I finally get comfortable with shooting color and Fuji in it’s corporate wisdom decides to kill the film that I’ve been using. I understand the need for each and every emulsion to turn a profit when they have their board meetings. There are other benefits to continuing a “Pro” line of film. Pros are the ones most likely to win awards and they will normally be easy to cajole into expressing their gratitude to a certain film. I know that the tiny difference between this film and Kodak’s 800 Portra will not make anyone sympathetic to my plight, but most photographers are very particular about how and what they shoot with…

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Photographing NYC for 25 years, six of them while driving a New York City taxi. Trying very hard to capture the city as life unfolds, meaning I never stage any of my photos! Also I am a close confidant of the immortal Dave Beckerman, (quintessential NYC photographer) and owner of the first photography blog in the known universe.

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