How to Photograph Christian Zombie Vampyres or TKK in NYC with an M6 TTL

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult are Kooler Than Jesus an industrial disco band from Chicago who are known for soundtrack contributions to cult classic films such as The Crow, Cool World and Showgirls. In my 20’s, I was a maverick Babylon drifter and TKK videographer with subKulture TV. Our videos were awful but somehow we managed […]

Kodak TMAX P3200, an Encore Performance

A big thanks to Petapixel for republishing Rockin Out with Kodak TMAX P3200 and getting the word out that P3200 is BACK! But wait… There’s more! I burned through 3 rolls of film on Vinyl Rhino so as you might imagine, I still have more photos! I didn’t want to overwhelm my first post with too […]

Rockin’ Out with Kodak TMAX P3200

Lead by spunky frontgirl Ashley Miles, Vinyl Rhino is my favorite cover band in Frederick, Maryland. For years, they’ve rocked our bars with high energy hits from the 80’s to what’s current. Saturday night they stopped by Champions and blew the roof off the place. I was there to capture it on the newly re-released […]

Grain is Not a Dirty Word

Photographers typically call an image “grainy” or “too grainy” like these words are inherently negative. Just like they will say something is “tack sharp” as if this is an inherently positive attribute. Is blue a bad color? Is a line better than a circle? Is “quality” only “low” and “high”? These associations of traits with […]

Kodak P3200 Photos Coming Soon!

As promised, Kodak’s newly re-released TMAX P3200 film has officially hit the shelves! 6 days ago, Kodak Alaris posted the film’s official datasheet 5 days ago, an overjoyed Michael Raso of Film Photography Project began posting photos of his delivery of P3200. And this morning, FED EX hand-delivered my pre-order of August 2019 expiration dated […]

Go-To Portrait Lens: Nikkor 85mm 1.8 K AI’d

A lens that has been a long-time staple in my Nikon kit, since about 2005 actually, is my Nikkor 85mm 1.8 K AI’d. I chose the 85/1.8 for the reasons many people reach for an 85/1.8; available light portrait work and a little smaller, lighter, less expensive, easier to control lens […]

15 Photos That Prove The Leitz 50mm Summarit Does NOT SUCK!!!

Didn’t I already write about the 1949 Leitz 5cm 1.5 Summarit? Why yes, I did, but in light of several recent conversations about this controversial fistful of German metal and glass, I want to make it clear, THE LEITZ SUMMARIT 5CM 1.5 DOES NOT SUCK! Okay, so you might not be into swirlios and soft […]

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