Back Updated: Jan. 05, 2005, all images are thumbnails and are not meant to be of the quality worthy of reproduction
Blues and Rock n' Roll Performances
All Images Copyrighted by John F. Cooper III - 2009
Low resolution (75 dpi) scans of 8" x 10" photos
I photograph Blues & Rock performances to; record a bit of history, sharpen my low-light shooting techniques, capture an image suitable for framing and display, and to provide the artist with images for their own use. I offer them proof sheets and enlargements at my expense and also give them the commercial rights and would need their permission to sell prints.
Eric Sardinas
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June 21, 1997, 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, Calif.
Blues Cafe, Long Beach, Calif.
100/8 100/9 100/10 100/16 100/24
100/27 100/33 125/18S 165/19 165/34
Chris Masterson with Bill Bateman on drums
At the Opium Den, Hollywood, Calif. and the Cafe Boogaloo, Redondo Beach, Calif.
Bill Bateman
23/2 23/2A 23/9S 47/16 60/9S
White Boy James
Blues Cafe, Long Beach, Calif.
Scott Lambert
125/3S 126/22 147/16
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Triangle Square, Costa Mesa, Calif.
121/26S 124/5S 124/8 124/9 124/30
Flea & Anthony Kiedis
Ivar Farmers Market, Hollywood, Calif., June 30, 1997
Flea dancing with his daughter to an oompah type band
Flea, his mother (?) and A. Kiedis
I'm trying to get Flea a copy of this photo, got to get hold of Blackie I guess.
The above photos were taken with a high quality Ricoh 35mm camera using one or another of 3 lenses. I've taken that format as far as possible and really see the limitations when I try to produce an enlargement of 11"x14" or larger whereupon the resolution breaks down and the dreaded 'grain effect' becomes apparent. Digital cameras can now outperform 35mm's and the ability to immediately review images and modify them in a computer is a big, big plus. To keep ahead of the curve I've moved up to a Mamiya RZ67 Pro II medium format camera that produces a 6cm x 7cm negative (4.86 times the surface area of a 35mm neg) which is roughly equivalent to 25 to 30 mega-pixels. For what it's worth, the best Leaf digital back for the RZ67 costs around $22,000.00 before tax and is rated at 22 mega-pixels. Prices should be dropping in the next few years (current date is Jan 4, 2005). A medium format negative, with 6cm x 7cm being the largest in this class, is still the best, maybe only, practical way to capture that much data. 35mm cameras were developed between 1918-1924 as a way to use leftover movie film and were considered 'miniature' cameras or toys. 'Real' photographers used large format with 8"x10" negatives, or larger. Those still produce the finest detail and won't be equaled by digital cameras for at least 5 years and even then will probably be very expensive. Also, the potential resolution of photo film has yet to be fully developed and may be an interesting area of research but it's probably doomed to obsolescence by digital technology.
More on the way as this is a work in progress
Here's a horrible little photo taken by a friend's grandfather
Guadalcanal, WWII
Photo by Marine Master Sgt. Glenn Willard Wilson (he also saw combat in Okinawa)