Street Photography

i am the obsidian lion stalking deeper into the night my prey is lost on the streets and I am forsaken to the dawn life and death and release are a trick of the mind fool me once again and i will find you

This is the Sears Tower, located in Chicago, Illinois, seemingly vanishing into the clouds due to it's lofty height and rainy conditions. Photographed on October 14th, 2003 with a FujiFilm disposable camera.

At the downtown park in Carmi, Illinois. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak 100 color film Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec. Date: April 12th, 2012, 3.04 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica 02d

A small alley in my hometown. Camera: Kodak 35 RF (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak BW400CN 400 ISO 35mm black and white film Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/50 sec. Date: April 4th, 2012, 5.43 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF2 11cf

This was the street in front of my Grandma Wright's house back in 1977. Taken with a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash 620 camera. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (Made in 12/1957) Film: Kodak Safety Film 6014, 100 ASA Aperture: F/16 (approximately) Shutter speed: 1 sec. (approximately) Date: October 1977 Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Rice Street 1cf

There was a local automobile dealer who was having a promotion in McLeansboro, Illinois, back around 1977 when the new 1978 model year of cars were being released, and one of the special guests to appear was Bob Denver, best known as "Gilligan" from the 1960's television series, "Gilligan's Island." He was real nice to pose for me! Taken with a Kodak Instamatic X-15 when I was 16 years old. On the island, Gilligan never smoked. Gilligan Trek 05-2df

One Rokkor Around The World project. Tresslar's Department Store used to be the place to go. They had a pharmacy, a lunch counter and two floors of everything you could possibly ever need. Now, it's bricked up façade sits forlornly waiting for a new owner. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7 Filter: Hoya HMC 55mm Skylight (1B) Film: Fuji Neopan Acros 100 black and white 35mm film Shooting program:Aperture priority Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: 1/15 sec. Date: July 4th, 2010, 8:36 a.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing info (chemicals at 75 degrees): Kodak D-76 developer: 6 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 10 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Final water rinse: 1 min.

I took this shot of Chicago, Illinois on October 13th, 2003, with a FujiFilm disposable camera.

This is the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois. I was there to see Simply Red on October 13th, 2003.

An old military cannon located in the downtown park in Carmi, Illinois. This is the first roll of film I ran through my newly-repaired Minolta SRT-101 35mm camera. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 55mm, f/1.7 Filter: Vivitar Skylight 1A Film: Foma Fomapan Classic 100 ISO black and white 35mm film Aperture: F/4 Exposure length: 1/60 sec. Date: October 16th, 2010, 3:55 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 68 degrees): D-76: 7 mins. (1:1) Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 10 mins. Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. SRT-101 09df

A picture from the first roll of film I ever ran through the Kodak Brownie Holiday 127 camera I inherited from my Grandmother Wright. This gazebo sits across from the Carmi Illinois Library in a small park. During the summer months, they hold concerts in it. It was my intention to go here and photograph a bronze statue that stands in front of the gazebo, but an automobile accident just a day or two before had destroyed the statue. So, I settled for the gazebo by itself. Clouds were starting to roll in and less than 20 minutes later, a powerful thunderstorm hit. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in January 1953) Film: Efke R 100 127 black and white film Aperture: F/11 (approximate) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximate) Date: August 10th, 2009 Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 90 secs. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

The gazebo near the Carmi Public Library, featuring the new bronze statue. The first one was destroyed when a car accidentally ran over it. The camera had two different choices for aperture, a color setting and a black and white setting. I chose the color setting for all the shots with the camera because it was the larger of the two apertures. Camera: Ansco Cadet II Film: Efke R 100 ASA 127 black and white film Aperture: "Color" (other choice was "B&W") Date: August 30th, 2012, 5.38 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11: 8 mins. Water stop bath: 1 min. (Efke suggests this and it worked.) Ilford Hypam fixer: 8 mins. Water rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Efke2 10cf

Another shot from the first roll of 127 I ever used. It was exposed in a Kodak Brownie Holiday camera that was passed down to me from my Grandmother Wright. I'm glad to have finally gotten to use it and "keep it in the family," so to speak. Looking at the images, it appears that in the center of the frame is a "sweet spot" of focus and toward the edges, the images gets blurrier. As long as your subject is relatively centered, it shouldn't be a problem. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in January 1953) Film: Efke R 100 127 black and white film Aperture: F/11 (approximate) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximate) Date: September 19th, 2009 Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 90 secs. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

A mannequin holding down the fort at John Brown Melons. I purchased a nice cantaloupe that day. Believe it or not, when I purchased the cantaloupe, there were no actual humans working at this stand. There was a box where you put your money in for whatever you bought and it was on the "honor system." It must work there, for this place has been in business for as long as I can remember. Camera: Ansco Cadet II Film: Efke R 100 ASA 127 black and white film Aperture: "Color" (other choice was "B&W") Date: August 30th, 2012, 5.03 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11: 8 mins. Water stop bath: 1 min. (Efke suggests this and it worked.) Ilford Hypam fixer: 8 mins. Water rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Efke2 09ef

A small, abandoned building in Norris City about 3 blocks from my house. It's my guess that this used to be connected to the railroad line that ran through the heart of town many years ago; that it served some sort of depot building function. The camera had two different choices for aperture, a color setting and a black and white setting. I chose the color setting for all the shots with the camera because it was the larger of the two apertures. Camera: Ansco Cadet II Film: Efke R 100 ASA 127 black and white film Aperture: "Color" (other choice was "B&W") Date: August 30th, 2012, 5.38 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11: 8 mins. Water stop bath: 1 min. (Efke suggests this and it worked.) Ilford Hypam fixer: 8 mins. Water rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Efke2 11-2hf

Taken next door at the back of my neighbor's empty house. (With apologies to Aldous Huxley and The Doors.) View On Black Camera: USC Reflex III Lens: Plastic Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 ISO black and white 620 film (respooled 120 by Kodak) Aperture: Fixed Exposure length: approx. 1/25 sec. Date: February 13th, 2011, 1:38 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Water Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. USC Reflex III 03df

This is my neighbor, Tim. He is standing in front of his minivan that was involved in an accident a couple days ago due to the sudden snowy conditions that developed. Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the mishap. We've had some screwy weather in the last seven days - two distinctly different snow storms with near-zero temperatures and then today, Sunday, February 13th, we had sunny 60 degree weather. It was so nice that my sister went outside and started working on her tan. Camera: USC Reflex III Lens: Plastic Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 ISO black and white 620 film (respooled 120 by Kodak) Aperture: Fixed Exposure length: approx. 1/25 sec. Date: February 13th, 2011, 1:53 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing specifics (chemicals at 72 degrees): D-76: 5 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Water Rinse: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. USC Reflex III 05ef

First images with my Windsor 120 camera. This is Kirsten, the daughter of some friends of mine and her friend Nathan.There is a slight light leak with this camera and it shows at the very top in the middle of this image. It was more pronounced in some of the pictures over the others because I started when the sun was bright, then it started going down and it didn't cause the leak to show so much. Camera: Windsor 120 camera (Diana clone) Film: Fuji Acros Neopan 100, 100 ISO black and white film Aperture: F/11 (the "cloud" symbol) Shutter speed: 1/50 sec. (approximately) Focus range: 4 feet to 6 feet Date: February 21st, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developed with chemicals at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Kodak fixer: 8 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. This was my first roll of 120 I ever shot or developed. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. If only the camera lens was a little sharper.