Winter River Scenes #2

Shot another load of 4x5 at Langdale Park last weekend. The river being so low, and the leaves changing/falling, make it an interesting time of year. Here's some of the images:

 

 

Trip to the Fair @ Valdosta Mall - October 2014

Despite living in Valdosta for about 10 years, I've never been able to go to the fair that sets up in the mall parking lot a couple times a year - until now! I spent two evenings there with some 4x5 gear. I shot my Linhof Master Technika and Chamonix 4x5, with my Zeiss 75mm Biogon and Schneider 58mm XL, with Velvia 50, Fuji NPL160, and Provia 100F films.

Here are some of the results:

[EDIT]
A couple weeks later, I developed a single E-6 sheet from this evening that I didn't get to before. It's a duplicate of the last shot above, but on Velvia 50. I like it better, and you can really see the differences in color between the two (especially considering it's tungsten vs. daylight films):

Winter River Scenes

The Withlacoochee continues to be very low. I spent an evening out by the river last weekend and shot some 4x5 (these are all T-Max 100 developed in FX-39 1:24):

 

 

Pops in the Park 2014 @VSU

I run the sound at our annual music scholarship fundraiser, Pops in the Park. Normally I never do photos because I'm too busy working at the mixer and also because the lighting isn't very good after dark. However, this year I brought a camera to shoot some, especially since we were able to borrow a few hot lights for the show.

Here is my workstation, and the crowd on the lawn:

But before the on-stage performances, the VSU Steel Drum Band plays a few tunes under our big oak trees:

And here's various jazz groups and featured soloists performing:

For these photos I used my Nikon F5 and 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-S, or my 20mm f/2.8D, with Tri-X film developed in Spur HRX.

Fun with Wet-Plate Collodion - 10/17/14

My friend Kaleb stopped by VSU yesterday to show off his new portable darkroom and wet-plate setup. I've wanted to see him make some plates for a while but we haven't been able to get together until now.

I documented some of the process. I shot my Nikon SP 2005 with 50mm f/3.5 CV Heliar lens as well as some with my Pentax 67 and 105mm f/2.4 lens. I shot color in the Nikon (Agfa Optima 160, expired) and T-Max 100 developed in FX-39 (1:24, 68°F, 20 minutes) in the Pentax. Here are the images:

 

I also grabbed a quick couple of portraits of some of the photography students hanging out and having their photos made:

It was great to finally see the process in person. Kaleb and I are already planning some collaborative wet plate projects, so stay tuned...

In the meantime, I will have to see if I can get some scans of the plates!