Category Archives: a21

Sinbad & Tornado

by Bob Venezia
Sinbad and Tornado

Sinbad & Tornado

Taken last September at the Puyallup (pyoo AL ip) Fair, about 40 minutes south of Seattle. I had avoided the Fair for years, and finally went 2 years ago. Now I can’t get enough of it. Be warned — neither of my spuds has perfectly matched lenses. So any mounting errors are not my fault :^)

Sputnik modified by Don Lopp, f22, 4 seconds, pushed 1 stop, Provia 100F.

Tetrahedron

by Bob Venezia
Tom Noddy and Bubble Tetrahedron

Tom Noddy and Bubble Tetrahedron

One of my best friends is Tom Noddy, aka “the Bubble Guy.” Tom appeared on the Tonight Show back when Johnny Carson was still host, and he travels the world doing his act. I’d always wanted to shoot some of his bubbles, but I had no experience shooting portraits in MF 3d. This is one of the simplest bubbles he makes. He also makes a cube, a dodecahedron, a 6-pointed star, a carousel, etc, etc.

Settings unrecorded. I had help from Don Lopp, who attended the shoot. We draped black velvet behind Tom, had a floor lamp beside him, and I bounced a flash off the ceiling.

EMP Backside #1

by Bob Venezia
Experience Music Project, Seattle Center

Experience Music Project, Seattle Center

The EMP (Experience Music Project) is Seattle’s version of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum, at the Seattle Center. The building is designed by Frank Gehry. I’ve never been inside (it’s kinda pricey – I’d rather have a new camera filter) but the outside has given me a lot of photo ops. Remember waaaaay back in loop 19A, when Dave Casey had a photo of the “sculpture thingie by the EMP?” The shadow of that sculpture thingie can be seen in this shot.

Shot with a TL-120, Provia 100F, 2 minutes.

Spinning Wheel & Needle

by Bob Venezia
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Spinning Wheel & Needle

Also taken at the Seattle Center. The Fun Forest is a funky collection of carnival rides below the Space Needle. It’s destined for the scrap heap soon. I wanted to get down there and get some shots before it disappears.

I really enjoy taking shots of carnival rides. There is definitely a lot of patience involved (waiting for the ride to unload, then load, and once the ride finally starts going, trying to discourage folks from walking right in front of your camera) but it’s totally worth it. There are so many great surprises after you get the film back. Most of my night shots of rides are from the Puyallup Fair, a huge Fair that runs about 3 weeks in the fall, and one weekend in April, about 30 miles south of Seattle.

Across Mexico

by John Thurston

These are most likely images made with Provia 100 (though I can’t say with certainty). The wonderful image of the tree was produced with my Sputnik. The others were done with my TL120-1.

Coca Cola Sign was taken on a spring break trip 2008 to the state of Michoacan. This is the same trip where my film was not processed correctly and I lost over 2/3 of the images due to “muddy” processing. And a light leak from the 120 because I didn’t have the red window covered with the slidey thing 🙁

The Church in Patzcuaro was also taken on the same spring break trip. Patzcuaro is located west of Mexico City, closer to the state of Morelia.  This image was processed by the same troublesome lab.

Back in June 2004, on the way to Mazamilta, Mexico we came across this gorgeous tree in front of a simple dwelling. Lake Chapala is about a 30 minute drive from Guadalajara.

The Island of Janitizio is near the town of Patzcuaro, located west of Mexico City, closer to the state of Morelia. On the island a statue of Jose M. Morelos has been erected. Entering the statue one can follow the spiral stairs up to the head and then up the narrow steps inside his raised arm. The inside is covered with murals depicting the life of Morelos. Morelos was the leader of the movement for Mexican independence from Spain in 1810 after Miguel Hidalgo was executed by the Spaniards. The first inhabitants of Michoacan, the state where Janitzio is located, thought that because of the extraordinary beauty of this lake, it was the door to heaven and that through it the gods used to come down to earth.

Pioneer Church

by John Thurston

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This is made with my Horizon 202 Pan camera on a slide bar with Fuji Sensia.
WARNING may require “rubber eyes” – doesn’t bother me, but caution is advised! An old church at a local “Pioneer Village”, just before a wedding party arrived. This was difficult to mount and may be difficult to view. Looking forward to some critical comments on this picture/mounting etc.