A bunch of half-frames from the end of last year. The black and whites were taken around Charlottesville, and the colors were taken in — where else — New York. I believe the monochromes are Ilford XP2 Super and the colors are definitely Kodak Ektar 100. I shot them on an Olympus Pen FV, which is just a great little camera.
Every year after Christmas we take a roadtrip down to Charleston, South Carolina to see family and relax. Here are photos from last year’s trip, plus some photos taken along the way.
No particular theme here, just some of the stuff that caught my eye while out and about in the months of October and November of last year.
Between family and the occasional work trip I am in Charleston, South Carolina a couple times every year. During a September visit, I took some extra time to just walk around as much of the city as I could. Here are a few of the photos I took.
Final batch of photos from my trip last summer to Athens. We were mostly covering old territory, so these are just snapshots from here and there.
We spent our fourth day away from the city on the island of Aegina, to sit by the water, check out some ruins, and do a little exploring. It was a nice change of pace and convinced me that for our next trip to Greece — whenever that is — we are going to have to do some serious island hopping.
On our third day in Athens last summer, we mostly went to museums and wandered around the Psyrri neighborhood of the city. I switched back to black and white film, which I think worked for these compositions.
The Acropolis Museum.
We spent most of our second full day in town trying to see aa many of the tourist sites as we could manage. There was also plenty of walking and observing and eating and drinking. The photos I’m sharing here are from the Agora, the neighborhoods nearby, and the Acropolis.
This one is a nice vista of the city, focused on its highest peak.
For our first international vacation since our honeymoon, my wife and I spent a week in Athens this summer, eating, exploring the city, and doing as much tourist stuff as we could fit into each day. I love spending time in an unfamiliar place and we both had a blast. I, obviously, took a lot of photos. I brought three cameras — one film, two digital — but imposed a few limits on myself to encourage a little creativity. First, I would shoot either color or black and white on each day, never both. And second, I would restrict myself to one focal length as much as possible for the length of a day.
This is all to say that on the first day, I loaded up a roll of Ilford black and white film, slapped a 28mm lens on my Leica, and walked as much of Athens as I could with my wife (with a Rick Steves guide as our companion). When the film ran out, I switched to my digital Leica. Here is a selection of photos from that first day. These, I think, are the clear keepers — or at least, the ones I’m willing to share.
As always, let me know what you think.
Photos from a short trip over the summer.
Camera: Yashica-D. Film: Ilford XP2 Super and Kodak Gold 200.
