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What was the used speed for the photographs?

Very pleasing images. I particularly like the softness of the images and compliments the mood of the scene. Thanks for sharing.

Are you focusing with the ground glass on the Graflex or using the RF or just winging focus?

Not to change the subject, but I really like the chairs

Modern photography is heavily predicated on single, stand alone images - Instagram is 'home' to this. Every camera club I've ever attended has been the same, with a sometimes tacit and more often overt expectation that competitions based again on single images (occasionally triptych sequences) are the beginning, middle and end of photography. Mix into this that biting sharpness and resolution are automatic pre-requisites and you soon discover that there's no room (at least in the club environments I trialled) for individuality or personality or departure from those expectations that you'll simply fall into line and the chances of discovering a photographic 'voice' are effectively nil. Happily, I discovered 'long form' photography - projects founded on themes that are taking years to evolve. An early test 'zine of my 'Small People' project has been so rewarding to test 'proof of concept'. Print is the natural end game for photography and attached to this is my simplification of the process - everything is shot on either Rollei Retro 400S, Kodak Tri-X, Bergger Pancro 400, Fuji Acros II or Fomapan 400, all rated and dev'd at 800 ISO. I agree entirely with having different cameras - for me, a 1957 Leica M3 double stroke, a Leica IIIf 'red dial', Topcon RE Super and Super D, Pentax SV, Agfa Clack, a 1930-ish Houghton & Butcher Ensign Carbine No.7, Konica MR640 and Fuji GL690 all get regular use. It's said that we all need three things in life - a good doctor, a clever accountant and a forgiving priest but we actually need a forth...a top drawer camera repair person. Fortunately I have one and all my gear is tip top. The long form photography projects have really shown me where my interests are and now something of a 'style' is starting to make itself known. It's such a pleasure to discover your channel - always interesting and thought provoking. Keep on keeping on...

A Diana 151 from the 60s also works to get that 'softness.' Advantage: tou don't need an umbrella which winds up in your images. Disadvantage: you might yourself get soaked wet and your Diana 151 might not only have light leaks. Great video. Thanks!

Very beautiful photos.I hate umbrellas! Maybe your way good!

Thanks Ari. A series of photographs is an interesting way to explore a subject or concept. I've accumulated enough film to use up a bunch of it, and this sounds like a great way to do that. Exploring variants or details of a theme is a great project.

Always interesting, Ari! Thank you for your Finnish landscapes. Perfection is a concept that I have trouble with, each person will define it differently. If it is technically perfect, there is the risk that interest will be sacrificed. I may try your umbrella method but often our rain is accompanied with wind.I’ll have to wait for a day when gravity dominates.

I've used an umbrella a number of times, it works best if your wife holds it in place. 😷 One day when it was raining quite hard, I noticed many of the images had a blurry streak; it was the water draining off the umbrella!

Yeah, contrast and going through phases. So interesting, either way it’s not right or wrong (unless it isn’t 😂). But which side of the bed you get up on affects choice of film, development and what you do with it.

Put the handle down the back of your shirt ……I mean you may need to wear a bra to stop it moving but no gain without pain. 😉

I like how you took a series of photos from one location. I often try to do that, too.

oh Ari, you're a gem!!!

Beautiful rendition of Morning has Broken by Cat Stevens to accompany your equally moving photos

I've used a backpack and umbrella. You can tuck the umbrella stick under backpack strap and it keeps there almost by itself. I've also used velcro straps to mount umbrella on backpack strap, that way you can keep it over your head too. I must say I'm much more worry about rain with film gear. It can rust, film is ruined by tiny bit of water and gear in great condition is not as easy to replace as with digital.

Great trip Ari, loved the images and those yellow boots.

Have you considered putting the umbrella's handle into a small backpack, such as a child might use? I found one of my daughter's old backpacks, stuffed a towel inside next to the umbrella handle and closed the backpack's top. It holds the umbrella well, unless the wind blows. And the pink backpack is quite the fashion statement!

I loved the close up of the rain drops on the ground! Very nice shots underneath your umbrella, ella, ella, ella. Thanks for ideas for a rainy day! Haha

If you havent already considered it, you might think about making some kind of electronic 'zine of your work. I thought to myself that the combination of your piano and photography would be worth "displaying" as background to a get together with friends or just for myself. Break it up into chapters - seasons of the year, location(s), your favorites, whatever. An hour or two or more?????? I would think I'm not the only one who would be glad to pay for this content. It's a lovely composition and curation of music and photography that you do each week. I for one could watch and listen for hours.

I always enjoy your transparent believability, mixed with your humour. Refreshing. Now, I want to ask you to do a video on how YOU scan your negatives? Please, thank you. (I’m betting, you being you, you’ve crafted your own kind of scanning set up?)

Hienoja erityisesti nuo sadekuvat! Vastaavia näkee harvemmin, vaikka nykyisestä digikalustosta löytyy hyvin sadetta sietäviä. Ehkäpä ne ovatkin kuvaajat, jotka on tehty sokerista?!

very nice pictures!! .. now gotta go buy an umbrella :)

Thanks again Buddy!! Excellent shots!!!!

"Digital cameras take better pictures" Do they? What is better? I own two high end digital cameras but much prefer the 'look' of the photos that I take using my Rolleiflex 2.8f or Fuji GF670

I enjoyed this episode very much! Fomabrom Variant 111 is a fibre based paper, right? So my question is how did yoy manage to have such lovely flat prints after the paper is dry? They look so nice, any tip on this? Thank you and be well!

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Fabulous!

Is framing harder with the twin lens?

Problem lies in the intelligence of the AI. If it evolves to pure authenticity, in many cases it really doesn't matter if it is a photograph or a AI creation. It just needs to look like the real thing. Then, what is real and what is not? What if you can't tell the difference?

Go back to the hardware store and pick up a small pack of Everbilt Steel Flat-Head Thumb Tacks in red... you can increase the value exponentially by adding a red dot.

Congrats Ari and Stefano for the originality and creativity! This is a brilliant crossover and almost certain to attract followers (and copycats).

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Oh, what a great and inspiring project! I love it so much. (Analog) music and (analog) photography fit perfectly together. Because I missed the opportunity to buy your wonderful Zine some months ago I immediately bought a copy of this music book and look foreword to hold it in my hands. Thank you for that opportunity.

Thank you for that walk down Memory Lane with you and your Dad. My Dad taught me photography when I was about 12 (I'm 78 now). My first darkroom prints were from his negatives. Little did he know at the time that photography would become my career and life's passion. I always enjoy your warmth and wry humor as well as the breadth of your interests as well as your philosophical reflections on photography. Oh - and the direct simplicity of your photos.

This was wonderful

Wow, what a great project!

I've never clicked an order link faster! Congratulations, Ari. This is a fantastic collaboration, and I hope it leads to more projects like this.

Your approach to understand and interpret the composer and music and then choose from preexisting prints is interesting and for MOST of the album sleeves (and music) I have curled up with over the decades - a bit backwards. Most (not all) would go on a "shoot" for a given album cover and then maybe co-mingle a few live performance shots. I'm wondering how would the end result have been different if you had searched for the "perfect shot" . In any case, this is a wonderful endeavor which I predict will have a life of its own for decades of listeners (and readers) to come.... Immersing ones self in an album sleeve, photographs, music and liner notes for an afternoon of listening and understanding has always been once of my greatest pleasures. Look forward to receiving my order.

Very good topic. I use the method of taking the camera everywhere I go. Even if I'm not going out to take pictures. Hospital visits, job interviews, shopping and many places where no one else would take a camera or take a photo. Of course, some light camera that fits in the kangaroo pocket of a hoodie. Or in the little pocket of my backpack, and I don't regret bumping into something. I even set the aperture in advance, at the last minute I just set the shutter speed if necessary. The result will be random. In this case, I stipulate one thing for myself, not photograph something that is ordinary. And I'm only aiming from the hip. Viewfinders on them are just stuffing. Thus, a whole roll becomes the "last" frame. Just carry Your camera with You for two weeks or months. I wish You good lights!

A brilliant project … congratulations on this fine collaboration. Ordering my copy today! 📷🎻🎼🙂

An intriguing post! While I was commiserating with you about the loss of LP-size covers and artwork I thought - well, why don't you make a 30x30 book and include a CD at the back of the book - only to find out minutes later that that was exactly what you did. Bravo! And then I couldn't resist the temptation of immediately ordering a copy of this Gesamtkunstwerk from Italy. Finally a chance for me to actually "own" a collection of your Images. By the way: music and photography have a long history of complementing each other in the collection of Manfred Eicher's ECM records. OK, only in the meagre format of CD cases and the tiny booklets they contain. But it's there all right. And sometimes I'm not sure whether I bought the CDs for the music or for the evocative photography in the booklets, mostly in B&W. Thanks for your inspiring contribution ...

Brilliant concept ....I'd actually like to buy a couple of the books ....but the website is impossible to navigate ...😟

Brilliant concept ...I'd actually like to buy a couple of the books, but the website is impossible to navigate!

That music and your style of photography seem like a great match. Ethereal, evocative, elegant.

I feel so lazy after watching your videos. I guess that is a good thing because it is motivating.

Chapeau Ari! This is so impressive on so many levels. Photography and music ( as a listener) are my life. Best regards.

Such an inspiring and unique video. And such a creative enterprise. It's about time the packaging of CDs came into this century. Such an opportunity for you to showcase your marvelous photos.I hope it an overwhelming success.

Photography is not visual but musical and piano is black and white. Incredibile, vero?

Congratulations! What a wonderful project.