Gail, at dinner on her 52nd birthday. She's the best.

Jack Baty

My dad playing mini-golf on the Quest.

Leica M3. 50mm Summilux. HP5

Molly wearing her cigarette earrings.


Leica M3 | Leica Summilux-M 50mm ASPH | HP5 Plus 
Developed in HC-110 1:31 (B)

For Sale: Leica MP Black Paint (2021). Quick, buy it before I change my mind!

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The First MSU tailgate of the season was kicked off in fine fashion.

My dad.

I always forget to check for reflections in eyeglasses.

My mom is so sweet I can hardly stand it.

She stopped by yesterday and I happened to have the studio set up in the basement and she was kind enough to pose for me.

The vignetting might be a little heavy-handed but I like vignetting.

Shooting instant film is awesome.

LOMO Instax Wide, Polaroid SX-70, Fuji Instax, Fuji Instax Square SQ6, Polaroid OneStep2

Stolen Focus. (I get it!)

New book, new camera, same dog.

Leica M3, 50mm Summilux, HP5

She wasn't thrilled, but she sat long enough for a portrait with the Hasselblad.

Hasselblad 500C/M | Zeiss Planar 80mm f2.8 | HP5 Plus 
Scanned with Lumix S5
Developed in HC-110 1:31 (B)


Close-up with an 85 at 1.4 is a recipe for focus issues. Here, Alice's eyelid is in focus but her eyeball isn't. She's still cute though.

Steve.

Finally, one that's not me.

Leica MP | Leica Summilux-M 50mm ASPH | HP5 Plus 
Digitized with Lumix S5
 HC-110 1:31 (B)


Self-portrait. Grand Haven, MI.

Sometimes I bring the little Stylus Epic along. Flare and all. 

Olympus Stylus Epic | Kodak TMAX 100
Digitized with Lumix S5
Home developed in HC-110 1:31 (B)


Gail, at dinner.

Leica MP | Summilux-M 50mm ASPH | HP5 Plus

Self-portrait with iPhone.

How I feel about my phone most of the time.

Shot using one hand out the window while driving. Not sure what I was expecting, but this is inexplicably my favorite shot from the roll. That should tell you how the rest of the roll went.

OM-2n. Zuiko 85mm f/2.0. HP5.

Lampshade.

I liked the shapes and colors.

Alice and "Gordo". I just love how film (HP5 in this case) _looks_, you know? Flaws and all.

It really is an embarrassment of riches. I'm so fortunate to be able to use these.

Left to right: M3, M6, MP, M10-R

My dad takes is hot dog roasting seriously



She skated right up to the bar and it was awesome.

My wife almost never lets me get so up in her face with a camera, so this is a rare photo.

4x5 Self-portrait using the Linhof. Didn't realize my head was in direct sunlight. Oh well, it was good practice. 

It's a beautiful day to hang out on the deck.

At lunch with Jeff. 

I'm experimenting with "ruining" digital photos by making them less perfect. This was just an HP5 preset 1-click. 

Self-portrait with Alice. Hard to pull off with a manual focus rangefinder and 50mm lens. (Leica MP, 50mm Summilux, HP5)

Isn't it amazing? 1960 Leica M3 (film) and 2021 Leica M10-R (digital). More than 60 years apart and the design remains essentially unchanged. They got it right the first time.

Alice, 2022. 

Shot a roll of the new Neopan Acros in the Nikon F100 yesterday. Something doesn’t seem right, but I can’t put my finger on it (other than the scratches and dust). Still, she's cute.

Brandon and Sage, Fruitport, MI, 2020

Probably my favorite "pandemic" photo.

Jessica, Florida, 2004. 

Still one of my favorite photos.

I had just gotten my first Leica (M6TTL) so she was using the Canonet. Shot on XP2 I think.

I never miss an opportunity to include the dog butler in a photo.

A wall in my dad's garage is like a Dali painting within a Dali painting.



My Focomat IIc. Slowly but surely whipping this 70-year-old beast into shape. Today, I adjusted the autofocus.

Shot with the Leica M3 on Kodak TMAX P3200 for extra juicy grain.

A quick portrait of my mom that's really a portrait of her "butler"

Hair and makeup never showed. Apparently. 