Saturday, March 10, 2007

Graffiti

I love graffiti(and signs and stickers). It can be clever or very stupid and sometimes funny.


Mario Brothers Nostalgie - nikon fm2n, sigma 28/1.8 II, night, Tmax 100 or 400.


Neat Hip-Hopish Graffiti - nikon fm2n, sigma 28/1.8 II, night , tripod,Tmax 100 or 400.

I don't remember the equipment used
Love wall(three couples names)

Friday, March 09, 2007

Cats

Our Cat,Naftali, Asleep (nikon fm2n+75-150/3.5 e series)


Tal and her cat Lola(zorki + j8)

Street cat(yashica lynx 14e)

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Flora

Todays post is plant related


Roses die fast in the kitchen


Fresh buds in the middle of the city

Tied together.

All pictures with start and helios 44 on tmax (100?) in tetenal.

Listened to "No more shall we part" by Nick Cave and "returning wheel" by minimal compact.

Great albums.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Urban (Beer Sheva)

This is the old part of the city I live in(which has high unemployment etc). The old part was built by turks(and an Austrian? engeneer).

Beer Sheva aint no Sao Paolo (lower crime,less hot women,no beach)but it sucks nevertheless.


The sticker are of a security company.Feel secure?


Old Synagogue.I don't know if it works.

For sale - lookin' for real 'state?

Start,helios 44,Tmax 100(?)in tetenal.






Just came back from Eilat. Shot half a roll.Relaxed and gained a couple of pounds. Spent quality time with Anna.

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Some Urban Shots

Start,Helios 44 Tmax 100
Burried


Yashica lynx 14ะต plus-x in tetenal(great film to scan)
The Wall Bleeds

Pentax K1000,cosinon 35/2.8 via adapter,deep orange filter.
Flag on the fence of construction site



I am going to Eilat tommorrow(with nikon?).

Got 10 rolls of 120 across. Nice film - a little contrasty in tetenal.

Friday, March 02, 2007

Worries, Troubles and a tiny black bird.

The canon was shipped 7 days ago - It should be here any day - I hope it didn't get lost in the mail or customs ate it or something(I was to cheap to pay insurance - canadian post is pricy).

I tried scanning some color film and couldn't get the colors right.Argh. I get good BW and the ocasional good color but sometimes getting bearable colors is a struggle.


Now to the small bird(who said that it got something stuck to it's butt):




Shot near the golden gate bridge.

Nikon fm2n + 75-150/3.5 E series. Fuji X-tra.HP 4990 Scanner.


Nice People are everywhere.

A gentleman from RFF sent me a 50/1.8 Canon for shipping charges only.Very nice of him.

A trio of found objects

First pictures from San Francisco.



All were taken with nikon fm2n and 50/1.4 AI


On Fuji X-Tra 400 or Kodak proplus II 100


Thursday, March 01, 2007

New Jerusalem photos-Holy sepulchre

I got bored with the San Francisco photos I was working on so I decided to scan some of the color stuff (that I accumulated over the last 5-6 months).


The shots were taken on Fuji Proplus II iso 100 photos underexposed by 3-4 stops at least! I used photoshop and neat image(on one of them) to get rid of some noise. All were taken with the nikon fm2n with 50/1.4 or 28/1.8(leats likely). The guard of the orthodox patriarch. This chrisitan Arab Gentleman is a living anachronism. In the days of the Othoman Empire important people were assigned armed(richly garbed) guards to walk in front of them and announce their coming by hitting the ground with their staves. With time , the Turks outlawed civilian arms and only the staves remained.
The rich garb became a dark suit and a fez hat.

A coptic monk lighting candle on the Edicule(the tomb of Christ). Copts are generally looked down at by the rest of the christian world. Since they ran out of money (at some historic point) they got the smallest bit of the church which, by a stroke of poetic justice\devine Genius is the head resting place of the edicule.


Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Urban Decay

there's something beautifull in things a second before they rot(be it flowers, food, people or cities).









Monday, February 26, 2007

Articles of clothing

All photos were taken with the nikon fm2n with 50/1.4 and possibly 28/1.8. The dog one is with flash(I suck at this)




Listened to "Pet Shop Boys - Actually" on Vynil(bought for 2.5$ yesterday). Pretty good (as pop goes).
Worked on A LOT of San Francisco pictures today.