Something special from the archives…

Canon AE1 and Ilford HP5+ working their magic in October 2016 on a walk near Nantes. It’s a photo that just oozes peace to me…

Canon AE1 with Ilford HP5+ on a walk near Nantes, October 2016 — from the Film Archives series on IJM Photography. What makes archive photographs resonate is the combination of subject and the physical qualities of the film: the grain structure of HP5+, the slight imperfections in developing and scanning that a digital file will never replicate. A photograph that oozes peace is one where the photographer felt at peace. See the series: The Opening of the Film Archives on IJM Photography.

Music Soothes The Savage Beast

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Image was taken with a Fujifilm X100VI compact camera
Headphones are Meze Audio Classic 99’s

Pride Of Baltimore II

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

Topsail Schooner

Looking up

Black And White Photography, iPhoneography, Mobile Photography, Photography, Teresa

Barcelona city

Stockholm at dusk

Alena, Black And White Photography, Photography

Stanhopea orchid

Black And White Photography, Pavel, Photography

I’m Outta Here

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography

This is serendipity, just one of those surprise lucky shots that you find in a group of photos taken over the course of a day. I was down on the Texas Gulf Coast photographing shore birds. When reviewing the day’s take, I was delighted to find this fun shot of a piper seemingly walking away flapping its wings in disgust. Great shot? Nah. Fun shot? You bet!

Carolina BalloonFest 2

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography

During the 2024 Carolina Balloonfest Competition, pilots launch approximately two miles from a designated target zone at the festival grounds and must navigate to the zone and drop a marker within the target zone without landing the balloon. Here a balloon pilot launches his marker over the target zone.