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Take a Shot: DIY Nikon View Camera night photography

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

I was experimenting the other day with a used Cambo monorail view camera (you know, the kind with the bellows in between the lens and the back of the camera; see photo below).

Cambo 23 sf view camera Photo of waterfall in Crystal City at night

I spent a lot of time — and trouble — customizing the camera so that I could attach my Mamiya RZ67 lenses to the front of the camera and my Nikon D3x to the back of the camera. I’ll give the details of how I did that later on. For now, I’ll skip the technical details. I took the camera out in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia for a little night photography and came up with an interesting shot.

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Reflections with Grace

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Today I met with a friend of mine in Washington DC — Chinatown, to be specific — to shoot photographs based on the theme of "reflections." We met at the Metro station, set a time to meet back together, then parted our separate ways for an hour and a half. Some of my photos are literal reflections in glass or metal. Other photos are more metaphorical. My friend’s name is Grace, so I thought it fitting to title this post "Reflections with Grace." It became even more appropriate when I used the last few minutes of my hour and a half to take photographs inside a church, where reflections take on a more spiritual nature. Read the full entry for larger photos and a narrative of the the day as it unfolded.

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