Part I

Few of my fellow photographers understand my method of using more than one camera for one subject.

In the days of magazine or annual report assignments that were one shot deals where you could not return so what was in the camera had to be a sure thing I started that multiple camera technique. Part of it was to take two of everything. Two flashes, double batteries, two exposure/flash meters and so on.

But one of the rewards of the above method is that two similar pictures taken by two cameras will always be different. Those who swear by a digital camera (what would happen and it does, if the storage card would become corrupted?). These one shot photographers (who might take hundreds) often tell me that if I shoot RAW I can convert a colour picture to b+w or I can add more contrast. I argue that all versions will be a variant of one.

In inaugurating my little studio with dancer Albert Galindo I shot with my Fuji X-E and with my Mamiya RB-67 Pro-SD. With the latter camera I used Fuji Instant Film in colour and in b+w. I also used one roll of Kodak T-Max 100 IS0 film which I will be processing shortly.

As an example of the technique compare the scan of the Fuji b+w print with the one here from the Fuji X-E1. You might like one or the other but it is important to note that they are different.

The mirror shot (taken in our minuscule guest bathroom) is a continuation of my series of selfies where I also include my subjects. Before this one the guest bathroom in our Athlone home has been the one or in whatever bathroom of a restaurant that I can find!