Paul Goldfinger, undated.  Ocean Grove, NJ.

By Paul Goldfinger, MD.    Editor Blogfinger.net

I took this with an early low megapixel digital camera.  It was around this time that I saw the light…and switched from film to digital; maybe 2005.

The newest digital cameras are so damn exact, that it’s hard to recreate the soul of a photograph.  That is why some adventuresome photographers like to shoot with  “Krappy Kameras”—-toy cameras with light leaks, lens surprises, and all sorts of unpredictable aberrations.

The funny thing is that some great digital photographers tell you that they want their photos to look like the work of early artists like Weston and Cartier-Bresson.

I love the light and effect of this simple image  (above).  It draws you in and elicits some emotion. It was sort of an accident, but how often is photographic art like that.

Yesterday I saw some images by Alan Schaller, a 31 year old street photographer, who specializes in black and white imagery.   He uses the latest high tech Leica camera (the M10 Monochrom) but he was influenced by photographers from other eras. So he experiments to achieve unique effects.

He says,  “It surely would have been great to be around in the 1960s, it was a whole different world to shoot street back then, but I am fortunate for the opportunities of today’s world. Whether it’s the advancements in camera technology, social media or being able to connect with people all over the world. Ultimately, I wouldn’t want to trade my place now for doing something back then.”

Alan Schaller

Alan Schaller

BOB DYLAN:  “How Deep is the Ocean.”