i've had a lot of free time lately, and have had the best of intentions to spend a lot of it shooting. although it seems this past month i have had very little artistic motivation. these are a few of the ideas i've tried to dig myself out of this funk:
- shooting with new to me / rarely used cameras from our arsenal (olympus om10, olympus stylus zoom, mamiya m645)
- shooting films i don't normally use (fuji acros, fomapan 100, fuji superia/fujicolor 200.. i bought some efke 100 and ilford sfx i haven't used yet)
- searching for new locales- this has proven to be most frustrating and difficult. it seems like just about everywhere i look nothing inspires me... since i haven't really found a lot of new and interesting spots, i thought i'd shoot a few close-ups for a change with the m645 and i got a few good results. :)
- trying to learn new things- tim recently picked up a 4x5 crown graphic special and an omega view 45d; i shot my first sheet of film on the crown graphic this weekend, and it is definitely a different process than what i'm used to! if you think using a tlr can be slow, just try a view camera. (i composed /focused the image with the graphic using the ground glass & not the rangefinder.) looking forward to using it again soon and maybe eventually working my way up to the omega. additionally, i've been experimenting with pushing/pulling films and i have a couple new developers to try out.
here are some scans from the past month where i've utilized the ideas from above.
tree stump, taken with an olympus om10 and kodak bw400cn; shot at iso 320 and developed at box speed. (processing done by walgreen's)
rock with foliage, taken with a rolleicord iii and rollei retro 400s; shot at iso 250 and developed at 400 in rodinal 1:50.
jefferson mills, taken with a rolleicord iii and ilford hp5+, pushed to iso 800 and developed in tmax.
tree silhouette, taken with an olympus stylus zoom and kentmere 400, developed with tmax.
gerbera daisies, taken with a mamiya m645 with fuji acros 100. used a closeup lens (i think a +4?) also developed with tmax.
