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Dec. 17, Where is my Dream 100 ISO Film?
These are from a morning walk to the post office. Shot with my Canon IVSb2 and Voigtlander 21mm. Developed in FX-39 II. A morning walk in the 17° cold pretty much takes serious coercion for me to attempt. Avoiding a line at the post office when I had an international package to ship was coercion…
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Dec. 1, 14 Frames of November’s Odds and Ends:
Yikes! I was supposed to post the odds and ends from the end of November yesterday. Instead, here they are a day late and a dollar short, there are more than I expected for what I recall as a somewhat photographically lean month. I’m over 65% sure that these have not been posted before (maybe…
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Nov. 30, A Couple Shots of Trees;
Still trying to get some decent shots of trees. These are from two different rolls of film, the first from a roll of XP-2 shot on a ride through Sparks NV, the last from a recent roll of Washi S shot at the VA. Not much to see here, move along.
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Nov.28, 8 Frames of Washi S at the VA
Possibly unfortunately for you dear reader, the local Veterans Administration campus is a never ending source of photographic inspiration for me. Every time I walk by I find views of the angles, forms, lights and shadows that I hadn’t seen the last time I walked by, but that’s what I love about photography. Everything old…
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Nov. 26, 9 Frames of Washi S Around the Neighborhood:
These were taken on Thanksgiving, all the preparations were completed and we were just waiting for guests to arrive so I thought I’d have a short walk around the neighborhood and shoot the roll of Washi S I had in my Leica Ic. The Leica was wearing one of my favorite lenses the Voigtlander (Cosina)…
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Nov. 9, Adox CMS II, How do I Love Thee?
I know that I’m easily amused, but I’m always amazed at how many black and white films exhibit distinctly different characteristics depending upon how they’re exposed and developed. Adox CMS 20 II is certainly one of those films. On the bottle of Adotech IV, the recommended developer for CMS, it gives instructions for developing CMS…
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Nov. 7, And a Few Frames of the Less Upgraded Side of Midtown Reno,
Not that these are really seedy places, they’re just a little less cared for than some of the newer refurbished establishments. I think the photographic quality of some of these shots is quite a bit less than the others, that flat, glaring, hazy sky got the better of me on some of these. Like the…
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Nov. 5, 5 Frames of Upgraded Midtown Reno,
A few years ago midtown Reno was a pretty seedy place, mostly filled with porn shops, strip clubs and dive bars, but the city, in a campaign of urban renewal, put a real effort into attracting more upscale businesses that would attract both tourists and locals. These days many of the old establishments have been…
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Oct. 31, Aggghhh! Horrible Brain Eating Zombies from the Discard Folder!
(Or October End of the Month Odds and Ends) Every month I make a folder for images that didn’t get posted from various rolls and cameras . They may not have gone well with the other images from a given post, or I thought they lacked something in comparison to the images posted. Sometimes they…
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Oct. 28, 6 Frames of Reno Alleys with Kentmere 400:
Every day I realize more and more that I don’t really know anything about anything. Up until today, I thought that I had a strong preference for high contrast films and only a tolerance for low contrast films. I bought a few rolls of Kentmere 400 (as I understand it’s a sort of budget version…
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Oct. 26, 6 Shots of Houses with Adox CMS 20 II
A few more from the same roll as Long Shadows in Reno, as these have long shadows as well I suppose they could have been in that post, but it seemed like these stood apart a bit from the shots in that post and maybe deserved their own post? In any case, these are just…
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Oct. 18, 4 Frames in the Backyard at Sunset:
From the same roll as Long Shadows in Reno, Adox CMS 20 II (at ISO 12) shot with my old Canon IVSb2 and not so old Voigtlander (Cosina) 21mm. Developed in Adotech.
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Oct. 16, Long Shadows in Reno:
I know I’m biased so you can take what I’m about to say with several grains of salt (hmmm, on further thought maybe that applies to everything I say) but I think that often there is a really a beautiful quality to the sunlight in Reno. I’ve lived a few places and have always been…
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Sept. 26, A Few Depleted Leftovers:
This was from a recent roll of Rollei Retro 80s developed in Artemisianol. The batch of Artemisianol I was using was mostly depleted (this was the fifth roll I’d developed with it), hence the excess graininess. My thought was that it didn’t fit in with the other shots I was posting at the time, but…
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Sept. 21, 6 Houses In My Neighborhood
These are from the same roll of HP5 Plus as this post, shot with my Canon IVSb2 and 21mm Voigtlander lens. Pushed to 1600 in Cinestill Df96 monobath. Nothing fancy here, just some houses. On some of these I brought the contrast up a little and the clarity down quite a lot. I enjoy the…
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Sept. 19 The Eastern Side of My Neighborhood with Some Ilford HP5 Plus Pushed to 1600
Yesterday was another smoky/hazy day with a strange flat light, but I was determined to get a few shots of the neighborhood. I’ve never had amazing luck with Ilford’s HP5 Plus (400) but I recently saw some beautiful shots on Jim Grey’s Down the Road blog (a blog which I love, I also enjoy his…
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Sept. 13, And a Few More Photos of the Southern Tier of My Neighborhood.
My route was very similar to that of my post on Sept. 10th, but this was a roll of Rollei Retro 80s shot at box speed with my Canon IVSb2 rangefinder and Voigtlander (Cosina) 21mm lens. These turned out a little thin, as I was trying to determine how many rolls of film I could…
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Sept. 1, Oh no! Not More VA Photos.
Sorry, when I’m out for a short walk or I’m basically just testing some film or a camera the local Veteran’s Administration is one of my favorite subjects. It’s not just one building, but a campus that spans a couple blocks. To be honest, I’m as fascinated with the VA parking structures as I am…
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August 8, Up and Down the Old Lincoln Highway
Highway 50 runs pretty much across the middle of Nevada, where it’s billed as “the loneliest highway in America” and there are parts of it which certainly fit that description. But highway 50 wasn’t always highway 50. Many years ago it was created as The Lincoln Highway and was to unite New York City and…
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August 4, A Few More Frames of Eastman Kodak 2374
Sound recording film shot with my Voigtlander 21mm and Canon IVSb2. Developed in Artemisianol.
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August 2, 6 Frames of Eastman Kodak 2374 Developed in Artemisianol
My first explorations with Artemisianol led me to think that maybe this was only a very high contrast developer, but I think that impression was caused by something of a comedy of errors including using very high contrast films, overexposure and overdevelopment. This roll, while shot on a high contrast film shows more of a…
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