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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…

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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.

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Dad here, he’s such a Shutterbug. Mom? Same.

Gee, I wonder where I got it from.

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I broke down and touched up the contrast on a few pictures; worth it? Still not sure, but I’m leaning yes.

mom and dear little sister, all us on the bus on the way to Seattle
dear little sister

 

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Almost sunset
walkin away
the street
the ocean gray
brewery @home
highway bridge (SODO)
cobblestone nighttime

I forgot my developing notebook, so I’ll get the nitty-gritties on the films and developing on here in a few days. Sparse details: Ilford HP5+ and TX400, mostly, pushed to 1600. All run through my F3HP, shot through an e series 35.

On cameras: I’m thinkin’ I may have to abort operation dave-saves-up-for-three-years-and-buys-a-M6/35-setup, and then start a new operation, likely to be titled dave-saves-for-a-year-and-buys-a-X100. Digital? DIGITAL? Well…yeah, I think so. Hmm. But have you SEEN that thing? Seriously, what a neat camera.

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First tries: street photography and push processing. Conclusion: I’m in love. With both. Oh but wait you might say, that’s not a good conclusion, dave–it’s a love triangle! You need a last chapter to resolve things! What do? To that I say nothing, only give a clue: I fidget with my shirt sleeve. Like I’m trying to get you to think that I’m trying to get you to think that there’s an ace there; probably no ace there, huh? But oh I may have an ace, yes I may have one where you never thought an ace would be. In my sock.

Anyways, next up: try pushing film that’s actually made to be pushed. I fear that good places for street photography may be hard to find up here–I need to figure something out to deal with this issue. Anchorage, maybe? That’s a long drive to take pictures.

End-note about street photography: man, I took a LOT of shots, and not many of them turned out nice. Like, this: there’s a reason this post only has two pictures. That bugs me. And it set off a little spark. I hate to let something get the best of me, especially an abstract thing like “street photography” (what DOES that mean, anyways?). No good.

Nitty gritty:
Body/lens: F3HP /e-series 35/2.5
1st shot: Ilford HP5+ @ 1600, Ilfosol 3 1+9, 19min, one inversion each minute with three 3min water baths (@6, 11, and 16 min)
2nd shot: Kodak Tri-X 400 @ 1600, Ilfosol 3 1+9, 15min, one inversion each minute with two 3min water baths (@6 and 11min)

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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?

I love big machines. Especially the ones with plane-like cockpits, and also especially ones on the roadside that nobody really cares much if you climb into. Yes, those are best.
three foot mud puddle with how many hundreds of pounds of stuff in the back? Transfer case in 4wd and yes please.
goin down the highway
My dear mother, and a cute little old white church
thumbs up for sun-up
I'm becoming less and less a fan of XP2, however I do love how it captures flowers
jason and pops
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Ilford XP2 Super. I like this film a lot, but it just doesn’t have the nice grain and tone of the HP5+.

All except for the beer-and-chips shot are from a day a few weeks ago when we spent the summer day helping Alicia get started painting her and Jon’s house (while Jon was on a business trip in Alaska–surprise Jon!). Don’t get me wrong, we did stay well nourished and hydrated while painting. A watermelon fight also took place, but I didn’t get any pictures of it; turns out it’s difficult to get good action portraits while dodging flying pieces of watermelon.

Brandin on the roof, but is he aloof?
paint scrapers sunbathing while the paint-scrapers were chilling
Trixie wondering why I'm holding that funny thing and telling her to sit instead of playing with her
Mailbox shot #1
Mailbox shot #2
Rainier and Tim's Cascade, yes the Northwest is in my blood (and was even more so after this great post-workout snack, I might add)
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Here are some more color shots–same old color film, same real nice slightly reddish vintage tones. I saved one roll of it for a special occasion, and I’m going to buy some film this week to sock away for a few years down the road. Nikon F3, e-series 50mm; no photoshopping or cropping.

clover flowers at the home field
(took this one 5 years ago with mom's point and shoot 35mm)
favorite cafe near home, shot 1
house number
the bikes, just before we hit the mountain (I definitely screwed up this scan--get a negative scanner soon, Dave)
fiery in the rearview mirror
old screen