B + W Spring 2014

Some more recent black and white film images from last Spring. The graininess of this film is so dreamy. Landscapes with 400spd black and white are a bit more nightmarish than dreamy, making the California coast to look a bit intimidating:

California coast sunset.

California coast rocky shore. 

California beach looking like the moon.

One of the few black and white images I shot while in Japan, on a train from somewhere to Matsumoto. I knew as soon as I took this that it would be a favorite of mine. I'm very pleased with the lighting and napping.

Summer, 2013

Sometimes it takes a year to develop a roll of film. I'm not sure why, but a lot of the photos I took were out of focus. Could be something with the lens or maybe I was just taking shitty pictures with my glasses on. Most of the images are super grainy (love!) because I used 400spd Illford B+W. Here are some highlights from Summer of 2013:

I have no idea where this is. Friends, your thoughts?

Gilroy, CA. At a friends going away party. We are adults and tractors are fun.

Santa Cruz, CA. A portrait of my Love in one of my favorite places.

Tollhouse, CA. That scrape is now a scar 1 year later.

Tollhouse, CA. Brandon and Red Dog.

American Portraits and Oysters

I have a lot of images to post and catch up on. I have about 4 rolls of film that I need to get developed (each are 36 frames). I have a project that I actually started and am excited to share. I have photos from a wedding that I did last summer but I can't access because they're on my broken laptop. So many things!

I went to an oyster farm back in February with these two great friends, Deivn and Alex. We shucked, we drank tea from a portable burner that Devin almost burned down a picnic table with, we shared the how-to of oyster shucking with tourists, we watched the sunset, made fun of some bros, and then I got really sick from eating too many oysters. It was great!

 

365 Project from March

I'm getting pretty close to the 100th picture. I will feel accomplished with that number. Small and easy accomplishment, yes, but I'm making myself do this thing every day and keeping up with it makes me feel good about myself. Is that a good enough reason to keep doing this project? Yes. And no one can take that away from me. Woo!

 
Doggy pariscope through the moon roof. // Spring blossoms in San Jose.

 
The smell of slow cooking meats greets me each morning as I wait at the bust stop. Sometimes I appreciate the smell. Sometimes it makes me feel gross. // I slept there, on that couch, in a sun room. IT WAS MAGICAL! It was like camping in a warm, cozy, bubble.

 
I've taken this picture multiple times. I will not stop. // Sunset from my windowsill.

 
Finds from an even ocean walk. // Seals aka mermaid dogs in a giant, floating, cuddle pile.

 
Crab face. // My foraging buddy found a log with oyster mushrooms.

110 pt 2

I don't remember where I took these images. I also don't remember when, except for the general time of Summer, 2013. But I really, really like them!

Ok, so I know this last image is of San Francisco. But the other two? Probably Santa Cruz? Maybe? A dream?

The 110 film shines with landscapes and outside images in bright light. I have a few poorly exposed images that I took with a flash that did NOTHING. Also, overcast images did not fair very well, but the darkness and the grain are something I appreciate. Will I use this film again? Probably not. In the end it was too expensive for the outcome, though I did have fun. 

110 Film from Summer of 2012 pt 1

I went through 3 rolls of 110 film rather quickly during the summer of 2012. I photographed with abandon, not expecting the expired film I was using to work, not expecting to find a place to develop it.

The finished rolls sat on a shelf. Every once and a while I would look at them and think about researching places to develop. I would have a circle of thoughts going from, "it will be too expensive, why bother" to "no one will develop it" to "they're probably blank rolls anyways" and then forget about the rolls until this same circle logic returned after I saw the sad little rolls sitting on the shelf again.

Why did this happen? Why did I so thoughtfully procrastinate? I don't know. Maybe I just like the surprise that comes with developing rolls of film after completely forgetting what I shot with them.

So, here I go now in sharing some of the 110 film with you and my attempts at remembering why this picture happened.

I made a point of taking pictures of lighted signs thinking to myself "this is a photo project I can do!" But, I forgot immediately after taking only 3 pictures of signs. Life long project?

 



 



 



 





 

It only makes sense that I would eventually get around to photographing all that I can within walking distance of my house. This is where I live and the things I see every day that I compulsively photograph. I have multiple pictures of the same images, especially of spaces that are physically the closest to me, like this shelf:

My intention then with the 110 camera that could possibly be broken with film that had expired was to not think very much about taking different or new images. I took snap shots. This may be the reason why it took me so long to finally develop the film: I see these things every day.

hiking through a field of yellow flowers

This is a great picture to represent the end of a an epic summer for me. I can't explain it well; maybe it is because it is dusk and because the subject and dog are walking away from view, the fact that most of the image is out of focus, that the plants are browning, and a mess of personal reasons outside of the frame that you can't see.

Welcome, Fall.