Yes, I am THAT stupid.Īnyways, I wasn't too upset because it seemed in great nick though in need of a CLA. Truth be told I actually broke it before I bought it. It was in excellent shape except for the focussing lever which I managed to break within 5 minutes. So a couple of subway trains to Williamsburgh later the next Saturday and I walked away with this lovely. After googling the Autocord, however, I was intrigued - seemed like other than the notoriously weak front focussing lever it was an excellent camera and not a bad way to get into MF.
Now, I've wanted to get a MF camera for a little while now, and had toyed with the idea of a Yashicamat or maybe even a Rollei if I could find one I could afford. I've been valiantly fighting GAS for the last few months but I idly clicked on the listing for this camera. I was on there when I came across a listing for this gem - a Minolta Autocord. If you get the chance, do come and join in.This is a lesson in why you should not surf Craigslist when you're bored in the office. My individual portraits can only give you the tiniest taste of what a great celebration it is. This viewpoint gives my subjects a statuesque appearance and also gives me a greater chance of getting a cleaner frame of clear sky behind them.īrighton Pride is the UK's biggest and attracts hundreds of thousands of people to the city every year. An added advantage of the top mounted viewfinder is that I naturally shoot from lower down. It’s not as fast to use as a digital but people seem to appreciate the extra effort that goes into making the picture. It has two lenses, a viewing lens and a taking lens, and to focus you need to look down into the glass viewfinder. Using an old camera is a great conversation starter, it’s visually unusual compared to the digital SLR’s most people are using.
As people are generally trying to get to their start points and organise themselves, I limit myself to I shoot one frame for each subject before moving on This has helped give my shots a consistent look across the years. Each year I use the same medium format film camera, a fixed lens 1961 Minolta Autocord loaded with the same Fuji portrait film. With my background in advertising art direction I’m more comfortable working to a brief so even on my personal photographic projects I like to set myself limitations to work within. Since 2009 I’ve been shooting individual portraits and through experience I’ve found that the hour before the parade starts when everyone is buzzing with anticipation is perfect for me. Pride is a real fun event and though people go to great lengths to create their costumes, none of them take themselves too seriously. What I find the most visually rewarding in this celebration of our city’s diverse community are the drag queens and costumed paraders. As a Brighton photographer, taking photos at Pride each year is an absolute must.
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