I recently went to Descanso Gardens in Pasadena. This is my favorite photo I took with the Hasselblad from the day.
Mudra, 2016
Behind the scenes
May 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I thought it might be interesting to show some images of me taking photographs but showing the groundglass of my Hasselblad 501 CM.
#hasselblad #eatingfilmforlunch
I took these during my lunch break in Pasadena under and around the 210 freeway and offramps.
Underpass South Pasadena
May 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Been having more fun with my Hasselblad camera, I recently did some guerrilla type quick photography during my lunch break at work. I always liked underpasses and I found one a few blocks away from my work. Although I wouldn’t usually shoot with Tri-X film in the middle of the day I think I got some good results.
Hasselblad 501 C/M with 80mm lens, Orange B+W filter, Kodak Tri-X film
More from my 2012 Joshua Tree trip
January 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This trip was with my muse and better half Sarah. We both love the desert and especially Joshua Tree. Unfortunately, this visit was a little unpleasant since our car broke down in the heat and we got a tow back to L.A. Oh and there was also a killer bee alert. Haha. These following images were made by running from the car and taking a shot within 2 minutes, I was afraid if I took longer I would get discovered by the bees. This was a good exercise in quick composition and execution. I love Sarah’s Yashica tlr, think this lens is really sharp. A poor man’s hasselblad.
Color images from Joshua Tree
December 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Although I love shooting with my large format camera, from time to time I also like to distract myself from all the mental calculations of shutter speeds, f/stops, metering, film holders and the zone system and shoot some little cute digital images of the scenes around me. I’m becoming quite fond of these and stopped feeling guilty regarding the ease of the digital process and making it a carefree exercise of the aesthetics. Although nothing compares to the beauty of a well processed and composed large format negative, there is also beauty in taking digital snap shots with a cell phone camera.
Welcome to my blog
December 23, 2012 by 1 Comment
Hi thanks for stopping by my new blog. On this blog I will be sharing my photographs and thoughts on photography.
First up I will be sharing images from my recent trip to Joshua Tree. It was an exciting trip and I am pleased with the images I saw on my ground glass. It was also double exciting for me because it was the first time in years, decades that I went on a serious road/photo trip with my buddy Allen. Allen and I met back in 1993 at Pierce College in Mr. Soccoccio’s Photo 10 class. We shared interest in photography and life and became instant buddies. We must look like an odd couple since he is 6′ 4″ and I am a little guy coming in at 5″ 7.
Here is a picture of Allen last weekend in Joshua Tree. It was good to see him smile again. I think that photography will bring him back to his happier spirit once again after some hard years. Allen is important to my story as well because he built my darkroom. For that I will always be thankful! I give him a hard time for shooting digital but we joke with each other that way as friends and brothers do. Ennit. I will show my dark room in a future post, but now back to the Joshua trip…
We left last sunday night and drove through the night listening to the excellent The Head and the Heart last.fm station on my cell phone connected to the rented Prius car stereo. The perfect cocktail for an excellent road trip is an excellent co-pilot and great tunage! We arrived in Yucca Valley Motel 6 around midnight. For some reason I set up my 8 x 10 camera in the room and focused on the curtains and then went to sleep and got ready for a big day in the desert.
Gabriel Seri Fine Art Photography 