School's Out Forever

We passed this abandoned school in Arlington, Georgia on the way to shoot a wedding in Ft Walton Beach, Florida.  So, on the way home, we stopped for a couple of minutes.  It is quite sad that such a beautiful building was allowed to decay.  At least I will always have these funky Holga images.

Tech Notes:

Fuji Provia 100F slide film that was cross processed by Richard Photo Lab.  Shot with the borrowed Holga.

Uno Y Diez

My god children celebrated their birthdays yesterday.  One is one.  The other is ten.  Amazing how much they look alike.

Tech Notes:

Fuji FP-100C pack film shot with my Mamiya Universal and 100mm f3.5 lens.

Light Leak X 3

I love the happy accidents that film affords.  My long serving Olympus point and shoot camera is giving up the ghost.  In the process, it gave a roll with some pretty crazy light leaks.  Here are a few frames that are nothing but leaks.

Tech Notes:

Kodak Gold 400 shot with my Olympus Epic.  Processed and scanned by Walgreens.

Fortunate

On our second visit to Puerto Rico, we finally got to visit El Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan.  It was so much more than I even expect.  Simply put, it is huge.  Here are a few of my favorites.

Tech Notes:

Kodak Gold 400 film shot with my Minolta Hi-Matic 7s.  Exposures were either Sunny 16 Rule or WAG (wild ass guess).  Processed and scanned by Walgreens.

If I Were A Rapper

This was taken at about 70 miles per hour (considering my wife's lead foot, that is probably a conservative estimate) through the window of the car.  I wasn't looking through the viewfinder, so it was a total surprise to see the image.  I love the surprise.

Tech Notes:

Holga 120N camera.  Fuji Provia 100F that was cross processed.  Everything processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

X

Here are a few images from the church where my wife and I got married 10 years ago.  We went super rustic.  There was no electricity and the was an outhouse.  Even better, our wedding was delayed by hikers who wanted to see the church.  I'll never forget it.

I shot them while we were being photographed to commemorate our 10th anniversary.  

Tech Notes:

Fuji 400H shot with my Mamiya 645AF and 80mm f2.8 lens.  Processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

R & R in PR

This is the first of many posts with images from my recent vacation.  Puerto Rico is amazing.  The landscape is beautiful.  The drivers are... well, interesting.


These are the view of the beach at our condo in Loiza.

This was our view from the park in Arecibo where we ate lunch.  Super Pinchos rocks!

And lastly, the view of Old San Juan after the Bacardi Distillery tour.

Tech Notes:
Color images are Fuji FP-100C and the black and white is Fuji FP-3000B.  All were shot with my Mamiya Universal with 100mm f3.5 lens.

Film Is Not Dead-The T-Shirt (Published!)

I was so excited to see that the picture of me in my Film Is Not Dead t-shirt is featured on Jonathan Canlas' FIND blog.  Many thanks to my super talented wife for taking the shot.  It was only her second time with the Mamiya Universal.

Holga By Richard

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to borrow a Holga from my lab.  It was kinda freeing to take pictures without worrying about the technical aspects.  The Holga has only 2 apertures (f8 and f11) and 1 shutter speed (1/100 second).  The focus is adjustable, but only as a guess.  It can shoot 6x4.5 or 6x6 on 120 film.  The think that makes the Holga beloved/maligned is the light leaks.  I even went so far as to tape up the camera and still got light leaks!  I don't know if I'll buy one (it is only $50), but we'll see.


I didn't get to use it as much as I would have liked, but here are a few of my favorites from Fort Walton Beach before the oil arrived.  

Tech Notes:

Holga 120N camera.  Black and white is Fuji Neopan 400.  Color is Fuji Provia 100F that was cross processed.  Everything processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.

Mountain View

The film from Southern For Dahlin is back!  The color really shows the splendor of the spot.  Here are some of my favs.

Tech Notes:

Color images were shot on Fuji 400H with my Mamiya 645AF with 80mm f2.8 lens.  The black and white images were shot on Fuji Neopan 1600 with my Canon A2 with 50mm f1.4 lens.  All images were processed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab.