When I approach a large change in life I begin to wax nostalgic about good things from times long past. A big change is coming in a few months and this time around the subject of my nostalgia is: my central american year. For every person you see below, there are ten more who were in the story behind the picture, for every smile caught by camera there were twenty more when the camera was put away…
Willis and Jori, playing the waiting game at the Nome Harbor.
It really, really really is a sad thing that E6 processing is such a thorn in the derrière. The dynamic range baffles me, every time I see it; totally baffled. Like, what?! How?? Alas, it is pretty, and that’s good enough for me.
Yup. Title pretty much says it all. By the way, all film, Nikon F3 (HP edition) with an e series 35, no post-dev processing. Yes, that is actually how the colors came out. Neat, yeah?
Wheeeee!
(look close, feet airborne)
XP2 is awesome stuff, but I like HP5+ better. No dependable c41 development nearby…HP5+ is a clear winner. Time to stock up.
It’ll get into your BONES, man!
So a while back I forayed into film, here: http://wp.me/p14q4r-97. Since then, I have: bought a film SLR, a nice digital SLR and four lenses, and I have sold three lenses and a nice digital SLR.
So now, another first foray: development.
Ok, well sorta the first…maybe actually second. But lets just say these here were my first try, ok? I feel better that way.
For those of us: F3HP, e series 35mm, Kodak 400TX, Ilford chems
Last ado: when I got here I took some color film to the only film-developing guy in town, and the shots came out bluer than a song B.B. King wrote the day his dog died. I took these developed negatives to him for scanning, and half came out like these first five.
Great, long and beautiful drive, even better: shared with mom.
Just in case it may not show through well in the one photo with the thumbs up, the thumbs up is actually for 4wd, not the icy road. Um.. on second thought it is for the icy road too. So it should’ve been a double thumbs up. my bad.
Also, review of the 1990 Jeep Cherokee Sport: really, really really cool and fun. Mileage, not terrible but not too hot either.
Some old pictures of the good times. I can’t even think of what to say about the times or the pictures, so like it ought to be they’ve gotta do their own talking. I love good black and white photos. Life lesson: good times are all about the people.
A digital SLR like this: indexed ISO adjustment wheel for the right thumb, shutter speed dial, manual/aperture-priority modes and only-auto white balance, two-position light-meter switch: matrix and weighted spot. Push-button 12 second timer, manual mirror-up mode. No external display, only an in-viewfinder needle light meter and small lcd counter on top for pictures-remaining. Super long battery life and well padded circuit boards, gasketed metal body.
Pretty please!
Oh yeah, and if it could look like a Nikon F3 or a Leica III series, without looking like it’s trying to look like a Nikon F3 or Leica III series, that would be a great plus.
Edit:
And if light meter needle could have little tick marks +/- EV in thirds, up to one EV, that would be some seriously wonderful frosting on the cake.