London and the Leica



Pedestrians, originally uploaded by jjvornov.

I’m always surprised when I’ve been shooting digital for a while and then get the scans from a film session. The rendering is so different and to my eye, complete. Digital images seem like starting points to me. FIlm, with it’s characteristic response curves and local contrast effects starts closer to a finished image.

This is Ilford’s XP2, a chromogenic black and white film, shot with the Leica M6 and Summicron 35mm f/2.0. A rainy day in London.

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