I’ve had so much to blog about lately and not enough time to do it- so now you get 6 posts in 3 days! I know its a little ridiculous, but I don’t know what to do with so much time on my hands.
I am so excited to share my first set of film images with you. I recently purchased my first medium format- a Mamiya 645. Isn’t she beautiful!? The idea of using film is so intriguing to me. There is no instant gratification of seeing your image pop up on the screen 1 second after you take it. It is deliberate and meaningful. Shooting this way takes time and patience. Time to set up the shot; meter the light; and manually set the focus, aperture and shutter speed. Then there is the wait time and the anticipation of picking up the prints from the lab and tearing open the package. It’s all so fascinating and wonderful.
Back in October, I took her for a trial run (not knowing I would later buy her). These are the results:
A little corner of my (old) home…
The two pictures with the succulents are completely raw- no post-processing at all. It is AMAZING what film can do with light. If I had taken the same picture with my digital camera, the areas lit up by the sun coming in would have been blown out and/or harsh looking. Its just so REAL-it looks exactly the way I remember seeing it. THIS is out I want to capture memories.
I also have some film images from a Nikon FM2 using expired T-MAX 400 film. This camera belongs to Stephen, a photographer friend from Liverpool. These shots were taken on Inauguration Day last year- but I didn’t develop them until I submitted the Kodak Portra 400 film for developing.
The first image was a complete accident- but it is my favorite of the black and white images. The man in the picture is Stephen.
One of my favorite cafe’s along one of my favorite side streets in St. Augustine. Gaufre’s has the yummiest baklava.
My second favorite of the BW shots.
Castillo de San Marcos
