stiring nostalgia

Its been quite a while since I have post anything. I am back in school and it has taken much of my time. 

photographs are so amazing in the way they capture memories.  I am thankful for getting to take photographs. I am glad I was introduced to it my first semester in college. hopefully one day God will allow me to actually make money with a camera, but if He doesn't i have all these captured memories.

There is nothing technically sound about this image. it is a little blurry.  i didn't use the rule of thirds and it is a little dull in subject matter for almost everyone else but me. it is my daughter's elbow  with the sunset behind on lake tahoe. her, my wife and i went there for the day one late summer sunday. it was just a wonderful day. this image, for me, just captures how the day was spent. it makes me smile. 

tech: Nikon F3, Voigtlander 40mm SLII lens, Fuji Acros 100, Kodak d76 1:1 developer, Epson v500 scan, Lightroom 3 edit.

Love color film

color film has this smooth creamy feel to it when it is exposed right. i shot a roll of kodak portra 400 last week and was blown away at the colors and lack of editing i had to do in lightroom. even under harsh lighting it seems there is a good transition between the highlights and shadows. Digital for me is harsh and jagged and flat. and i have to do lots of post editing. sorry people of fb if you have seen these before.

amazing old montgomery ward bike. original everything except the seat i think.

the transition between highlights and shadows is amazing to me. you can still see a little detail in the pavement.  I exposed for the sign.

love the texture here in the sand.

 the water came out so beautiful.

 i love all the colors here. the pink, green and blue.

the more i shoot it the more i fall in love with film. and i love getting prints. something i rarely do when i shoot digital.
photo nerd specs: nikon f3, 40mm vc SLII, kodak portra 400, walgreens process and scan (they did an amazing job this time).

old pics/new scans

while my film was flattening enough to use in the scanner i scanned some older photos.  here are only two. dust is my nightmare sometimes. that is one thing i hate about scanning b&w film: can't use digital ice.  it works with color, but i get that scanned at labs, cause i don't do my own color film. maybe some day.

 nothing special just cute puppies.  well one was a puppy anyway. golden doodle i think.  rolleicord; film: fomapan 400, dev: d76

 weeds can look pretty too. especially in b&w. mamiya rb67, kodak tmax400, d76.

i'll post more maybe tomorrow. thanks. tobiah

school begins

my kids start school today. even though summer is not technically over it is the end of it for our family. i thought i would share some randoms of our vacation to santa cruz. i wanted it to have a classic feel so i did all black & white film this year. these are pretty grainy contrasty. i used exhausted developer and extended the time to compensate. oh well. its good enough for a family album.

my daughter making seaweed hearts

this made me laugh. "no smoking beyond this point" the beach and pier is just beyond those cars.  we don't have signs like that in nevada.

pigeon point light house.

these are randoms from the boardwalk.
everything was shot with a minolta x-700. kodak tri-x 400 (400iso & 800iso). dev. d76 exhausted.

thanks.

first post

not sure if i will keep up on this. i will primarily post just images. maybe small commentary. so here we go.

im a fan of film more than digital. they are just different. this is one from my first roll of fuji 400h. i think i like it, but i am not sure if i like it over portra 400. 

 i certainly like the colors.

this is my son watching our neighbor fix his bike for him.  i liked the bokeh. 

 nikon f3, voigtlander 40mm /f2 slii.process/ scan walgreens. not bad.

until next time.