Nice work!

Mostly tripods are banned because they than think you are a pro photographer making money of their property.
Which is ridicilous.

I was walking on the Santa Monica blvd and some security person walks to me and asked me if I was a pro photographer (maybe the Mamiya gave me away), I told her I was a tourist and why she asked.
She answered, pro photographers are not allowed to take pictures on the blvd because it was privat property.
I told her if I was a pro I would have had a tripod, she look bewildered and let me go...

Now that is funny!

Frank the 4&5 looks cool.
Which one did you buy and PLEASE do comment when you get it..
I had a Bill Maxwell screen stolen from me..(Long story)
and was thinking about trying a higher end "bright/Beattie" style screen..
Please let us know if you are happy with the purchase.
Thanks a lot
Snook

How the Hell is Santa Monica Blvd private Property...
California freaks.. They think California is another Country also......
This world is coming down to a bunch of paranoid freaks...:+}
Snook

Permitting in Los Angeles can be an art in it's ownself. Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Culver City, Beverly Hills all have different requirements, regulations, insurance bonds, etc. etc.

If the spot was In Santa Monica, then permission is required by the merchants association, the city and maybe the county, maybe even the Pier itself. Each area is different.

LA's though to learn and I've cut about 30 billion permits there and can tell you that rarely do they happen without some difficulty.

It's ironic because the only thing LA makes is little pictures so you would think it would be easy, but it's not, it's the world's hardest to manuver and I could write a book on the location adventures in LA but nobody would believe me.

Still, there is not a place on the planet that offers more diverse locations, better weather and a decent talent base for still or moving images.

You are wrong about the paranoia because it's not about fear, it's about money and everybody wants money. I've had a 220lb woman stand in front of my lens (on a legal permitted location) and scream obcenities until we wrote her a check.

You are right that California is another country. It is and is many ways quite proud of it.




JR

You've got that right! It's especially the case in CA and NY.

@Murray Fredericks:
which digitar(s) lens did you use for these shots?

rh

Regardless of what anyone thinks about california and New York, they are the places to make photos. I work everywhere and getting through LA and NY is tough, but at least what you put in front of your lens is right and the crews are good.

Nowhere else in the U.S. offers as much, so it's harder and more expensive and even though I love Paris, somewhat like Milan, everytime we shoot there the models and the crew talk about going to NY where the real money is.

Thouigh working the streets of New York is much different than Los Angeles and if you know people and have built some equity (NY is all about equity) you'd be amazed how easy and nice people are in shooting run and gun editorial.

We've taken over small bistros at the spur of the moment and paid very little. In LA that would never happen.*

The last thing you want in photography is compromise. I find it fascinating when I work in Dallas or even San Francisco and the crew is more expensive than NY or LA and the work speed is 1/2 of those two cities, not to mention the talent (model) base is 1/100oth of what LA and especially NY offer.

JR

*last night we had dinner in this small cafe where we shot an editorial. We brought them about 6 magazines and at the end of the night they comped the meal. That wasn't requested or even desired so we paid anyway, but that is a side of New York that most people don't know about.

I've had this happen in Paris, even Spain, but I don't think it would ever happen in LA.

I agree with permits etc. obviuosly when you have crews and catering and vans and wind machines and generators etc. etc..
But just some professional with a tripod that wants to shoot some nice street scene...
You got to be kidding me..
This is what the world ( More so the US ) is coming down to..
Pay fro everything the world is not "Free" anymore.
I think the US will soon have to take out the phrase land of the free...:+}
Seriously..
Miami was a perfect example of how it all went to crap...:+}
I once in Miami was shooting in the street with permit and the typical Diner was on the otherside of the street but in my shot..
The owner came across the street and demanded I paid money...
I told him basically he could go F# himself that I had a permit..
So he , which I am sure you all have had in your life time...:+}, started blocking my shots.... He would try and pass between me an the model..
I finally had the production company call the Cops which were literally adjacent and down a little..
They came and the guy finally left because I had a permit.
This is totally ridiculous...
That was about 5 years ago and it only has gotten worse.
Really disappointing..
Almost as disappointing as any guy with a 5D and Photoshop is a photographer these days!
Snook

Wait a second, I have a 5D too But I keep it hidden and make sure that I have my Mamiya close by. And I am not that good with PhotoShop.

Permits here are a fact of life, ya just gotta do it. But it does take the spontaneity out of shoots that I would otherwise like to do sometimes.

I think it’s hilarious how the 5D has become the whipping boy of professional photographers who blog. Even though they all have one. It’s really funny.

Some new work - no crazy people or frantic regulations in Scotland



Rollei 6008i + Hasselblad 132C + Zeiss 50mm + CS3 stitchting tool

@Snook,
I ordered the #5.

It was indeed on the Pier.
I could photograph everywhere without a problem, but in the small themepark they were very strict, but after my talk it was all ok.

On another note, I will never tell someone to go F** themselfs, and somehow I get everything done I want, most of the time showing the owner that his place is not in the picture helps.
Or what helps the best is offering him to visit his store with the crew and take some free shots with the models in his place for free.
Most of the time they open up and you can even get them to rearrange seats and offering free drinks

I have always acted like a big friendly guy, you can always turn arround and be angry later, luckely it never had to happen for me .

The world is getting harder and harder, sometimes a little bit of friendlyness will break that hard barrier and people will open up, when they don't...... I'm not that easy

Totally agree with you there..
Just I saw him coming from far and he was already screaming..
So it was an aggressive approach that no way throwing pollen and being nice was going to help...:+}
Snook

I'm not a streetphotographer, and yes I love photoshop
here one the shots I took during our stay in LA.



Greetings,
Frank

rodeo drive.....did you see the hordes of nice cars driving around or parked to show off

Murray -
Could you please tell us which lens this was ?

Edmund

The lens was either a 24mm digitar (80% sure) or possibly a 35mm - there is no lens exif info from the alpa...

Both are razor sharp.

Cheers

Murray

Louie the dog.

This is actually from a shoot I did over a year ago. It has been one of the images used from that shoot by the client extensively. It was with the Leaf 65 on the Mamiya 645AFDII and the 55-110AF lens.

From a catalog shoot from last year, Contax/P30:

@Dlew,
Rodeodrive was a strange experience indeed.
LOTS of beautiful people and cars.

A bit of a surreal feeling.

Today the first session with the RZ67ProII with the Leaf.
I tested the 110mm f2.8 and the 180mm and must say that although focus with the standard screen is a bitch I was wildly surprised with the sharpness this system delivers....

A 100% crop straight out of the cam (very, very slightly sharpenend by photoshop):


Maybe someone can add to my experience.
I know the 645 by heart, I expected the RZ67ProII to be equal or little less.
At the moment however I have changed my opinion, it SEEMS that the RZ lenses have slightly better contrast and better blackrendition giving the shots a more real look and more contrasty.

I should have to shoot the two next to each other to be 100% sure, but what I see now I prefer the RZ above the 645, I wonder if more people have experience with both.

Was out looking for some fine light this morning and found this at the Sutro Bath ruins. P45+ and Mamiya 55mm lens, 30 seconds at f11, ISO 50:
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Cheers,

@Jack, lovely tints wonderful shot.

Lovely shot indeed!

One I did tonight of the most beautiful girl in the world. Ixpress384/H2/ISO400

Great makeup! Looks just like real

thank you Frank! Always a pleasure to see your shots as well -- stunning!

Don Nice shot.. I ate at the same bakery a few years back..

Gidday,

Great to see Frank and Snook enjoying there new Mamiya RZ cameras it only gets better guys.

I've been using them for over 20 years and have to say that I have loved every minute with this camera system.

Shot the other day.

States:

Mamiya RZ ProIID
Mamiya 50mm lens
Leaf Aptus 75
F11.0 400th Sec 50ISO
Bowens Explorer 1500 battery flash generator with one head

Cheers

Simon

hi simon,

nice feel to the shot. How do u find the 50mm lens. Are you using the ULD version or the older one. Since you've been using the system for 20yrs, i'm sure you must have used the older 50mm lens also. How different are they for todays cropped sensors? Also, pls post some more samples of the same combo.

thnx,
sid.

Hi Sid,

Thanks for the complement

Sorry this was a photo shot for the new Nokia GPS cell phone advert thats why the snow border is at the beach and not the snow cause he is lost.

I'm still using the original 50 mm lens I bought back in 1988 and of course it not as wide with the Leaf Aptus 75 chip but if I need wider I revert to my Mamiya 645 AFDII kit which has a 28mm lens.

My dream back would have a 6x7cm chip, if one came out I would probable get a paper cut pulling out my cheque book out of my back pocket so fast.

Cheers

Simon

hi simon,

do you find any red/blue CA problems with the 50mm in moderate/high contrast areas?

Don't know about 67 but a 6x6 (actually a 48x48)sensor is something i hear to be coming up.

sid.

On the other hand, a 7x7 sensor would be cool...just like polaroids.

[quote=sid_v,Jun 22 2008, 05:14 PM]
hi simon,

do you find any red/blue CA problems with the 50mm in moderate/high contrast areas?

Don't know about 67 but a 6x6 (actually a 48x48)sensor is something i hear to be coming up.

sid.

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Hi Sid,

Haven't come across any CA problems.

Simon

Harpr thanks..
I have actually had my for almost 8 months now...
Took me until I got the other focusing screen to fall in Love..:+}
Was That the 500 normal or the ULD?
I am thinking about picking up this lens but not sure if the ULD is worth the extra cost...
Care to let me know what you think Simon?
I have the 65 but wanted to get a little wider with the P30 as it has a crop..
Thanks a lot
Snook

Hi Snook,

I’m still using my original Mamiya 50mm lens I bought in 1988 and it works fine.

I haven't tried the new Mamiya 50mm ULD so I don’t know of any difference but I'm sure there is.

Cheers

Simon

Montalbetti+Campbell using LEAF

http://www.leaf-photography.com/ShowGaller...pher=29,pic=292

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Montalbetti+Campbell using LEAF

such great work Dennis
Always loved it whenever I saw it now at least I can attach a name to it.
No wonder you are winning awards!

on ya

m*

Really Great stuff Denis.
Looks like quite the production!
Are some of these for your own promotion, or if not, what was the job... if you don't mind saying?
thanks

Andrew

Hi
Thanks! Three out of the four were jobs & the one with flowers was personal. The bottom two were editorial of athletes.

Thanks Denis

Great images, as usual, Denis!

Thierry

Great work, Denis!

Hi
my first post here
Bowens QuadX 3000, some heads with honeygrid and a bank
shoted with a Plaubel 6x9 wiew camera and an Eyelike precision m22 4 shots

Hi
my first post here
Bowens QuadX 3000, some heads with honeygrid and a bank
shoted with a Plaubel 6x9 wiew camera and an Eyelike precision m22 4 shots

Denis,
Always loved your work and these are no exception.

A few from yesterday:
Mamiya RZ67proII with 110mm f2.8 and Leaf Aptus 22

Stunning as ever.

Hi All,

One of my first test shoots from a grey old day here in Melbourne, this is a handheld shot on the H3D 31 at iso 400, on the 50-100 zoom at 110. Additional post in CS3.


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One to compete with Denis and Franks.
OK the sensor got a bit scratched and the live view didn't help with the focusing, but the models were amused with the camera.
Zeiss Box Tengor.

Kevin.

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