Rediscovering Craft

A TLR, Film, and Doing Things the Hard Way

Rolleiflex f/2.8 FX
There's no way to write about working with a Twin Lens Reflex film camera in 2015 without it being part of a personal story. So, with your brief indulgence – some background.
I've been doing photography professionally, commercially, as fine-art, and also as a teacher, writer and educator for more than 50 years. This makes me either an old fart, or someone with a modicum of experience, or both. I was also one of the early adopters and promoters of digital back in the mid-'90's, but by 2004 I had closed and subsequently sold my darkroom. I was 100% digital and have been ever since. Until now, that is – April, 2015.
Let's Take a Trip to Havana

 A shooting trip to Havana, Cuba in March, 2015 with my good friend and fellow photographer Nick Devlin caused me to rethink the possible renewed role of using film for my work – or at least some of it.
Nick is a long-time aficionado of B&W documentary shooting, and on this trip wa...