Portraits

This was my old girlfriend Susan, from around 1980, when we went to the local park and I got some portraits of her.

My old girlfriend, Susan, from about 35 years ago.

A shot of my old girlfriend Susan. Taken in Evansville, Indiana.

This was my girlfriend at the time, Susan, posing for me at the local park. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Tri-X, 400 ASA black and white film Shooting Program: Aperture Priority Date: 1981 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta XD11 Kodak Tri-X Susan 1981 12ef

This was my old girlfriend, Susan, wearing her new western clothes.

My old girlfriend Susan right before she got on the Greyhound bus and left. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1981 Location: Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A. Susan In Color KSF 5035 10df

My old girlfriend Susan right before she got on the Greyhound bus and left. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1981 Location: Evansville, Indiana, U.S.A. Susan In Color KSF 5035 19ef

This was my old girlfriend, Susan, as she was leaving on the Greyhound bus. We only saw each other one time after this.

A friend of mine. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Adapter: Sears 2x Tele-Converter Film: Kodak Gold 200 ISO 35mm color film Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/2.8 Shutter speed: 1/1000th sec. Date: September 30th, 2012, 2.55 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. K1000 22c

This is how to properly hold your Sears TLS, Mk II. Model: Carole Date: September 30th, 2012 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Shot in digital; edited and converted to black and white using two different Adobe programs.

My friend Carole wanted some more portraits, so we got together and I used my Sears TLS camera, which I was trying out for the first time since acquiring it. I like the way it performs! Camera: Sears TLS (Mk II, made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: Kodak BW400CN black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Shutter speed: 1/500 sec. Aperture: F/1.7 Date: September 30th, 2012, 2.54 p.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Sears TLS01 03df

Carole, a close friend of mine, and I used to go to St. Louis, Missouri to watch Cardinals baseball games. This was one such trip on April 22nd, 2000. Here, she's posing by the Gateway Arch.

This is my little brother, Matthew, taken as an assignment for a college photography class in 1979. He was such a good sport to model for me, even though he was only 2 years old. My brother and I are still real close. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Tri-X, 400 ASA black and white film Date: October 1979 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

The little girl who lived near my back yard. When I'd be out chasing butterflies, she'd come over and talk. Taken on October 3rd, 2006 with my Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR. 2346bf

This girl lived in the trailer pictured, and when I would be out in my back yard photographing butterflies, she would come over and hang out with me. Taken on October 3rd, 2006 with my Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR.

A neighbor girl was showing me her prize bug for a school project. It's hard to tell from this angle, but her left leg was in a cast. She brought the bug all the way over to my back yard because she was so proud of it. Taken on September 14th, 2006, with my Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR.

My friend Vicki. Taken on International Film Buying Day, October 1st, 2009. Camera: Kodak 35 rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Gold 200 ISO Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter speed: 1/200 Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: October 1st, 2009 Location: Leo French Park, Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Vicki 02cf

An artist and guitarist friend of mine painting a children's room for hire. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Plus-X, 125 ASA black and white film Date: May 1984 Location: Eldorado, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Plus-X Camping 1984 0ef