Manta Rays - by Lea Lee

Manta rays are amongst the most majestic animals on earth. The way they "fly" through ocean water, the way they "dance" in currents, it is unique and exceptional.
While international protection is poor some countries realised the need and value in protecting manta rays and issued anti manta fishing laws.
Among these countries is Mexico where fishing for manta rays is banned since 2007. The Mexican standard provides protection for mantas and mobulids in all Mexican waters. (Source: mantatrust.org).

Fellow underwater photographer Lea Lee just recently made a trip to Socorro island off the Mexican coast in the pacific ocean and brought home a series of very impressive manta ray pictures. - Please, have a look at her flickr page.

Classic Cameras - Leica M system

Leica M series has been introduced in 1954 with the M3. The camera model series even made the technology step from film to digital full frame. Leica M belongs to the top end view finder cameras. The system is well known for fast and high quality lenses.

DigitalRev put together a beautiful documentary video about this timeless camera product line.

Luna - pocket sized 360° camera

Today I discovered an impressive new gadget. A tiny 360° camera no larger in size than a billiard ball.

Memora Inc. is a silicon valley startup company founded in 2014. It is specialised in virtual reality technologies. The 360° camera called Luna is the first product.
Luna is presented as serious piece of engineering. Plenty of features integrated into this 6cm in diameter ball.
The company is raising capital via crowdfunding in order to reach milestones in the development of their product portfolio.

Experimental film - Lomography Film

Referring to my earlier post on using experimental film (link) I can now present some results.

While I did not yet expose the Rollei Infrared and the Crossbird Creative film I have results for the Lomography black and white and color films.

The first version of the Lomography Earl Grey 100 black and white film I exposed in the little town of Rheinfelden. The results are images with good contrast and very fine grain.


2015 December - Rheinfelden - Images by Andreas Mueller

Lomography Color Negative 100 filmes I exposed one roll in Bern on a sunny but cold winter day and the second one in Aarau on a cloudy winter Sunday. Results are sharp fine grained images with a color profile including a rather strong contribution of red and brown tones. While this could be a result of the spectrum of the winter sun it would be interesting to see the color performance of this film in bright sunlight on a Summer day.


2015 December - Bern - Images by Andreas Mueller


2016 January - Aarau - Images by Andreas Mueller

How To Choose Film For Beginners: A Guide to Buying Your First Roll

http://istillshootfilm.org/post/110810597513/how-to-choose-film-for-beginners-a-guide-to

Impressions of Indonesia

A short film by Alex Beuerle. Documenting the beauty of Indonesia's underwater reefscape and country.


Impressions of Indonesia from Alex B. on Vimeo.

Black and White - Product Photography

Tobasco, Noir et Blanc - a.m.medina (Flickr.com)

Montre en noir et blanc, Florian B. (Flickr.com)

Mamiya RB67 - Photodiox Pro (Flickr.com)

73/365 - Stylin' - Reggie Ballesteros (Flickr.com)

274/365 - The New Wayfarer - Reggie Ballesteros (Flickr.com)