Milliman

Back in Business

chrismilliman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:22:31 +0000

After a lengthy dry spell, during which the creative forces were not directed through a lens, it felt really good to shoot stills again. And as luck would have it when I sent the film out to the lab I got back this gem from last fall. Nothing like waiting to send in your film. More to come.

More from the Night

chrismilliman — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:54:52 +0000

At a stop light, walk sign illuminated, city riders on the move. Shanghai, China.

Sorta Wish I Hadn’t

chrismilliman — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:22:43 +0000

This was one of the last images I took with the one piece of camera equipment I wish I’d held on to. A night street scene in Shanghai, taken with the ever elusive Leica Noctilux attached to a Leica M6. I sold both of them not too long after this trip and while I’ve never particularly missed the M-6 – 35mm film just doesn’t quite do it for me any more – I have totally missed the Noctilux. A collector’s item (I found out later) with an insane 1.0 aperture, I was able to sell it for enough to get a lot of other nice equipment that I use a lot more. But still…..

New and Old

chrismilliman — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:33:25 +0000

Monk on cell phone, hard to beat that. Unless it’s this.

Part 2 of the Previous Post

chrismilliman — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:34:59 +0000

This guy looked really lost and not sure the woman in background even knows him. But it seems like she might.

At Crissy Field with No View Finder

chrismilliman — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:59:14 +0000

The light in the Bay Area in December is incredible, provided it’s not raining. So a late-afternoon spent people watching at Crissy Field can be a feast with a camera. Luckily I remembered to bring mine, something I’ve not been doing lately, to my regret. Not sure I’ll ever get used to point-n -shooting with no view finder, though.

Where you going?

chrismilliman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:04:51 +0000

So where have I been? Learning the new tricks, that’s where. More like expanding the options. It involved a trip across country, crashing really hard in a CX race (harder than I can remember), and buying some pricey software. But in trying not to like or dislike anything, shrugging off preconceptions, it’s been refreshing to integrate the moving zeros and ones into the mix. My feelings still reside with the heavy clack of the shutter and the anticipation of getting the film back from the lab.

Style Guys

chrismilliman — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:26:05 +0000

You cannot fake style.

That Light

chrismilliman — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:17:00 +0000

Mid-November, the light is so perfect. But, then again, March light as filtered through Shanghai’s famous pollution is pretty great, too. Chinese pick up ball as shot in Shanghai.

Last 35mm

chrismilliman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:35:19 +0000

This may have been one of the last 35mm film shots I took. Also some in here, part two of the China album. It was a Leica M6 and I sold soon after the China trip. At times I regret it but then when I really think about it I remember that I used it so little. And the proceeds from the sale let me buy 2 “new” Pentax 67 bodies, which, although they break more than a ’69 VW bus, remain my favorite pieces of equipment. Speaking of which, video production is sort of equipment heavy.