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that was the end of the day for photography i still observed what was along the road and plan on a return trip for a cemetery that looked to be quite interesting big laurel rd connects to us 23a which i took south and then onto 1 26 and home not a bad way to spend an afternoon abandoned near spill corn creek off big laurel rd 07 21 26 panasonic gf 1 so it s been a good 7 years here and i look forward to many more posted by mfophotos at 12 33 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels appalachians barnard big laurel rd madison county moving north carolina travels weaverville monday july 20 2026 finding your path in photography st francis de assisi church ranchos de taos nm 2003 kiev 60 verichrome pan if you are just starting out with photography as a hobby there s a lot of things to learn most of the time you are learning about the mechanics of the equipment and coupled with the understanding of the exposure triangle it can seem like a lot at first if you are coming from the digital world to the film world there s even more ways to discover that you can screw things up fear not like any endeavor that requires the understanding of a subject you are bound to make mistakes along the way learn from them all that camera manipulation and understanding of light aside the thing about photography is that one can use the very best equipment or the very simplest of equipment and be an amazing photographer one person may use the very best equipment and have boring photos and another person might use a toy camera and become a published artist and vice versa there s no guarantee that using a leica or a rolleiflex will make you a better photographer nor will the latest mirror less nikon or canon digital camera result in a gallery show if that s what you want it really boils down to your competence with the camera and what s between your ears do you follow trends do you ask what so and so used to get an image or what film stock you should use to get that look whatever it may be i get it i really do it s part of the process of becoming a photographer however many times people ask the wrong questions you may wonder about the film stock and be totally unaware of what kind of lighting was used in the photograph you may ask about a camera and not think about the lens that was used in our naiveté we often overlook the complexity and think there is a single answer there are many factors involved in making an exposure in my early days i was an avid fan of john shaw a well published nature photographer i shot a lot of slide film aiming to get results like i saw in his photographs a few times i think i succeeded what i didn t have was his breadth of knowledge sense of composition and insight it took me years to get to the point of being able to get consistent results and then digital came along which made macrophotography a whole lot easier and cheaper i was able to experiment without thinking about how many shots i might waste on a roll of expensive slide film were my photos better yes because i shot more therein lies the crux of photography to get better shoot more but wait that s not all you ll eventually develop a style or find your niche maybe it was something that you started with early on or perhaps you just found out that one day when you were really in the moment and the image and your expectations just came together sometimes that path changes over time as it should when i started to take photography seriously in 1999 i had a mentor that was generous with his time knowledge and equipment i d been taking photos since the early 1970s but had never taken a class except for an after hours class in high school i felt that knowing as much as i could about macrophotography would be useful in my career as an entomologist and museums collection manager it did but i learned something more looking at various books and reading about photography and other photographers i realized there was so much more to be explored so many cameras so many lenses so many different films and so on the thing that i had not expected was the more i learned the more my photography changed the macrophotography had run its course and was useful in my daily work but what really gave me satisfaction was getting out in the world learning about other types of photography and seeing the work of others my photography improved as my brain was exercised my eyes trained to see things differently becoming proficient operating a camera was also a key to being open to exploration if you are trying to figure out the mechanical aspects of making a photograph it s harder to be in the moment i believe that the passion you have for something also reflects in your photography being affected by your surroundings and how you interact with them is a key to taking meaningful photographs photography is a very personal experience what one person does does not mean that he or she is a model for others to follow what inspires me probably won t inspire you if you pursue photography seriously you will find those things that inspire you be aware that one path may lead to another and do not blind yourself to new possibilities your photographic practice improves over time one of the ways to explore what s possible in photography is to look at the work of others as well as some more philosophical takes on being a photographer i have read that young people today don t read books preferring to get their information infotainment via youtube and other social media there are some photographers that have excellent youtube channels but there are many that i feel are entertaining but not necessarily informative i do believe that if you are serious about photography you should know something about its history and at least be familiar with some of the photographers you might get some of that in a real photography class but if you want to explore on your own i can recommend some books that will give you a good overview a world history of photography by naomi rosenblum is an excellent introduction to the history of photography with lots of great images i think it s been reprinted many times and is often used in college photo history classes an even larger tome with more emphasis on european photographers and profusely illustrated is a new history of photography edited by michel frizot at 775 pages it s a monster of a book but it s really great it is perhaps the most comprehensive volume with less focus on american photographers a more easily carried book from taschen is a history of photography from 1839 to the present from george eastman house it s over 700 pages but is not a coffee table book i think it s a great introduction to photographic history with lots of examples as well as a glossary those are just three examples to get you started you can start with the obvious list of the greats and delve into their oeuvre alphabetically berenice abbott ansel adams diane arbus eugene atget margaret bourke white henri cartier bresson anne brigman wayne bullock imogen cunningham walker evans robert frank dorothea lange lee miller elliot porter w eugene smith alfred stieglitz edward steichen paul strand josef sudek and many others contemporary photographers such as sally mann michael kenna david plowden joel myerowitz and stephen shore are definitely worth looking at there are many more that you ll discover on your own there are also a number of excellent photographer documentaries available on streaming services search under photography documentary on your smart tv or digital device writings on the philosophy of photography can be useful too there are a few that i think can be very helpful to photographers why photography matters by jerry l thompson 2013 mit press 92 pp isbn 978 0 262 01928 6 beauty in photography by robert adams 1996 aperture books 108 pp isbn 0 89381 368 0 ways of seeing by john berger 1980 penguin books 165 pp isbn 0 563 122447 the ongoing moment by geoff dyer 2007 vintage books 285 pp isbn 978 1 4000 3168 9 the nature of photographs by stephen shore 2010 phaidon press 136 pp isbn 978 0 7148 5904 0 the tao of photography seeing beyond seeing by philippe l gross and s i shapiro 2001 ten speed press 136 pp isbn 1 58008 194 0 the art of photography an approach to personal expression by bruce barnbaum 2010 rockynook publishers 352 pp isbn 978 1 933952 68 0 the photographic eye learning to see with a camera by michael f o brien and norman sibley 1995 davis publications 287 pp isbn 0 87192 283 5 zen camera creative awakenings with a daily practice in photography by david ulrich 2018 watson guptill publishers 217 pp isbn 978 0 399 58033 8 i enjoy looking at the work of other photographers and being inspired by them i ve said it before that photography is a big tent and there are all sorts of processes styles subjects and methodologies to explore and you ll find something that resonates with you becoming familiar with what s been done before is not a bad thing i guarantee that whatever interests you someone has already done it and reading up on it beforehand will help you avoid the pitfalls and let you concentrate on the creative process this brings me to my final point photograph for yourself do what makes you happy and inspires you your vision your imagination is yours make it work for you maybe doing that only requires using a smart phone camera maybe it requires a wet plate camera maybe you need a dslr with a 600mm lens whatever you require shoot as often as possible and eventually you ll get really good at it be proficient with the process whatever it is nobody paints a masterpiece the first time they pick up a brush photography is a skill set that gets better the more you practice so get out there and photograph note that i have not recommended a camera film or process in the above it s yours to explore and as the saying goes the journey is the reward posted by mfophotos at 2 41 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels photo history photographic practice photography wednesday july 08 2026 last roll from my kodak vigilant six 20 a few years ago i acquired a kodak vigilant six 20 i respooled 120 onto 620 spools and over the course of 3 years shot 3 rolls with it the results were always quite good the vigilant six 20 is a 6x9 format camera that came in many versions the one i used had the best features with the kodak no 1 supermatic shutter with speeds from b t and 1 1 400 sec and apertures from f 4 5 f 32 the kodak anastigmat special is a very good lens too an excellent lens shutter combination that allowed 400 iso film and reasonable shutter speeds another version of the camera and priced lower features a kodak no 1 diomatic shutter with b t 1 25 1 50 and 1 100 sec shutter speeds and a kodak anastigmat f 6 3 lens definitely not as fast as my camera and certainly usable with 100 400 iso film it s probably the more common version of the camera since it was more affordable unfortunately i d left the roll of fomapan 100 in my camera for at least 2 years with a couple of exposures still to be had the film had somehow become stuck and would not advance i ended up having to use pliers to wind the film i ended up with a fat roll which i promptly put into a black container i think moisture had caused the film to stick and that s why i could not roll it along by hand now that i have a 4x5 camera i decided to see if the lens and shutter assembly could be used on my intrepid 4x5 now that i know that it covers 4x5 the 101mm lens has become my wide angle leaving the shell of the vigilant lensless here are some shots from that last roll you can see where the film stuck and acquired some rust in one of the images i started that roll in the summer 0f 2024 on a photo meetup with the avl camera club we visited several small breweries next to the swannanoa river all of which were destroyed a month later by hurricane helene and the flood the very last photo was taken early this year in the river arts district which i guess is fitting the light leaks at the top are from the fat roll you can see the spots on the right side where the film was sticking these 6x9 cameras from kodak are capable of some very good results and if you don t mind respooling the 120 film to 620 spools they represent an inexpensive option for 2 1 4 x 3 1 4 inch negatives you ll get 8 shots on a roll the cameras easily fit into a large pocket and do not weigh much however you ll have to make sure the bellows is free from pinholes and the black fabric used for the bellows is going to need some liquid rubber or black fabric paint to fix if the lens is free of haze and the shutter works you are good to go these cameras were manufactured from 1939 1949 with 10 variants in lens and shutter combinations the prices at the time ranged from 15 to 49 today you should be able to pick up a fully operational example for less than 25 and i certainly would not pay much more another version that i owned in 2011 posted by mfophotos at 9 14 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 620 film folding camera kodak kodak vigilant six 20 older posts home subscribe to posts atom followers of random camera blog about me mfophotos weaverville nc united states view my complete profile links my etsy shop se center for photography on the road film photography project all through a lens podcast camera wiki silver based photography american museum of photography i shoot film blog archive 2026 26 july 6 lomo color 100 and a pentax 6x7 more svema 100 love seven years finding your path in photography last roll from my kodak vigilant six 20 the summer of 76 june 4 may 4 april 3 march 3 february 4 january 2 2025 34 december 4 november 2 october 2 september 4 august 2 july 3 june 2 may 3 april 4 march 3 february 1 january 4 2024 27 december 1 november 1 october 4 september 3 august 1 july 3 june 2 may 4 april 2 march 2 february 3 january 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