Tuesday, December 16, 2008

More Street fair


More Street fair
Originally uploaded by M R Goodwin
The 4th Ave Winter street fair was the subject of my first experiments with my Mamiya 645J and color film. I had to bump everything a bit as the scans were a bit light (I think). I have a little problem with my light meter. It seems to be one stop bright, so I stop it down (at least at 100 ISO).

Saturday, December 13, 2008

I felt like coloring...


I felt like coloring...
Originally uploaded by M R Goodwin
I'm playing with medium format and having a ball. This is a photoshopped MF image that I rather like.

Brightest in the Crowd


Brightest in the Crowd
Originally uploaded by M R Goodwin
Today was the beginning of the 4th Avenue Winter Street Fair. It has been my tradition for a great many years to take this day off to celebrate, to relax, to re-orient myself. Many years ago, we used to take off the Friday because we would stay up late distributing flyers for the Rainbow Planet Coffee house. Dave and Eddy (Allah rest his soul) were so important to us. It is, as I always tell people, a religious holiday for me. Then there was John H...