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Ryoichi Aratani

Dirk — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:25:04 +0000

I saw a a gallery of photos in the underground walkway between Hibiya and Ginza station. Not the most glamourous exhibition space I suppose. Nonetheless, the prints were nice to look at (taken on film, printed digitally as it turned out) and I recommend looking at the website. Might be a little difficult to navigate without understanding Japanese, just click on the photo next to the camera for the series. Oh, and don’t bother with the cats.

Incoming

flickr — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:19:03 +0000

Self portrait with a new lens (Fujinon 210/5.6) picked out of a junk bargain bin - it works. Has a few scratches in front and a bit cloudy inside, nothing serious; also no retaining ring for mounting. Press shutters are so nice to work with! Taken with seriously outdated Fuji Instant FP100B45. Slightly curved up in PS. The old version of this lens covered 8×10 just about, this one’s image circle is supposed to be slightly too small (at least at infinity), although I have not tried it yet.

Street portrait

flickr — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:12:48 +0000

Fujifilm Acros 8×10, Rodinal 1+25 9m drum processed, Globe portrait lens (1880s), Fuji TONE Gaslight Contact Printing Paper

I was shooting from the footbridge when this lady got curious. I let her look on the GG and eventually asked to have her picture taken. Her mother is ill and she wanted to send this to her. Print on its way (hope I can find the address again). Something that appears like fogging on the leg area…

Richard

flickr — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:09:58 +0000

Fujifilm Acros 8×10, Rodinal 1+25 9m drum processed, Globe portrait lens (1880s), Fuji TONE Gaslight Contact Printing Paper

Unfortunately the negative has a flaw, you will see it looking at the nose area: a vertical stripe. Not sure what caused it, but suspect processing. Focus is not on the eyes, but just about works. Lens to subject distance about 0.5m, made for nice bellows extension (which I forgot to compensate for)… ho hum.

東上野/Fuji HR II Minicopy

flickr — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:59:54 +0000

Daido, c’est moi.

I am enjoying this film at the moment. ISO 6 and the high contrast makes some interesting shooting and processing. Full set here.

Rainy day

flickr — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:42:45 +0000

Some cheap digital trickery with a borrowed 5D and my old trusty (crappy) 28-105