Welcome to my Photos!
Greetings!
How did I get here and why?......
I last worked as a professional some 25 odd years back, had a long break doing nothing photgraphic at all, but then got back into photography following the birth of my daughter, who is now seven, because I bought a 'point and shoot' digital camera to record her early progress.
I quickly moved on to a DSLR and then the need to create images overwhelmed me and I started to take pictures of other subjects for the simple pleasure of doing so. After a couple of years, I moved up to a full frame DSLR that resulted in a rapid growth in the number of pictures I was taking.
Inevitably an individual progresses as an artist and last autumn, I felt the need to 'go back to roots'and so I bought second hand Hasselblad MF roll FILM camera, similar to those I had used as a Pro many years before. More recently, at a visit to a locally staged Hasselblad 'Studio Day', I had the chance to use a digital back with my 'V' series camera and lenses. I was staggered to see the quality of the images that could be taken with this set-up. Despite the fact that I was using a 15/20 year old camera with lenses of a similar age, the outstanding ability of those Zeiss lenses to record wonderful images shone through. I decided that, while I intended to continue to use film, a purchase of a suitable digital back would be the best way forward, combining classic design and build quality with contemporary image creation and workflow. Through the assistance of ProCenter in London, I bought an ex-demo CFV-39.
I am delighted and amazed to say that I haven't used film since for my personal work and the DSLR I did have is history.
Therefore I am displaying here the results of some of that work (both digital and some film).
I hope you enjoy my images and feel free to contact me should you wish to purchase any of the images shown or indeed commission work from me.
Mike Bondartschuk
How did I get here and why?......
I last worked as a professional some 25 odd years back, had a long break doing nothing photgraphic at all, but then got back into photography following the birth of my daughter, who is now seven, because I bought a 'point and shoot' digital camera to record her early progress.
I quickly moved on to a DSLR and then the need to create images overwhelmed me and I started to take pictures of other subjects for the simple pleasure of doing so. After a couple of years, I moved up to a full frame DSLR that resulted in a rapid growth in the number of pictures I was taking.
Inevitably an individual progresses as an artist and last autumn, I felt the need to 'go back to roots'and so I bought second hand Hasselblad MF roll FILM camera, similar to those I had used as a Pro many years before. More recently, at a visit to a locally staged Hasselblad 'Studio Day', I had the chance to use a digital back with my 'V' series camera and lenses. I was staggered to see the quality of the images that could be taken with this set-up. Despite the fact that I was using a 15/20 year old camera with lenses of a similar age, the outstanding ability of those Zeiss lenses to record wonderful images shone through. I decided that, while I intended to continue to use film, a purchase of a suitable digital back would be the best way forward, combining classic design and build quality with contemporary image creation and workflow. Through the assistance of ProCenter in London, I bought an ex-demo CFV-39.
I am delighted and amazed to say that I haven't used film since for my personal work and the DSLR I did have is history.
Therefore I am displaying here the results of some of that work (both digital and some film).
I hope you enjoy my images and feel free to contact me should you wish to purchase any of the images shown or indeed commission work from me.
Mike Bondartschuk
