Al Kaplan has passed away :(

[gb hill]

Al was the best. Only wish I could of met him before his passing.

 

[35mmdelux]

Hard to believe its 2 years on. RIP Al.

 

[Vincent.G]

" Overexposed areas in the photo can be burned in to provide some detail. Underexposed areas? If it ain't on the negative it ain't there!"


This comment by Al on 24th Dec 2005 was probably the most valuable advise I got for shooting, developing and printing black and white film till this day.

 

[Michael Markey]

Just last night I was looking for info on a light meter and found this thread of photos by Al of Al with his 15mm...see them here...

Thanks for the link .
A great loss in my opinion
Has it really been two years ...good grief.
I hope that his family are looking after his work with a view to making it more available.

 

[Mablo]

Rest in peace, Al.

 

[MPerson]

Remembering Al today - four years on. I still regularly re-read chunks of his Blog 'The Price of Silver'.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Wow, it has been four years? Seems like it not so long ago....I miss him.

 

[Michael Markey]

Remembering Al today - four years on. I still regularly re-read chunks of his Blog 'The Price of Silver'.

Me too.
I miss his posts as well.
Always informative and , just as importantly , polite .

 

[robert blu]

Just a few days ago I was re-reading here on RFF an old post from him...."The Price of Silver" is always interesting to read.
robert

 

[Keith]

Delightful guy ... I miss him a lot!

 

[MPerson]

Just dug these out from 2010. Still using the mug and the t-shirts still fit!

 

[willie_901]

I'm having some very old scotch today in Al's memory.

 

[peter_n]

I miss him too. I learned so much from Al.
Wish he was here.

 

[Bob Michaels]

How would someone who photographed with only one camera and one lens neither being a Leica, used an el cheapo simple nylon strap, did not even own a camera bag, and bought film at the drug store where he had it processed and scanned fare in the modern day RFF environment?

 

[Nokton48]

I always enjoyed conversing with Al and I truly do miss him.

 

[gb hill]

Al passed on this day Dec. 29th. Thanks for bringing his memory to my rememberance. I think I'll go out & make some photo's in his memory while there is still light.

 

[FrankS]

We are richer for his (too brief) presence in our lives.