I bought an Argus Seventy-Five camera on eBay just because I just loved the art deco look of the bakelite camera. The other day I thought I’d try shooting with it. I took it apart and reversed the lens to see if it would give the same surrealistic effect I’ve gotten reversing lenses in other cameras from the 1950’s. After some trial and error I like the effect. Here’s a recent shot from State Street.
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I’ve been combining my exercise routine with some photography lately by riding bike down to State Street and while I’m there take a few photos with the Agfa Isoly. The Isoly is a 1950’s German film camera that was the inspiration for the Chinese made Diana. Which today has become a cult classic camera. I like the Isoly a little better. It is made of metal instead of plastic and gives you a little more control over your exposure than you have with the Diana. Which you kind of need when you are cross processing film.
Here’s a few random shots from my wanderings.
During my talk at the opening of “The Pinhole Thing” at the Monroe Arts Center I took a pinhole photo of the crowd to demonstrate the camera. I haven’t done a lot of people photography with the pinhole so I wasn’t sure how well it would work. Being the exposure was probably 10 to 15 minutes long I was surprised how you could still make out the people watching my talk.
Here it is!
Friday evening we had a great crowd turn out for the opening of my solo show at the Monroe Arts Center in Monroe, WI. It’s amazing how much community support there is for the arts in a small town. Thank you to the Arts Center and all of you who came out.
I was also a judge for a photography contest that was hung in the next gallery. Some great images. I was especially impressed with the junior division.
Here are a few photos from the reception. Also thanks to Richard Montgomery who sent me the last two photos.
A lot of people have heard of National Scenic Trails like the Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail but not many have head of the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. The trail is largely unfinished, but there are a lot of great segments completed on what is planned to be a 1000 mile trail following the geology left behind after the last ice age. The trail winds though Wisconsin tracing the outline of the southernmost advance of the glaciers.
Here’s a few recent pinhole photos from segments of the trail near Madison.
My 15 minutes of fame! (okay, 4 minutes to be exact)
Last week I was on Wisconsin Public Radio for an interview about pinhole photography for the Wisconsin Life program.
