Photo Con Brio

In just a few weeks, I’ll have family flying in for an eight day visit. During that this time, we will be visiting some very photographic locations including Yosemite National Park, Bodie, Mono Lake and San Francisco, which I am committed to documenting. This is going to be my one week off, so I’m going to fill it with photos. I have decided to leave the digital camera at home and shoot only…

Agfa was thinking inside the box for this 1939 model.

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I found this Afga Shur-Shot Special on ebay about two years ago(2013) for $10. It wasn’t in the best of conditions… ok, it’s kind of a beater, but for ten dollars, I figured, what the heck.  When I received it, there was some cleaning that needed to be done. The lens, site glasses & mirrors were dirty and scratched and even one…

They Do It For The Love Film http://wp.me/p5SzCp-o

  “Film is dead” said nobody that still uses their old ( insert your favorite film camera name here ) camera.

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The 15th annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day(WPPD) is only a month away! Do you have your camera(s) ready? If not, there’s still time to make one from scratch or purchase a ready-to-use model. Below, I have listed a few resources to make your research a little easier. (Now you have no excuses to not to participate.)

  OPTION ONE : Pinhole Body Cap 

If you have an SLR camera, chances are you…

This Old Camera : Graflex 22 Model 200

  They say “two eyes are better than one,” and while that might be true for us humans, I don’t know that it’s always the case for this vintage twin lens reflex camera.

1953 Graflex 22 Model 200

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