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Monday, November 04, 2024

Death Has Its Day

 







Posted by Mike at 11:34 AM 2 comments:
Labels: 2024, Albuquerque.Old Town, Arista Edu Ultra 200, Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos, HC-110B, Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-QD 3.5/135mm, Minolta X-700
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Mike
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
I spend much of my time making photographs, usually with old film cameras.
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Still Life


People

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New Mexico Rock Art (preserved on Mike Eckman's website)

3D Drawings


My models
at the 3D Warehouse Sketchup Gallery

I spent about a year learning to use Google's Sketchup 3D drawing program. The subjects of my drawings were often my old cameras and associated photographic paraphernalia.

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