I love photography, especially that captured on film with old cameras. While I appreciate the convenience, ease-of-use, and accessibility of modern digital and phone cameras, I enjoy the traditional photographic method more. Borrowing the format from the highly influential — and often overhyped — Agile Software Manifesto (after all, I'm a software engineer), I came up with the following photographic declaration:

I am increasing my enjoyment of photography by re-discovering old tools and methods. Through my journey, I have come to value:

• Soul and character over sharpness and detail
• Process over technology
• Reusability over rapid change
• Intentional over ubiquitous
• Multidisciplinary over user-friendly

Below you can information on my extensive, ever-growing camera collection and a small sampling of analog images I shot and developed:

• Camera collection — I'm an avid collector of vintage film cameras, some of which are true mechanical wonders. My collection includes about 350 cameras covering a wide range of formats and manufacturers. Twin-lens reflex (TLR) and stereo cameras, as well as cameras made by Kodak and Yashica, are particularly well represented. All cameras are in working order and were used to obtain the images below.


• Analog photos — I acquire and, when needed, slit photographic film to fit the desired format for shooting. I mix my development chemistry and develop my negatives at home. I enjoy experimenting with different developers and types of film stock, including medical and security film. I tend to favor black-and-white photography, but I also shoot and develop color film. The photos showcased here were developed using C-41 for color negatives, E-6 for color slides, and D-76, Rodinal or home-made Caffenol for back & white development. The negatives and slides were later scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 scanner.


• Stereo (3D) photos — Anaglyph 3D images contain two slightly offset images of the same subject, one for each eye. A cyan filter is applied to the left image and a red filter to the right image. When the combined image is viewed through anaglyph glasses (with a red-tinted left lens and a cyan-tinted right lens), each of the two images reaches the eye it's intended for. The brain fuses both images into the perception of a three-dimensional scene. "Wigglegrams" are animated gifs made by showing the left and right images in rapid succession. Unlike anaglyphs, in wigglegrams the same image is presented to both eyes, and no special equipment is needed for the visualization. In this collection, I include anaglyphs and wigglegrams I made using film cameras.


• Digital photos — Although digital photography is not the focus of these pages, I'm including for completeness a small collection made of the more "artistic" photos I took with early digital camera equipment, including point-and-shoots, single-lens reflex (SLR), and phone cameras.