Saint-Émilion

I picked up a 35 mm full frame scanner adaptor this week.  Scanning 35 mm film with the sprocket holes is now much less of a pain in the neck.  Here's a few shots from last summer that I've finally gotten around to scanning.  All were shot with a blackbird, fly plastic camera on 35 mm Fuji film.

Comments are always welcome.  Thanks for visiting!

Leafy Wall, Saint-Émilion 2011

Ruin, Saint-Émilion 2011

Sheep, Saint-Émilion 2011

Electrical Box

Reg, 2011

It's been a while since my last post, so I have a sizable backlog of scans to go through in the next few weeks.  Here's one from this summer - a pinhole shot of an electrical utility box.  Shot with a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Signs

I'm still slowly scanning film from our trip to Bordeaux.  I've almost completed all of the color, but I still have about ten rolls of black and white to process and scan.  I might need to take more vacation days in order to find the time to process my vacation film!

These were all shot on the roads near Petit Palais, France.  All were shot with a Zero 2000 pinhole camera on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Signs, 2011

Chateau Piquaud, 2011

Le Pressoir, 2011

Oxcart

Oxcart, 2011

Here is my entry for the Old School Photo Lab's (oldschoolphotolab.com) Old School Photo Contest.  Contest details can be found here.

Why an oxcart?  Because before the horseless carriage there was the horse, before the pickup truck there was the oxcart.  What could be more old school than that?

Shot with a Rolleicord Va on Kodak Ektar 100 film at the Romería de Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes in Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, Spain, May, 2011.

Sunflowers

Here in Fuente de Piedra, the sunflowers are already brown and drying in the heat, but I've finally gotten around to scanning these shots from a couple of months ago.   All were shot with a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Sunflowers 1, 2011

Sunflowers 2, 2011

Sunflowers 3, 2011

Sunflowers 4, 2011

Sunflowers 5, 2011

Cows

We encountered this trio of beautiful, curious cows on our recent trip to France.  They live in a small field near Petit Palais, and were kind enough to pose for a few portraits.  All were shot with a blackbird, fly plastic camera on Fuji Superia film.

Cow 1, 2011

Cow 2, 2011

Cow 3, 2011

Cow 4, 2011

Cow 5, 2011

Cow 6, 2011

Cow 7, 2011

Haystacks

Haystacks as seen through a pinhole camera.  Both were shot with a Zero 2000 medium format camera on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Haystacks, 2011
45 second exposure

Haystacks 2, 2011
45 second exposure

Moulins de Calon

I'm slowly scanning film from our recent trip to Bordeaux.  Here are a couple from the first roll.  The Moulins de Calon are located near Montagne, and were originally built in the 16th century.   Two are fully restored.  Shot with a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera on Kodak Ektar 100 film.

Moulin de Calon 1, 2011
30 second exposure.

Moulin de Calon 2, 2011
40 second exposure.  The moving blades of the windmill on the right are barely visible.

Polaroid Week 2011, Day Four

Sunflowers are the subject, again.  This time, I used a sheet of my dwindling supply of Polaroid Type 55 film.  Twenty second exposure, shot with a Leonardo 4x5 pinhole camera.

Sunflowers, 2011

Polaroid Week 2011. Day Three

Today, I shot my last sheet of Polaroid Type 59... ever.  The sheet was stored with my few remaining sheets of Type 55, and the Type 59 box is long gone, so I'm not sure when it expired.  It probably expired at least three years ago.

Shot with a Leonardo 4 x 5 Pinhole camera on expired Polaroid Type 59 film.  25 second exposure.

Sunflowers, 2011

Polaroid Week 2011, Day Two

Nessie, 2011

My shot for Polaroid Week, Day Two.  Nessie relaxes after a romp in the park.  Shot with a Pinhole 100 camera on Fuji FP100C instant film, ten second exposure.

Polaroid Week 2011, Day One

Today is the first day of Polaroid Week 2011.  I might shoot some of my remaining sheets of Type 55 this week, but today I shot Fuji FP100C using a Pinhole 100 camera.  Here are my first Polaroid Week shots.

Self Portrait while Roberto Naps, 2011
My second shot for Polaroid Week 2011.  A self portrait shot while my husband naps and my dog wanders around in the background.  Shot with a Pinhole 100 on Fuji FP100C instant film, 60 second exposure.

Playground, 2011
My first shot for Polaroid Week 2011.  Shot with a Pinhole 100 on Fuji FP100C instant film, 90 second exposure.

Structures in a Field

Vacation has sadly ended.  I managed to shoot about 15 rolls of film (35 mm and 120) in the course of two short weeks.  The color film went off to the lab earlier this week, and I'm hoping to process some of the black and white this week-end, so I have a huge scanning job to look forward to.  Hooray.

A return from vacation also means a return to regular blogging, starting with these, shot in the fields outside of Mollina in the late spring.  All were shot on a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera on Ilford Delta 100 film, and processed at home.

Thanks for visiting.

Outhouse, 2011

Outhouse 2, 2011

Tubes, 2011

Rocks

We're heading north for vacation starting tomorrow.  I'm hoping we might be able to swing by Bakio beach  - one the best spots for sea glass scrounging I've encountered.  Both of these photos were shot there last summer, on 35 mm film using a blackbird, fly plastic camera.

Rocks, 2010

Rocks 2, 2010

Storm Clouds

Two recent pinhole photos, shot with a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera on Ilford Delta 100 speed film.  Developed in Ilfotec LC29 (1 +19), 5 minutes at 20 C.  Both were shot near the laguna in Fuente de Piedra.

A Storm on the Horizon, 2011

Tree on a Hill, 2011

El Cementario de Fuente de Piedra

A hot, sunny and cloudless day... probably not ideal conditions for pinhole photos in a cemetery.  Today, I decided to ignore the clear, blue skies and bring the Pinhole 100 over to the local boneyard.  El Cementario de Fuente de Piedra is a typical white walled Spanish cemetery, filled with a mix of mausoleums, tombs and shady cypress trees.  All of these were shot on Fuji FP100-C instant film.  Due to the bright sun, the exposures were all very short. 

El Cementario de Fuente de Piedra 1 , 2011 

El Cementario de Fuente de Piedra 2 , 2011
A film pack mishap is visible on the left hand side of the photo.  Darn.

El Cementario de Fuente de Piedra 3, 2011

El Cementario de Fuente de Piedra 4, 2011

Monoliths and a Caravan

I'm just getting around to scanning some negatives from earlier this spring.  Such are the perils of small town life - I no longer have a place nearby where I can drop off 120 color film for processing and pick it up a few hours later.  I now have to bring it to Antequera and wait (at least) a week for my negatives.  Oh well.

Both of these were shot in late April, using a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera on Kodak Ektar 100 speed film.

Monoliths, 2011

I'm not sure what those concrete blocks once were, but they remind me of the Monolith from 2001.

Caravan, 2011

This decaying caravan is permanently parked near an old, abandoned farm.

Pinhole Shoes and Power Lines

Here are a few recent pinhole landscapes from the strange plot of land next to the solar farm in Mollina.  All were shot with a Zero 2000 pinhole camera on Kodak Ektar 100 speed film.  A few Rolleicord shots of the same area can be seen here.

Thanks for visiting!  As usual, comments are welcome.

Plants and Power Lines, 2011

Plants and Power Lines, 2011

Shoes, 2011
A mysterious pair of decomposing shoes, found in a meadow near the solar farm.

Jawbone, 2011
The area is full of the remains of rabbits and the occasional stray dog.  This jawbone probably belonged to a galgo (a Spanish greyhound).

  

La Romería de Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes Part 3

I finally got around to scanning some of my color negatives from La Romería de Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes.  Some of the black and white photos, as well as background information about the festival,  can be seen here and here.  All were shot on Kodak Ektar 100 speed film with a Rolleicord Va TLR camera.

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

Romeria, 2011

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