Words and Light

As you may have read here almost two months ago, I am now/finally in possession of my very own medium-format film camera.

(It only took five years. That said, I will always be searching for the Pentax 6×7, complete with the wooden handle.)

I’ve gone through five rolls of Portra 400 and finally scanned them all in one late-night scanning spree. Here are a few from the first and second rolls. I’ve color-corrected all frames, and performed only minimal cropping, such as when the frame edge made it into the scan.

© 2011. "Sun tea" on our apartment deck. This was a test shot from that first roll.

My roommate and I went to Ben’s house one cool August evening for a barbecue. Ben is a friend of hers from high school, and he’s renting his parents’ old house, which has a sweet backyard. Ben’s pretty sweet, too.

© 2011. Backyard barbecue at Ben's in Glen Rock, Pa. The side of a shed in Ben's backyard.

© 2011. The almighty grill.

© 2011. Cheeseburger, steamed broccoli and a sweet salad. And lots of scratches/dust, despite my using a can of compressed air and activating the noise/dust reduction option.

© 2011. The covered pool. If you look closely enough, you can see my roommate underneath the arbor.

I’ve looked over all the scanned frames and decided that I need to err more toward overexposure. Oh well. In the meantime, I’ll blog more frames from other events over the coming days and weeks.