Delta 3200 in DD-X.
Third of Four in my cell phone series – here, we have a cell phone providing the entire club experience. Without the people.
Shot in New York in mid-2010.
Unrelated: I finished construction of my new vacuum frame today! Very excited to get started on some larger gum prints. Now if I could only say that I had mastered smaller gum prints first…
Second in a series of four on cell phones. (I’ve lost the film and developer data.)
I’ve got two more of these to post, and now a boatload of color film that just came back from Miller’s. Huzzah!
Ilford FP4, DD-X.
For those wondering about the silence on the posts: two reasons.
First, I’ve been working on gum prints for the last month. Pretty much every night. So far, I’ve ruined something like 25 prints. Things are improving, and I’ve got a particular look that I’m trying to achieve, so it will probably be a while before I get there. When I do you can rest assured a post will wind up here!
Second, I entered four shots in the annual Phillips Mill juried exhibit …[more]
A crop from a Mamiya shot; hp5+, Microphen.
Huey was happily pickin’ as I walked past him in Suburban Station on the evening of January 5th. I was impressed. While killing time while waiting for a friend I was also doing my best impression of Bruce Gilden that evening – walking around with my Mamiya 7 and a small flash, which I set off in several peoples’ faces. I had often wondered at the reactions he got from his work. And now I have a small taste of that. (Most people are, for the …[more]
Acros 100; Xtol.
The deep blankets of snow on everything remind me of a bit of Dickenson:
Snow beneath whose chilly softness Some that never lay Make their first Repose this Winter I admonish Thee Blanket Wealthier the Neighbor We so new bestow Than thine acclimated Creature Wilt Thou, Austere Snow?
Vroooooooo… wait, whut?
Acros 100 developed in Xtol. Acros likes snow, by the way.
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Jim Thorpe, PA with a number of the Philly Photobloggers. This shot came from that morning, in what used to be East Mauch Chunk. I’ve got more film to finish developing from the day but this early pick wheedled its way in to my mind and wouldn’t leave, so here it is a bit earlier than its bretheren…
HP5+, Xtol.
Delta 3200 in Xtol.
From the 2011 Mitsuwa rice pounding (“Mochitsuki”) and Lion Dance in New Jersey.
I’ve also got three rolls of Pro 160S that are heading out to Miller’s Lab for them to develop and scan. Hopefully they came out as well as the B&W shots; it was quite dim, and I’m always nervous about shooting slower than 400 speed film in that kind of light.
The lion dance performance was fantastic. The Mochi performance was energetic, but seemed less organized than t …[more]
Ilford HP5+, Microphen. This shot was rescued from a roll that I terribly over-developed (… apparently 18 minutes at 75 degrees is too long for EI 12500).
Back story: Jake loves museums. Unlike his dad, he prefers Academy of Natural Sciences over the Franklin Institute. So we go there as often as I can arrange, which leads to walking across town pretending that we’re dinosaurs. QED.
Shot on the 1947 Bessa 66, which I’m happy to say is still working quite well. Unlike the 193 …[more]
From New Years in Edgewater, NJ – where they got about two feet of snow just before the new year. Piled up wonderfully against the Hudson River.
HP5+, Xtol. (Contrast substantially altered digitally.)
One of the most wonderful parts of visiting family in Germany was watching Jake interact with all of them. Like this superhero battle, where (seemingly) Spider-Man is doing battle with Lava Boy [sic].
Acros 100 in Microphen.
You must understand that when I say “better than breakfast”, that’s saying quite a lot — as breakfast was prepared by my aunt (pictured), and is always out-of-this-world.
Delta 3200, Microphen.
Finally catching up on a boatload of scanning, and I keep finding stuff I like. Like this one of Jake and me having a hayfight at the Harvest Festival a few weeks ago.
HP5, DD-X.
Proving that I’m still alive (or that some clever facsimile thereof is able to post to my photoblog): Acros 100 + Microphen. Which, should you try to Google for it, The Goog will auto-correct to “Microphone.”
This combination of film + developer is off the charts for me. The tonal range, contrast, and incredibly fine grain really pop. I suspect you’ll see more of this combo…
Portra 800, I believe. (I’d have to go find the film to be sure, but it has the right look to me.) Take a look at the larger version; the smaller one looks a little out of focus for some reason. Let her stare in to your very being…
