I really love the painterly-ness of this…yes painterly-ness is a word.
This is a piece of a photo-stitch I did on my iPhone. I’ve decided I hate the way the images are always blurry and not quite right no matter what I do, but I love it in this instance. I am really impressed with the colors in this and I love the blur and the ghost figure that is Xander ;) I really want to do more like this…..
Our last trip to Joshua Tree we decided to camp. We camped at Jumbo Rock campground and we all had a great time exploring and climbing. Xander loves finding hiding spots:) We ended up freezing that night because we were not properly prepared, even the dog refused to climb out of her burrowed spot in the sleeping bags. But, we had fun!
This is an overexposed image of Xander shot on tri-x 320 using my 4x5. I sent this out to be processed and scanned the negative with my Epson V700.
One of the draw backs to my 4x5 is that the lens has no shutter, so all exposures are manual. Actually, I think I should rephrase that and say the draw back is that I’m not experienced enough with the lens/camera combo to know what I’m doing…yet :)
This was taken in the middle of the afternoon under the shade of many trees. At the moment I have a box of tri-x 320 and so I set the aperture to f/11 and metered for those setting. Of course the suggestion was about 1/36 which is not possible without a shutter. At the time I had completely forgotten about pushing/pulling film so I just used my hand and covered/uncovered the lens as quickly as I could and sent it out to be processed fully expecting total failure. Results? You guessed it, way over exposed.
I still think it’s lovely. It has that antique glow to it doesn’t it? Most importantly I knew what I was doing wrong and I know how to fix it. I think a slower speed film is in order as well as testing out some filters. While I’m waiting for my order of t-max 100 to come in I’m going to try pulling the 320. *fingers crossed*
Xander B loves bubble baths!
Mike gifted me a few packs of Impossible Project film for Christmas. I’ve been using it in my SX-70 with unpredictable results. Most of the slides are a blobby mish mosh and some have small sections that were exposed but the rest is the blobby mish mosh. The filter that is suggested for use with an SX-70 doesn’t want to stay put and one exposure will be fine while another exposure of the same subject/lighting/etc…is just a mess. Last year we had the same problem and I think we were hoping the film would be more stable after letting a year pass, but out of 3 packs of film I have maybe 5 shots that are useable. Sad. I think we will be buying Fugi in the future. In all honesty I’m not sure why we haven’t been buying Fugi from the get go….
I do love this shot, it’s a little flat but I don’t mind. Xander reminds me of some sort of human/algae eater mutant :)
Xander and I went to Kentucky for Thanksgiving. This was taken on the one day it was not raining and cold. It was a beautiful day, warm enough for Xander to run around in the creek without his shoes. We hung out with the dogs, searched for fossils and tiny water creatures and got super muddy feet! After cleaning up we then traveled into town to have Thanksgiving dinner with my Mom’s side of the family. It was a great day.
