OK, so I’ve decided, based on some inspiration from Janet, that I am totally slacking in the photo world. I used to take so many pictures, then I think I got self conscious or something, who knows. But things are going to change. Starting with my breakfast. Not that my breakfast has changed, I just wanted to show off my mini oatcake and green tea in a Pantone mug. I sweat the other oatcakes looked better too. I ran out of chocolate for dipping, so this one just has some Nutella and peanut butter smeared on it.
I also wonder why all chewable vitamins taste the same. I bought some vitamin C a while back because it turns out that taking vitamin C helps you absorb iron better (so does alcohol for that matter, but vitamin C seemed a little bit more socially acceptable for the morning). Turns out that you can’t get vit C in non-chewable form, or at least not where I looked. You should be happy, hemoglobin, I love you enough to endure chalky pills (here’s hoping for 125!).
(Hemoglobin needed to donate blood is >125 g/L, normal ranges from 110 - something higher that I’ve never come close to)
So miracle of miracles, I did not ruin my entire roll of film from Saturday! I’m actually incredibly impressed, but there were about 10 photos that turned out. Not too bad for a roll of 24 exposures. I love the way my Ricoh takes photos. One of the most satisfying things is how you can feel the shutter move when you take a photo. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Canon, but my Ricoh will always have a very special place in my heart. I’ve posted my favourite photos in my portfolio but since it’s a lot of work to click on the link, I figured I’d put them in this post too.
This one was Mike’s favourite
This one was my favourite shot when I took it
It was this one and the dandelion one that I was scared of losing (they were near the end of the roll)
This one shows off how burnt some of the film was
After the little mishap on Saturday with the film (who knew it could rip?) I decided to jump right back on the horse and get two new rolls of fake black and white film. What I mean by “fake” is that it’s C-41 (ie. colour film) but slightly different in that it shoots in doesn’t have colour. This probably seems a little backwards and you may be thinking “well, that’s pretty black and white then, isn’t it?”. Truth be told though, true black and white film has a different composition and is actually processed a different way. The general process is the same, but there aren’t as many steps. I’m not 100% sure of the differences though, since the only hand developing I’ve ever done was with true black and white film and not the fake stuff.
So I was looking to get some real stuff, but it turns out that no where in town will process it! One place will, but they send it away and it takes a long time and they charge an arm and a leg for it - especially considering that it’s a much simpler process relative to colour processing. Of course colour processing now is done primarily on big fancy machines that do everything for you. Thus now I am trying this stuff for the first time. It’s Kodak Professional BW400CN, 36 exposures. We’ll see how it turns out compared to the black and white photos I have shot previously.
Another cross processed photo. This one is definitely one of my favourites off that roll. I’ve been busy with end of the year things, so please excuse my flakyness with the blog.
This was Mike’s experiment using the bulb shutter setting on the Ricoh. I’m actually impressed it turned out, since the batteries died during the taking of this photo. Not that batteries are actually 100% necessary for the Ricoh (it’s that oldschool). I’m also impressed how steady Mike’s hands are.
So here’s number 4 in the series. This one is one of my favourites, I think just because the shades of blue. It might also be because it shows off that the lens on my film SLR is a lot nicer than the one on my dSLR. The photo was taken outside of a construction site along a main road.
I find this one particularly angsty, which is funny because a bright orange fluffy cat is not usually so dark and brooding (especially when laying in such a stupid position: if you look close, you’ll notice that his left leg is straight out behind him).
Here’s number 2 of the roll of film. Again I stress that none of theses have been photoshopped (they were scanned directly from the film). I just love how unpredictable cross-processing is. One of my friends said that it makes the photos look sort of angsty. I wonder if that’s why teenagers love it so much. I’m probably discrediting all of the angstyness right now, since I’m well out of my teenage years and just think it looks nifty. Lame.
So I finally got around to getting the film developed. It’s only been a week, but I am the most terribly impatient person when it comes to 1. getting film processed and 2. receiving things in the mail
I’m really happy how it turned out and I’ll be posting completely un-photoshopped scans of them throughout the next little while. I do remind everyone that these are snapshots, not necessarily super artistic. It was just Mike and I playing around and having fun. And boy did we have fun!
NOVEMBER 21ST, 2008
By ADMIN
The photography section here now has lots of photography in it. Go check it out.
I stumbled across Oh So Beautiful Paper yesterday and I must say, I’m in love. Though it does make me feel inadequate in the way of designing cards and the likes.
