Analog – My Sight

Picture of the Day, 2019.02.01

February 1, 2019February 2, 2019 John M. HudsonLeave a comment

Link to Flickr 26772969197_fe4289ebf4_o “Hands off my juice!” Scan of a photo of my son, then aged 2-1/2, on Sept, 15, 1992. Jack’s not going to let anyone near his apple juice. Here are the exposure data that I can remember: Nikon N8008-AF. 35mm, f2.8 lens. Tri-X film exposed at ASA 400.

Picture of the Day, 2015.08.13

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015 John M. HudsonLeave a comment

The Turtle River and the marshes of Glynn County, from Oak Grove Island near Brunswick, Ga., at sunset on Christmas Day 1996. Nikon N8008AF. Nikkor 24-50mm lens. Fuji Velvia, ASA 200. Click on image to enlarge.

Picture of the Day, 2015.08.03

August 2, 2015August 6, 2015 John M. HudsonLeave a comment

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys play at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., at a concert celebrating folk singer Doc Watson’s honorary doctorate there. Ralph Stanley is on the right. The fiddler is Curly Ray Cline. I lost the guitar picker’s name. The photo, taken May 1, 1973, is a scan from a print; the original negative has been lost. Nikkormat FTn with a Nikkor 50mm, f1,4 lens. Film was Tri-X pushed well beyond its rated ASA of 400. Click to enlarge.

Picture of the Day, 2015.08.02

August 1, 2015August 4, 2015 John M. HudsonLeave a comment

Doc Watson (right) and his son, Merle, play for an audience at Appalachian State University during the celebration of the honorary doctorate that the Boone, N.C., school awarded the blind folksinger. The photo, taken May 1, 1973, is a scan from a print; the original negative has been lost. Nikkormat FTn with a Nikkor 50mm, f1,4 lens. Film was Tri-X pushed to an ASA way, way higher than the normal 400. Published as end plate of “Blind but Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson,” by Kent Gustavson, Ph.D., c. 2010, Blooming Twig Books, New York. Click to enlarge.

Picture of the Day, 2015.07.25

July 25, 2015July 30, 2015 John M. HudsonLeave a comment

My son, Jack, then 3, enjoys the sunset over the Gulf of Mexico near Crystal River, Fla. Picture taken Nov. 22, 1993. Nikon N8008. Nikkor 24-50mm. 24mm. ISO 400. Nikon SB24 speedlight to fill. Click to enlarge