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West Village | Corner Bistro

posted by doug on 2010.03.10, under Film, Leica, New York City, dougKIM photography

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Leica M6 TTL, 50mm Noctilux, Agfa APX 400.

Corner Bistro, West Village © Doug Kim

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Nashville, Tennessee | Dominican Drive

posted by doug on 2010.03.03, under Film, Leica, dougKIM photography

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There were a bunch of people hanging out in front of this local corner mart as I pulled up. It was early evening in the summer, that great time between the days chores and the night’s revelry. There was a group of guys that I wanted to shoot, smoking and lounging by their cars but they were extremely wary of me as it was obvious I was an outsider. I walked up to these girls instead and started chatting, shooting a few frames as the group of guys dispersed quickly in their cars.

I did not get the shots I wanted but I had a good time hanging out and talking with these girls on a sticky summer evening.

Leica M6 TTL, 35mm Summicron, Agfa APX 400.

Dominican Drive, Nashville, Tennessee © Doug Kim

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Los Angeles | Goo

posted by doug on 2010.02.22, under Film, Leica, Los Angeles, dougKIM photography

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Leica M6 TTL 0.58, 35mm Summicron, Kodak Tri-X 400.

Salon Goo © Doug Kim

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Nashville | Hatch Show Print

posted by doug on 2010.02.20, under Film, Leica, dougKIM photography

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First printing back in 1879, Hatch Show Print is one of the world’s oldest letterpress print shops, now owned and operated by the Country Music Hall of Fame, which is just a block away. Located on Broadway in historic Nashville.

Amazed that I left there without making a purchase.

Shot with a Leica M6 TTL, 35mm Summicron, Agfa APX 400.

Hatch Show Print, Nashville © Doug Kim

Some offerings from their website:

Flatt & Scruggs Show Poster - Sandy Ridge Sandy Ridge, North Carolina, from 1958. Hatch Show Print, Nashville

Johnny Cash - Triple Johnny. Hatch Show Print, Nashville

Alrico Coal. Hatch Show Print, Nashville

Graves Whole Hog Sausage. Hatch Show Print, Nashville

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Merce Cunningham Dance Company | River to River Festival

posted by doug on 2010.02.18, under Film, Leica, New York City, dougKIM photography

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Shot with a Leica M6 TTL, 35mm Summicron, Kodak Tri-X.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Rockefeller Park © Doug Kim

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Denver Art Museum

posted by doug on 2010.02.16, under Film, Leica, dougKIM photography

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Shot with a Leica M6 TTL, 35mm Summicron, Kodak Tri-X.

Denver Art Museum © Doug Kim

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Coney Island | Stillwell Ave

posted by doug on 2010.02.15, under Film, Leica, New York City, dougKIM photography

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Shot with an M6 TTL 0.58, 35mm summicron, Kodak Tri-X 400.

Coney Island © Doug Kim

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Los Angeles | Museum of Contemporary Art

posted by doug on 2009.12.30, under Film, Leica, Los Angeles, dougKIM photography

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At my best, when I am shooting B&W, my images are all about light and the way it interacts with the world. I will often shoot the source light itself, the sun or a bank of windows, all blown out and creating an area of dead space.

With film also, metering when shooting the source light is tricky because the range of exposure stops within the image is large. I tend to point the Lecia at the area that will have the proper exposure for the figure in the light, such as the floor, and then reframe. Another great metering tip with the Leica in tricky situations is to take a reading off of your hand when in the same light as the subject, the hand being the greatest gray card.

In this instance, shooting these two standing in front of an installation at MOCA, I metered the room and opened up three stops. I neither wanted the bodies completely silhouetted in black nor the light source completely blown out. I got exactly what I wanted which is a half and half mixture of luck and experience.

Shot with a Leica M6 TTL, 35mm summicron, and Kodak Tri-X 400.