Staff member, Tracy Pitts captured this moment in an airport on his Pentax ME Super, a camera that he carries with him everywhere.

In 2018, Tracy Pitts joined the Blue Moon crew as an integral part of our national desk. While you won't see him around the front of the store much, it is always a gift to catch him over the phone.  If you've ever gotten a voice message from us and you find yourself lost in the dulcet tone of the speaker, the content of the message losing its significance with the longer the voice is speaking... then you’ve dealt with Tracy.

Possibly, Tracy is missing his calling as a late night radio host, but we're sure glad to have him on our staff.  Tracy has actually been a customer of ours for years, ever since he rescued this Pentax ME Super from a box on the side of Hawthorne Blvd.  Tracy loves making photos that hint at the little stories of people.  He is a published writer and his love of photography extends beyond still images and into cinema, as well.

If you would like a bit more calm and quiet in your photographic life, or want to appreciate the subtle but theatrical little moments in life, go check out Tracy's work here.  Meanwhile, all you have to do to get your own voicemail left by Tracy is send us some film via the mail... and then don't answer when we call to let you know it is ready.

This image was made with a Hasselblad 500C and Rollei RPX 400 film.

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Imagine a world where film is the newer technology, replacing iPhones.  A modern camera ad for an SLR, like the Pentax ME Super, might read something like this: "Are you tired of your phone camera getting larger and larger?  At Pentax, we are happily moving in the other direction, we are making our SLRs smaller.  Take the new ME Super, for example.  This is a camera that, in most dimensions, is smaller than the average phone camera, yet gives you all the luxuries a modern SLR can offer: through the lens viewing, an advanced shutter mechanism capable of both automatic and manual control, interchangeable lenses for unsurpassed versatility, and the option for mounting sophisticated modern flashes for photographing in even the lowest of light.  In addition, we promise you that you won't need to replace this camera next year, or in five years, or even in 20 years.  The ME Super is built to be a long-term member of your photographic family."

At least, we imagine it could be spun something like that.  We love our phone cameras, don't mistake our intent.   Though, it is interesting to note how the largest phones, while certainly thinner, are challenging historically larger cameras in the size department.

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