photographs
My street potrfolio circa 2007:
"La Machine a Habiter"
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/345382-la-machine-a-habiter
Books based on my Russian blog :
Day by day 2006-2008 (Russian)
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/340531-
Day by day 2008-2009 (Russian)
http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/343005-
Happy reading!
Friday, October 12, 2012
M in Little Havana
this had been taken at Calle Ocho last Wednesday; I saw the visual rhyme (actually more than one; 4 elements echo each other); pointed and clicked my Olympus P&S...
Walking Downtown
This shot and few below were taken in late September/early October with Olympus P&S camera on Tri-X film
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Kodak discontinues TMax P3200 TMZ film :(
British Journal Of Photography
Sad news. The film is the one I use every week, my nocturnal companion...oh well
Wednesday in Little Havana
This had been taken with Kiev 4AM + 35mm Jupiter f/2.8 lens -- one of the few the soviet era setups I have. Came to like this cruel piece of machinery after some trial and error.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Ocean drive's nights in September
The film has its limits; when the light is as weak as it usually is at the Ocean at night its failing to record anything at all, even at the sensitivity as high as 12500.
Still, people at night are open as never during the day and I just keep shooting, hoping for the sudden glimpse on the subject, just like in the picture above and below...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
"Nash Chelovek v Maimi"
"Nash Chelovek v Miami" can be translated from Russian as "Our Man in Miami".
It is a heading of an article on my photography and other things just published in "Kazan" magazine. "Kazan" is a paper publication on art and culture; it is based in my native town of Kazan, Russia (Tatarstan province). Here is the link to the web version of the article:
http://kazan-journal.ru/pages/item/391-nash-chelovek-v-mayami-ob-emire-shabashvili
and here is the pdf:
http://emirco.net/photo/projects/Kazan/kazan.pdf
The photographs below are the few published in the issue
Happy reading!
Friday, September 21, 2012
Miami Street Photography Festival: see you there in December!
Miami Street Photography Festival is coming. The deadline for submitting the images is October, 15 and it is close! So if you are planning to take part in this great event, hurry up! The festival will include an exhibition, evening with magnum photographer Alex Webb, guided photo shoot in Little Havana, Alex and Rebecca with conduct a workshop. Check it out --
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Every Day Is A Sun Day!
I remember my very first day in Miami 10 years ago. We flown from Moscow to NY and then to MIA where a relative pick us up. It was August 2002, same time of the year. There were waves of heat coming in every day, night rains, resulting in the humid sauna outside of the house we stayed. Everything was so new, so unusual to norther the people like us...not anymore. I am much better managing the weather now. I move slowly in the shadows and survive easily in the streets for a long time, taking pictures. Here are few from the last week:
Monday, July 23, 2012
South beach nights
Night is the only time when I can shoot comfortably these summer days. Even at night --- this one was hot (87F) and humid -- the feel and the load of subtropical summer never goes away.
Shooting streets at night is tricky:
- the light is unpredictable;
- exposure error is rather a norm;
- bracketing rarely helps;
- focusing is unreliable, both manual or AF,
and despite of all of this I love the view of night-time pictures and how people open to the simple emotions in the dark. Again, Satursday's South Beach was packed with people, celebrating life and I had my glimpse of it. Here another second for you:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
On Joan Colom
Joan Colom is Spanish (Catalan) photographer from Barcelona.
Born in 1921, he started taking street pictures in the "red lights" district El Barrio Chino (i.e. Chinatown, now "Raval") at the age of 37.
He had a day time job in accounting and use to shoot during weekends.
I love his style partially because of my addiction to shooting candids "from the hip".
Almost all of his images from 1958 to 1964 were shot "clandestine".
He did this because he tried to capture something very elusive: the glances, gestures, grimaces, poses, all king of people-to people interactions.
He wanted for his pictures to be emotional and alive, to capture the life in its moments and let it live in the photographic form forever.
And he succeeded.
I do not know any other photographer of the time so dedicated to this idea of capturing moments of life as Joan Colom was.
Here is he shooting in Raval with his Leica M2:
You see why the most of his pictures are verticals (i.e. "portrait" orientation).
Born in 1921, he started taking street pictures in the "red lights" district El Barrio Chino (i.e. Chinatown, now "Raval") at the age of 37.
He had a day time job in accounting and use to shoot during weekends.
I love his style partially because of my addiction to shooting candids "from the hip".
Almost all of his images from 1958 to 1964 were shot "clandestine".
He did this because he tried to capture something very elusive: the glances, gestures, grimaces, poses, all king of people-to people interactions.
He wanted for his pictures to be emotional and alive, to capture the life in its moments and let it live in the photographic form forever.
And he succeeded.
I do not know any other photographer of the time so dedicated to this idea of capturing moments of life as Joan Colom was.
Here is he shooting in Raval with his Leica M2:
You see why the most of his pictures are verticals (i.e. "portrait" orientation).
The Shadow
I had not been shooting much lately and the films I still have developed do not give anything interesting; I fished this one from the old 2011's pile while looking through my archive for something else. It is Bessa R3M/35mm lens on Tri-X film rated at 1600 in Diafine.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Too loud
I came across this gentleman at a festival in Overtown Miami this weekend; he was comfortably listening to Nicole Henry's singing with fingers in his ears. Don't get the message wrong: she's a great singer; its is just the amplification was indeed at the highest possible setting.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Ten rules for him who wishes to be a painter a photographer
I an reading Salvador Dali's hilarious book (50 Secrets Of Magic Craftsmanship, 1947) and couldn't help but edit his "10 rules of painter" to apply them to photography. Enjoy:)
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
"Big Night" in Lemon City
Three frames from the event in Little Haiti. Taken with Nikon F5 camera on Kodak P3200TMZ film shot at E.I.12500.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Walking Downtown
It is a rare occasion when I develop a film the same day it had been exposed, like today. I saw this "mummy" holding the door on SE 3rd Avenue, close to Biscayne; shot few frames with Olympus P&S I always have with me; this is the better one out of 3 or 4. It hold no meaning or morale; has no story to tell; everything it has is purely visual -- just what I'm looking for:)
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Soccer fan
At South Beach last Friday, Tmax P3200 film exposed at E.I.6400 / developed to ISO 12500; Nikon F5 camera with DW-30 waist level finder installed.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Winwood in June
Winwood is a neighborhood just North of Overtown; colorful, strange and beautiful. It has Art and Fashion sub-districts. Out of two, I like the Fashion; primarily because of the people. It is full of small humble shops swarming with customers during the day, at the same time, it is still Winwood -- with all the colors (which I proudly ignore with my B&W setups) and all the murals/graffities...plus, of course, the famous signature of the place: the emptiness. I've been there last May with the folks from Miami Street Photography Club, had a chance to use my Bessa L and my Nikon F5; all in all the time well spent
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Nikon Nights: myths debunked
It had been my believe for ages that a rangefinder is the best camera for available light/night time candid street photography, and it still is...with one bold exception: Nikon F5 SLR. Heavy big camera just won't shake at all. It is stable in hands as it is attached to the tripod -- well, almost. Plus, it has interchangeable viewfinders I love; use them to compose from the low view point; like the bright high magnification finder DW-31 or the convenient waist level finder DW-30. Add to the recipe Ilford Delta 3200 or Kodak Tmax P3200 film pushed to 12500 ASA and you have the best film-based night-time street setup ever! Of course it is BIG, BOLD and HEAVY camera and I have been noticed and frowned at much more often when with F5 than with my leicas but the results are stunning and I don't care. Let it fly!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Summer is here!
This blog had been static for some time; I was too preoccupied with my office job. But, I never stop shooting. So I have some pictures to post. This one (above) is of particular value to me because it had been pre-meditated. I envisioned it first and then waited for the missing human element. It finally came out of nowhere and cornered the building; I pushed the button and my Nikon F5/Ilford HP5+/some Diafine did the rest:) Now let's add few more from the same period in May, taken in downtown Miami. Enjoy:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Heat Wave
The heat is coming in waves, interrupted by short evening rains and warm humid nights. It is hard to stay in the streets more than an hour. To lure myself out, I bought a new old camera -- beautiful and heavy Nikon F5 -- and now trying it for street photography:) Most of the pictures in this post were still taken with Olympus Stylus Epic P&S; the last two are Nikon F5 with 50mm lens; Ilford HP5+ film exposed at E.I.800 and developed in Diafine.
Friday, May 4, 2012
The last few days of decent weather...
The hot and humid South Florida summer is around the corner; it is becoming increasingly hard to stay in the streets for a long time. Shot on Tri-X 400 with Bessa L/25mm. The last two are night shots on Ilford Delta 3200 film exposed at E.I.8000 in Leica M2 camera with 21mm Voigtlander lens and developed to E.I.12500 in Tmax Developer (13 min at 74F/25C)
Monday, April 23, 2012
Memento Mori
Caught this strange image near Government Center, at the bus stop. Ilford HP5 film in Olympus P&S camera; exposed at E.I.800 and developed in Diafine.
Monday, April 16, 2012
April's rain, April's shine
Here are images from the few rolls I shot last week. Most of them shot on Tri-X 400 with Bessa L/25mm, some on Ilford HP5+ with Olympus P&S, including the one on top. Enjoy:
Friday, April 13, 2012
Full moon fever at Ocean drive
Moon shining and night frenzy is in full swing at Ocean Drive and in the alleys of South Beach. A spectrum of gestures and emotions all registered on Tri-X with my trusted Leica M2 circa 1962. Enjoy:
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
April in Miami
first batch of April's catch...these are taken on Bessa L/25mm and Olympus Stylus Epic. The film is Tri-X as usual, but I started getting tired of Tri-X's grain and now shooting Ilford HP5+, the film I love dearly for its lower contrast and beautiful grain.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Drim Kam Tru: using Zigview S2 for street photography
Once upon a time, many years ago, I made an invention. That was kind of invention one makes when at very young age: more like a dream then the real project. Anyway, along with flying submarine and device to extract energy from the Great Arctic Ocean I invented the electronic viewfinder. Like this:The Electronic Viewfinder. It was a video camera (and at the time video cameras were huge and ugly beasts!) connected to a tiny TV (and these were big, too). The TV in my dream was placed close to the eye and the camera was looking into the photographer's camera viewfinder. Using this imaginary device imaginary photographer could take pictures without pressing camera to s/his nose.
I recalled it years after, when I started shooting in the streets, but never actually believed it is doable. Even when TVs and video cameras became tiny things I still rendered it too expensive and unrealistic...until few weeks ago, when I won two ridiculously low priced *bay auctions for Zigview viewfinders.
I recalled it years after, when I started shooting in the streets, but never actually believed it is doable. Even when TVs and video cameras became tiny things I still rendered it too expensive and unrealistic...until few weeks ago, when I won two ridiculously low priced *bay auctions for Zigview viewfinders.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
"Streets of Downtown", pictures
The yesterday's event turned out great; the weather was nice, not too hot and it was windy which I like very much; I enjoyed shooting with you guys for good 3 hours. I brought my Pentax K200D with 20-30mm Tokina zoom, very unusual to me: I now shoot only B/W film and forgot when I used digital in the streets. That was a challenge! Colors jumped out of shadows, distracting my visual thinking -- I used not to think color and suddenly I should! Anyway, somehow I survived this and at the end switched to my trusted B/W setups with sigh of relief. Here is few more street pictures and then few more of you all, shooting and talking...enjoy:
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Streets of Downtown: Miami Street Photography club's meetup is tomorrow!
I am leading the tomorrow's meetup in Downtown Miami.
If you are one of the participants of tomorrow's event, here is some info for you:
If you are one of the participants of tomorrow's event, here is some info for you:
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Long White Socks
The last March's Saturday at Miami Beach...that's what usually happens when one try to stroll Washington Ave wearing Great Whites; if you don't like it, avoid them at all cost :D...Olympus Stylus Epic camera, Tri-X film pushed to E.I.1600 in Diafine
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Miami Avenue's Sun
This had been taken last week with my usual short-lens street setup: Bessa L/25mm/Tri-X
Friday, March 30, 2012
Ocean Drive Nights, continued...
As promised, more night shots. Most of these were taken with Leica M2/35mm lens on Tri-X rated at E.I.3200/developed in 2xDiafine. The other camera was Bessa R3M also with 35mm lens:
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Like a Bird in a Cage...
Caught this scene getting off the bus on the way from Little Havana the other day. Bessa L/25mm/Tri-X at ISO1600
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Ocean Drive Nights
Shot few rolls of Tri-X at South Beach this weekend: it was St Patrick day and the crowds were dense and wild...more pictures to follow
Monday, March 19, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Any day but Monday!
She was big, beautiful, sad, "la grande dame brunet"...I could not help but point my Olympus in her direction and snap the picture.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Paco De Lucia
This is from March's hunting with Olympus Stylus; I liked it because of the visual rhyme
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