Leica M6 Archives - Scooter in the Sticks

Simplifying Life

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:01:36 +0000

Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau Since the late 1990s I’ve been carrying a Leica M6 camera. It was the perfect tool for the photographic projects I was working on and together we made thousands and thousands of negatives. I described the camera as “beloved”. This past weekend I […]

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Damn Leica

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:29:33 +0000

Spent the past couple hours fighting with my damn Leica. The battery died this morning and when I got home the fight began to get the little round cover off. It’s always been difficult but nothing like this — heat, attempts to turn it open wearing rubber gloves for extra traction, and eventually tapping a […]

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Other Forms of Travel

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:25:10 +0000

Having taken a few days of vacation time from work provided the potential opportunity to do some more serious scooter riding with the Vespa. Sloth, weather and bad planning on my part eliminated my options revolving around the Vespa and relegated me to other forms of travel. Weather interfered on a few mornings as the […]

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A New Year, Another Ride, and Another 3 Prints Project Meeting

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:20:00 +0000

Downtown State College, Pennsylvania on New Year’s Day. The ice sculpture remnants from First Night glistening in the morning sun. The first day of the year was mild for the beginning of January. Almost no snow so far this winter. A nice way to begin 2012. Riding, I was thinking about resolutions. About not making […]

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3 Prints Project: September 16, 2011

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:24:00 +0000

After months of neglect I returned to the darkroom. Ritual film development, printing and processing were an unexpected high in an otherwise hectic life. I’m not certain what changed but I found myself carrying the Leica M6 again, one lens, and an extra roll of film in my pocket. The familiar actions related to […]

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3 Prints Project: March 2, 2008

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:20:00 +0000

Another week and two more rolls of Ilford HP5 35mm black and white film shot, processed, contacted, and three more prints. At one point I thought I lost the first roll of film in the trash until I pulled the negatives from the developer and saw what I thought were the lost images. If nothing […]

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Still Cold, Scooter Still Starts, Still Riding

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:34:00 +0000

Clear skies on Wednesday night allowed for excellent viewing of the lunar eclipse. And it meant I would be able to ride to work the next day despite temperatures in the single digits by daybreak. Before the eclipse I picked up a few things at Barnes and Noble (by car — it’s dark and cold […]

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3 Prints Project — February 3, 2008

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:39:00 +0000

Another week has passed and I managed to shoot two more rolls and make prints. It is becoming easier to get myself into the darkroom and exposing the film is becoming more transparent in my life. It definitely helps that I carry my Leica M6 with me everywhere. Here are the pictures… Early last Sunday […]

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The Three Prints a Week Project

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:33:00 +0000

For the past couple months I’ve been tackling a goal I set for myself to shoot two rolls of film every week. And then process, contact, and make three gelatin silver prints. Work prints. Every week, rain or shine, no excuses. And so far I have been pretty successful. And to add another motivational stick […]

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