Once upon a time, I had a surfeit of color negative film: 2-5 rolls each of multiple 100, 200, and 400 variants from multiple manufacturers/re-rollers, but after shooting film almost exclusively for more than a year, that supply dwindled to dangerously low levels, and as of January 1, 2016 I had one roll each of …
Category Archives: Photography
Joel Sternfeld – ‘American Prospects’
I only became aware of Joel Sternfeld’s American Prospects thanks to (I think) some offhand remark during one of the photo-related podcasts I listen to. I’m not entirely sure, though, and it could be one or another of the blogs I read. Anyway, whoever/whatever it was, thanks!
Compania Imago film thoughts
I’ve shot through a couple of rolls of Compania Imago films now and I’ve noticed a couple of things that they have in common, despite being films from different manufacturers and different vintages, and the first roll of Rollei CN200 I shot had some strange scratches and gouges that none of the others had.
Which One?
So which one do you prefer, and why? I can’t decide, really.
Protect Negatives from Strong Light
I’ve gone and done it again… opened the film back before rewinding the film. This time, it was out of frustration. I shot frame 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, and it just kept going, and would’ve likely hit, maybe, 42 or 43: the good people at Lomography just included a few extra frames on this …
Various Plants and Trees
I’ve been spending a good bit of time trying to channel my inner Hulger Foote of late, looking for color peeking through blurred out foreground. Sometimes I get it; sometimes I don’t…
And Rain on the way home, too…
Raining on the way in… still raining on the way home. I’m not sure about today, but the first week of March (when these were shot) was definitely wet.
