Contest Category: Black and White

Sun Beam

I selected Kolari as the brand but it’s actually a Ricoh GR3 with a 720nm infrared filter adapted to it shot at extremely high iso, wide open, 1/30 shutter, in full sunlight. Sometimes a sun beam perfectly hits its mark.

Tradition

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. The donkey caravan passes just in time for the cable cars to be seen. Eventually these cable cars will fully replace the donkey tradition.

Caldera

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. A tourist tries to take a picture atop a volcano caldera through intensely gusting winds.

Oia

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. Last vestiges of light in Oia as people prepare for the night ahead.

Untitled

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. A simple Greek church on the island Paros wrapped in the texture of the Aegean afternoon sun.

Gaze

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. Two tourists atop the acropolis, flanked on either side by the ruins of ancient Athens, gaze in awe and befuddlement.

Character

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. Split second snap of a passing Athenian.

Stripes

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. I had been taking photos of the street when the gentlemen asked me to step aside. I took a few steps before turning around as he and his coworker began to lower the flag with efficient and respectful ceremony. Waited for the stars to come […]

Slice

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. I ran across the street and edged along the barriers of a construction site after watching the light slip along these steel towers. There stood two men gleaming in their safety gear, surrounded in shadow.

Embrace

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. Waiting on a street corner watching a perfect patch of light, two strangers approached from opposite directions, running to embrace immediately before me. They held each other for a long moment.

Intersection

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. Waiting in the in the splattered light for the right moment.

Boardwalk Walk

Fuji xpro2 kolari modified full spectrum with 720nm ir 23mm. Candid street shot of a couple walking the boardwalk towards the williamsburg bridge just as the sun broke.