I have no actual idea when I started or finished this roll, but I know it happened sometime in the middle of the month, which makes it roll 6. This is the second of my self-developed rolls, Ilford HP5 Plus, rated at 200, shot using a Leica M5, developed in D76 for 6 minutes 45 seconds. Like most of my 35mm work, these photos were taken around D.C, snapshots of daily life in the city and anything that catches my eye.
I paired these rolls together because I took them on the same day. One, during a walk around the National Gallery of Art's east wing, and the other while walking home from that event. I used a Fuji 6x9 rangefinder—which just means the negatives were very large—and two kinds of film, Ilford Delta 3200 and Lomography Redscale (regular color film that's been loaded backwards to create an unusual red effect). I'm meh on the redscale stuff, but I like the black and white work; the straight lines and open space of the east wing works very well with monochrome photography.
I shot this roll during a trip out to Bluemount, Virginia with a good friend of mine. It's in the hills and mountains of the state, and we were hanging out at a house perched on one of those hills. Beautiful scenery, and great subjects for landscapes and still lifes. I used a Fuji GSW690 camera and Kodak T-MAX 400 for film. Lab developed.
So, I'm cheating a bit here. This isn't the first roll of February as much as its the last roll of January, taken at another protest against the Trump administration's travel (read: Muslim) ban. But I sent it to the lab with the February film, so it counts. I shot this on a 6x7 camera, which gives you 10 exposures per roll of film. My goal, with this session, was to capture as many faces as possible. I think I did well, with a series of portraits and crowd shots where faces predominate. The only exception is a photo of an especially creative sign that I couldn't resist.
Of the batch, I'm not sure there's anything in there I'm interested in taking to the darkroom to print. But if you see something you like, leave a note, and I'll get back to you.
Camera: Fuji GW670II. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400. Lab developed.
Last weekend, I visited two unusually fancy libraries. The first was the Peabody Library in Baltimore. The second was the Library of Congress, here in D.C. The Peabody is absolutely beautiful and one day I will convince someone to let me bring a large camera rig in and do some proper photos. Until then, there's this, which I still like.
As for the Library of Congress, it was an open house day, where the public could visit every wing of the building, including the reading room, for which you otherwise need permission. The grayscale mural is from that room.
Camera: Fuji X100T with wide-angle conversion lens. Processed using VSCO for iOS.
Processed with VSCO with kp8 preset
Processed with VSCO with kx4 preset
Processed with VSCO with kx4 preset
This is the main path to the Albany Bulb park mentioned in an earlier post. I waited here for about 10 minutes as people passed by to take this photo, and about 10 seconds after I hit the shutter release, a gaggle of dogs came walking by (they had owners, don't worry).
Camera: Fuji GSW690III. Film: Kodak T-Max 400, lab developed.
I don't know else there is to say. This is a very large sundial.
Camera: Fuji GSW690III. Film: Kodak T-Max 400, lab developed.
Docked at the Berkeley pier.
Camera: Fuji GSW690III. Film: Kodak T-Max 400, lab developed.
I was in Berkley, California for a hot minute last month (read: 24 hours), just enough time to finish a couple rolls of film with my 6x9 Fuji rangefinder. I spent a chunk of the afternoon north of the city, in Albany, where there is a former construction materials dump turned homeless encampment turned installation space for artists, graffiti and sculptural. Called “The Bulb,” it’s located next to a commercial race track, on the bay itself.
Camera: Fuji GSW690III. Film: Kodak T-Max 400, lab developed.
