Expired Kodak Portra 160NC + Rolleicord Vb

I took some time last week to shoot a test roll of Kodak Portra 160 NC that expired in 2005. The film had been preserved in a frozen state for over 20 years but I wasn’t sure what I’d get. I set the meter on my iPhone for ISO 80 instead of 160. It isContinue reading “Expired Kodak Portra 160NC + Rolleicord Vb”

San Miguel de Allende & Pozos de Mineral, Mexico (2009/2010)

Sometimes I have a plan and sometimes the plan takes shape through the day. Today is one of those days where I start with one idea but as time passes, the plan changes. I am OK with that. I started the day today panning to import the photos from our recent Mexico trip onto/into theContinue reading “San Miguel de Allende & Pozos de Mineral, Mexico (2009/2010)”

A Life in Pictures

Originally I was going to start a series of posts that would have one picture a day. The picture would inspire a story that would talk about the why, what, where and when aspects of the photograph. I may still do that, but the title that summarizes the whole thing is “A Life in Pictures.”Continue reading “A Life in Pictures”

Taking/Making Film Into Digital Images

I guess there should be a distinction between what an analog camera produces and what a digital camera produces. The not-yet-quite common term for digital camera output is images and the common term for analog camera output is pictures. I make the mistake all the time and call the output from either camera type, imagesContinue reading “Taking/Making Film Into Digital Images”