The Leica Year

One Leica. One Lens. One Film. One Year.

My name is Sean. I am an amateur film photographer that lives in Seattle.

Inspired by this article and My Leica Year photoblog I decided to start this project. My photoblog here will track my progress along the way. I'll be using my Leica M4 with a 50/2 Dual Range Summicron. For film choice, I'll be shooting with Fomapan 400.

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The Starting Point

To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

~Henri Cartier-Bresson

For one year’s time, I plan to fulfill the ideals within this quote; to take my Leica M4 and with my breath held, capture the world on film. As a film photographer, I’m already comfortable with sliding a roll in the camera and feeling the tension of the film as I advance it. So why am I doing this project? Mainly, I want to get better. This project seemed like an interesting way to do so.

I’ll be starting this project soon. Possibly in the next couple of weeks, but first I just need to finish the rolls of film I have in my other cameras.

Posted August 16, 2010 at 9:53 am 2 notes

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"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."

Ansel Adams

Posted August 29, 2010 at 9:23 am 3 notes

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Perspective

And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.

~ Richard Avedon

This past week has marked the start of the project for me. Over the past few days I’ve wandered around parts of the city, camera in hand, taking photos of people, place and things that sparked my interests. but as I finish my second roll for the week, I come to realize something; I’m a creature of habit.

My mind flashed forward a few months ahead and I pictured myself frustrated that I’m taking photos of the same places and things over and over again. I don’t want that to happened. So I have to venture out of my comfort zone and go to new places and find new people to take photos of. Hopefully I can travel to some different cities during this year and capture different perspectives of life. Until then, a different neighborhood. A different outlook.

Posted September 5, 2010 at 9:00 am

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