doug grosjean

My day job, I'm a bicycle mechanic at an upscale shop on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, specializing in electric-assist bikes. The shop also offers guided tours of Detroit's art, architecture, riverfront, restaurants, and odd attractions. . The house on the trailer belonged to Ulysses S. Grant when he lived in Detroit. It was a stop on one of the bike tours where I tagged along.

My wife at work, with me at her side.

. Second up is a local bicycle play spot along Hines Drive. Modern SLR captured kids mid-flight, but the Widelux got the entire track.

Hi all, . 8-10 years ago,I was posting regularly in this forum, typically using. Ciro-flex, Rolleicord V or Rolleiflx, Kodak Medalist, Ikonta 6x9, Widelux FV, and a Kodak Panoram D. . Time goes by. Career change. Marriage, 20 years after divorce. A baby boy, and expecting a girl now. . My wife is a photographer (imagine that!). Our skill levels are quite similar, and we photograph weddings together on weekends (using modern digital, as expected by clients).. . Lately however, we've been discussing how to offer greater diversity to our wedding clients, and the Widelux offered an obvious path, so after I'm sure that I have the expected subjects captured on digital, I pull out the Widelux for a few here & there. . Since shooting film regularly means processing film regularly, I've also resumed using it for snippets of daily life here in Michigan, typically with family or co-workers. . First up for your entertainment is a Widelux photo from a Sunday drive 4 weeks ago to Grindstone City, Michigan; on the shore of Lake Huron. Grindstones were quarries there for about 100 years, ending in the 1920s. . Photo is Lake Huron, our son Phoenix, my wife Katie, family car, and one of the grindstone far right.

Can narrow it down to 2: Widelux Rolleiflex

Banding can be due to wear on the gears. Or dirt. . Later models used spiral bevel gears instead of straight-cut gears, to reduce likelihood of banding. I had the newer gears installed in mine. . Personal experience: It does a lot to help, but if you get enough contaminants in the camera, it needs to be cleaned before functioning at its best.

Thanks, Rick. There are many talented people using the old cameras for fun & for their unique style. Besides art, I have a background in mechanical drafting & mechanical design. Those skills, especially art & perspective, made the Widelux a very fun camera for me.

A 1940s roadside diner at Henry Ford Museum.

Bike night. Genoa, Ohio May 2007

The Widelux's forte is architecture, inside or out.

Rick, I have a toddler at age 58, and a young beautiful wife. Two very strong muses. Sorry for this digital image, but yes I am still taking photos, with whatever camera is handy & loaded.

Thanks! For casual documentary pics of that trip, I can't imagine a better camera. Like this.... Funny thing is I thought that would be worst camera for that trip. I was wrong.

Very nice, Rick. I suspect my Widelux & Kodak Panoram images are what you alluded to when you mentioned Widelux posts here in the past. . My own Widelux is also an FV, though upgraded to later design spiral bevel gears around 2006. I used mine a lot from purchase in 2006 to 2011. It went down the Blue Ridge Parkway on a motorcycle trip, Route 66 on a Jeep trip with my 12 year old son & me, and 280 miles through Grand Canyon on a raft. . On the Grand Canyon trip, it collected sand, and currently is in need of cleaning. . I've recently married, and my wife & I shoot weddings together. She's at least my equal with weddings, her college major was art, and she also enjoys shooting film. . Relevance: We shoot weddings on modern dSLR Canons, but I'm about to have my Widelux cleaned and add it to my quiver for weddings. It would seem an ideal arrow for the current rage of photojournalistic style weddings. . Attached is one of my own Widelux photos, my older son asleep in my Jeep on the Route 66 trip, July 2007. Enjoy!

And her candid reaction to it (shot on compact submersible digital). . Katie is also a film enthusiast, with a 4-year degree in photography, so at the beach she explained to me what she wanted, and minutes later I gave her exactly that. . I'd never used her dSLR before that day, so she was happily amazed that I was comfortable using such diverse cameras back to back.

One of the beach photos with modern gear....

A quick scan of maternity photo, my wife-to-be, 8 months pregnant. Rolleiflex MX-EVS, at her parents' home. . We shot some photos at their home & pool with Rolleiflex, some underwater nudes in the pool with a compact digital submersible camera, and some on a Lake Michigan beach with a modern dSLR. . Attached is a family-safe pool photo.

. Photography was not allowed during birth at my 2018 son's birth. I didn't try any photos at my 1994 son's birth. . Immediately after 2018, photos were allowed. But not during procedure itself.

Very good. I have been away from the forums for a few years. Life has been hectic, but interesting. . I have kept my favorite classic cameras, and still use them occasionally, but not weekly nor even monthly. . Last time I ran film through my Rolleiflex, it was maternity photos of my wife. I suspect few modern women get maternity shots with a modern dSLR, an underwater compact digital, and a Rolleiflex. . Although my wife is much younger than me (hence the baby), she is a film enthusiast. Film was part of her college training. So she has a Holga, images she has printed from film, an archive of b/w work, And a great deal of photographic skill. We are probably roughly equal in camera skills. . I hope your exhibit is going well, or went well. :)

Looking over some old threads, such as this one, and my slowest photograph required a 7-hour exposure plus a lot of prior planning. At the time of this thread, the image 2as 1 year in the future. From bottom of Grand Canyon, stars rotating g above.

This is a couple Rolleiflex images. That was a good technique.

Sorry not have seen this sooner. When this post was current, my wife had just given birth to my second son (her first), and we were rather busy. . I just have a Stereo Realist when it comes to stereo photography. For higher resolution I'd use a slide bar and shoot 2 images.

One more image with the Burke & James. This one Summer 2009. Dad's backyard. A portrait.

One more, same time & place.