Total Emulsion

Three years and two days

2013-09-18T18:31:00.001-07:00

I'm just going to dump some photos here and act like it hasn't been three years since anything was posted.

(untitled)

2010-09-16T20:03:00.000-07:00

That didn't last long....

2010-09-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

What can I say, I've returned. Old photos from my graduation back in May. I had gotten them developed, but no longer had a scanner. Recently I've reacquired a scanner, and am filing through the film that was developed and stored as photography slipped out of the main concentration.

Clecos

2010-05-31T13:45:00.001-07:00

Oh...?

2010-05-29T08:37:00.001-07:00

Is this thing on..?

2010-05-23T12:37:00.001-07:00

Its been a while. I've been trying to keep myself busy and succeeding to a degree, but I finally took some time to shoot and to share what I shot.

More?

2010-03-26T07:20:00.000-07:00

The locks in Amsterdam and the TV Tower that the Soviets built to prove they were just as good at everything as the West (they had Swedish engineers complete it because they couldn't according to our tour guide)

Amsterdam Cobble Stones and Florence from a hill

2010-03-25T06:27:00.000-07:00

Home Safe

2010-03-23T06:43:00.000-07:00

Phew, that was a trip! And what a great trip at that with only minor setbacks. I sure did spend a lot of time traveling. At the moment, I lack the internet at home, so here are a couple of images I edited a bit and threw on a thumbdrive.

Amsterdam! The place is crazy, especially about bicycles. I will spare you a comment about cycling going to the birds.

Florence, Italy

2010-03-10T09:30:00.000-08:00

I am currently in Florence, Italy. Its been interesting to be using my digital camera for landscapes, cityscapes, and architecture, instead of just photojournalism. The city has so much history, and so many architectural wonders, that you soon acclimate and become jaded and quit taking photographs of things that if you saw them alone, outside of Italy, would blow your mind. The weather turned a bit better today, so I have some pictures that are lit by the sun! Also, it didn't snow today which was nice, and more along the lines of what I expected from Italy. I leave tomorrow for the Netherlands, and won't have computer access (or at least that I'm currently aware of) and so won't be posting anythnig until I return home, where I will post! and POST and POST!!!! (with pictures).

Drawing a Blank (no really, i can't think of a good title)

2010-03-04T06:44:00.000-08:00

2010-03-03T06:57:00.000-08:00

Forest Fiesta, Part 1

2010-03-02T08:43:00.000-08:00

Low Yields on Test Roll

2010-02-25T11:21:00.000-08:00

While I wasn't expecting much from this roll, I certainly expected more than this... I'm not sure when I'll get to the two rolls I have remaining to develop, but hopefully I get something more out of them.

Push it (not to the limit)

2010-02-24T19:43:00.000-08:00

Pushing film means pretending the film is a whole lot faster than it really is, and compensating in the darkroom. It creates excess grain, added contrast, and generally is for emergencies only. I've done it with 35mm with decent results, but the film was too grainy. Here is some shots with medium format pushed, to the same levels. I'm actually impressed. I won't hesitate to do it again.

Also maybe you'll notice that i have big pictures of small things. Hooray for extension tubes!!!

I've got two rolls left of black and white to develop, and about enough chemicals to do it before switching bottles. Due to the time I'll be leaving, I'll be saving the rest of the developer until I get back. In the meantime, if I FIND time to shoot, i'll be shooting some color! Woo hoo!

Kinetic Energy

2010-02-20T15:06:00.000-08:00

Phew busy week! My friend came into to town, so I've not been shooting at all. I did however shoot the girls basketball game where I learned an important lesson: Always keep gear close by, behind you, and in the bag if its not in your hands. These two ended up in the crowd, but first sent some of my things, like big expensive lenses, flying. This is the last image of the series. I immediately ducked after this frame, but I'm glad I continued shooting for this fun frame.

Also, here are the last few shots I liked from my last development. Look closely at the second image. You can always click on it to enlarge it.

No Butts about it

2010-02-16T17:31:00.001-08:00

Some more images from street shooting.

Travel on the Brain

2010-02-16T10:02:00.000-08:00

I've already begun packing despite not leaving for over two weeks. My bag has some of my stuff already in it, my desk has a pile of toiletries that will go too. Because I'm taking a single bag, a carry-on, and am traveling a lot, I'm limited my luggage and also trying to save weight. So I calculated the weight of things. For instance, right now I've decided to take roughly 15 pounds of stuff, 9 of which are camera gear. And I can't keep myself from looking at the Hassie, saying I could carry that around Europe right?

Also, the sphynx is in front of the Spokane Free Mason Temple. Explanations appreciated.

And some more...

2010-02-14T20:23:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple further shots. I've been keeping busy with outdoor activities the last few days, so I haven't developed at all.

More Street Shooting

2010-02-11T23:12:00.001-08:00

A couple more images from last Thursday. I was intending to go again today, however the rain made it a little less appealing...

A little A, and a little B

2010-02-10T00:22:00.001-08:00

Some more shots from last week. These last few images were the last images I took on my "street photography tour" last week. The rest were taken with my mom while hiking in Spokane.

No, the cat wasn't on the street. It was at home. So what, theres a picture of my cat on my blog. Get over it.

Street Photography..? Kinda...?

2010-02-08T21:26:00.001-08:00

I mean it was taken on streets, and mostly but not always OF streets (sort of). Does this count? I think I did it wrong...

Waiting for the dark

2010-02-08T17:34:00.000-08:00

To lightseal a room, you must seal the cracks around your doors, especially if they're cheap doors, and if there are windows you must seal these off. For a while, one room in the house lacked a functional window due to the black clothe covering it, and had black felt around the seams of the door. It never really worked perfectly, and it was ugly. To have it in a normal room in the house means the cats will terrorize it, and all too often you don't notice small light leaks until your eyes have fully adjusted to the dark which takes some time. So right now, I'm doing what I've done for the last few times I've developed: I'm waiting for it to get dark out, and writing the accompanying post that will be published with the images I'll develop and scan this evening. Once it gets dark, I turn off the one light that is on in the house, turn off the computer monitors, and go into the bathroom with the door shut. So far my results have been good, or at least haven't shown obvious issues from this step in the entire process, so I'm waiting for the dark.

The irony here of course is that growing up in Alaska, I always felt that I was waiting for the dark to disappear all winter long.

Anyways, these images are of some of the people I work with.

And then some of the forest again. I'm not sure whats going on on the sides. This is the "new" back, so its a little frustrating to see issues like this, but the majority are fine.

Hey? Wheres the images?

2010-02-07T20:37:00.001-08:00

Sorry! I had a visitor this week which made it easy to procrastinate developing. Tomorrow I should get one to two rolls developed, scanned, and eyeballed.

One toe at a time

2010-02-03T16:09:00.000-08:00

I did some street photography yesterday. It was rather late though, and the light was dark and falling quickly. I am excited to get them developed, however, and see if I can find anything I like as it was fun. I also picked up some fine grain, low speed film today for when I am out shooting on a tripod with a cable release. I've tried the film before, but never when I knew what I was doing (not that I necessarily do now) and not when I felt I could utilize the added resolution (maybe I WILL blow one up to 30x40, gosh).

But the images! Here are some images I finally scanned from the period of time where I was still shooting film but had no scanner. They were taken from a car window and for the sake of the title of this post, I will consider them my first step towards street photography. I know I shot them with my dad's Nikon FM on Kodak Ektar and since I've scanned them with my new scanner and software that allows for film profiles, the colors should be good... Except the company doesn't have a profile for this type of film yet...