Update
by jpetersphoto
So it’s been a while sense I have posted anything here in this fine corner of the interwebs that I call my blog. So whats been going on in my life is the question you have undoubtedly not been asking your self, I am going to tell you anyway.
First off, I’ve not had any digital work coming out of my corner because this camera switch is taking longer then I thought it would. For those who don’t know, I decided to switch from Canon to Nikon. There are a few different reasons, I will jump into why in another blog. I now have a D700, but I’ve not sold enough gear to get glass for it quite yet. Due to not having a camera I had to turn down work that I would of otherwise had jumped on. Not shooting has as much as I would like to has sent me into a bit of a slump, The added pressure of having my only means of fresh income not available to me. I see now that I pulled the trigger on switching cameras at the wrong time; Live and learn.
On the bright side I did buy a new camera, This one is from the mid ’60′s and you could use it as a hammer if you needed; I bought a Hasselblad 500 C/M. This camera is medium format, for those of you that aren’t photo nerds that means it shoots big, beautiful 120mm negatives. That’s 6cm by 6cm (2.25″ x 2.25″) film. Compared to a top of the line digital SLR camera which has a 35mm sensor. There are tons of benefits to both style of camera but the Hasselblad makes me slow way the hell down when I am shooting. If it is not worth taking a picture of, then I simply don’t take the picture. This camera is making me fall in love with the process of photography all over again.
So far I’ve shot 4 rolls of film with my hasselblad, That comes to a grand total of 48 pictures. I just got my last two rolls back from the lab and have yet to scan them but until then, here is one of the first photos I shot with it. I shot this in the beautiful Malibu, CA.
My girlfriend, Caitlin doesn’t care for my new investment. She calls it the hussy, she will come around… maybe.
A little while ago I asked for your help to pick out some contest images. The first cut has come back, and I did not make the top 5. To be perfectly honest I am disappointed in the selection process, but I will let you decide for your self if the photos that were selected beat mine out, here they are.
What else if going on, hmmm, oh of course, I am back on a bike! The fine folks over at huckelberry Bikes sent me a prototype frame to test out. The frame is called the Dubtek, and you will hear more about it soon, I promise.
I think that is all on my front for now, hopefully more soon.
-JP
PS. How could I forget, I’ve updated my action portfolio on my website, go check it out! JDPETERS.COM
