A Night with Filomena, Olivia and the Awbreys, and The Critical Shakes I shot another show the other evening at Luckey's Club in Eugene. I caught two bands that I have never seen before and one of my [...]
The FM2 is a beautiful, fully mechanical, 35mm film SLR that any photographer would love to own. The Nikon FM2 is an advanced semi-professional, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex [...]
I managed to get my hands on a couple of rolls of expired film. I found a roll of Kodak Verichrome and a roll of Kodacolor-X. Last Tuesday I shot the roll of 120 Kodak Verichrome film, expired in [...]
Way back in 2002, long before I considered being a music photographer, I went to a music festival with my camera. This was the time before digital photography. In those days, I was the friend that [...]
On 15 August 2018, the Supergroup, The Domestics played at the Hi-Fi Music Hall in Eugene. I've known these guys for years, and while the band was short Michael because he was out on tour with [...]
I noticed recently that one my favorite cameras hasn't been used in over eighteen months. I figured it was time to pull it out of the cabinet and load it with film. The Koni-Omega Rapid is large 6x7 [...]
Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL: This is a tank of a camera. I acquired this camera from a thrift store last week. It came in a weird black box, with a beat up Vivitar 80-210 zoom lens and a near mint Vivitar [...]
I don't know many photographers these days that shoot with the 135mm prime lens. Zoom lenses nowadays rule the telephoto market. However, I'm here to talk about shooting vintage lenses on modern [...]
A review of the Rexatar 36-100mm f3.5 Lens Just to save time, this is a terrible lens. Let's start at the begining I found this lens at a local thrift store. I saw it in the glass case and I did a [...]
I figure six months is a good amount of time to get to know a lens. The 7artisans 25mm is not a great lens, it's barely a good lens for that matter. However, I won't even leave the house without it. [...]
