The final part of my series shot on Ilford film, with the Canon F-1 manual SLR.
As a final word, I don’t know if you can notice the film grain in these small images but, well… I find it absolutely amazing. There’s no way digital will ever be able to mimic the texture of grainy film. [...]

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Live bait dispensing machine, Goose Lake, Illinois, Ilford HP5 400 B&W film, May 2007

Grass, Goose Lake, Illinois, Ilford HP5 400 B&W film, May 2007

Overgrown barn door, Goose Lake, Illinois, Ilford HP5 400 B&W film, May 2007

Rusted grain conveyor, Illinois, Ilford HP5 400 B&W film, May 2007

Abandoned barn, [...]

Back in May of 2007 I drove with some friends somewhere south of Chicago, to a place called Goose Lake. I had the notion that the place would be interesting. I was wrong. The whole thing was flat, featureless prairie. To be truthful, there was a big lake there and a nature preserve, but it [...]

Some have suggested that I post some different photos for a change and I fully agree. The flea market series is long and a break was needed. I still have 3 more episodes to post but for now I’m thinking that a respite should be welcome.

It so happens that for this new series I have [...]

I recently had the privilege of shooting 3 rolls of film with a venerable old Canon F-1 manual SLR camera. I said “privilege” for 3 reasons: first, it was lent to me by a gentleman at the office (through this I wish to thank him again for the opportunity); second, these cameras were top of [...]