Author: Ian Whitney
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Although I scan all my negatives so that I can share photos online, I prefer to make prints in the darkroom. I find it to be an engaging technical craft that provides endless things to learn.
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I grabbed a roll of CatLABS X Film 320 Pro in some random online order or another. Remembering my lesson from the JCH StreetPan I did some reading on the film before loading it in the Spotmatic.
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After learning that my partner and I were heading to Sparta, Wisconsin, a friend of mine suggested we visit the FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard just outside of town. It looked like a great place to take photos so I brought the Spotmatic and the Moskva V. It was very cloudy and a little rainy during…
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Recently I purchased a SMC Takumar 105/2.8 lens with the hope of using it in portrait photos. And it works great for that, I’m happy to report. But it also left me wondering how my other lenses and cameras work in portraiture. So I pulled together some good representative examples.
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Another new lens, the very small Takumar 35mm/3.5. I have a 50mm/1.4 that I use a lot. And I have a 24mm/3.5 that I like. This new lens slots right in between those two. A little wider than the 50mm, but with less distortion and distancing than the 24mm. With this lens I think I…
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Despite not knowing the best way to use this film I was lucky to shoot during October in MN, which is usually ‘low light” and kinda misty.
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After using my Voigtlander Bessa 66 a bunch, I was excited to try more 120 folding cameras. I had my eyes on a Zeiss Super Ikonta, but when I spotted a Moskva 5 — complete with 6×6 mask — for less than half the price, I clicked the buy button without hesitation.
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I shot this roll of Kentmere over two photo walks, one by the river near Stone Arch and another through a nearby community garden.
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Another test roll of HP5, but where the last roll had a bunch of shots I liked this one is boring
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I’ve added a new lens to my Takumar M42 collection, a 105mm/f2.8. Usable for portraits or to zoom in on any subject that’s about 6-10 feet away. It’s smaller and lighter than my 135mm/f4 and I find it to be much more useful. Over the tail end of the summer I made many trips to…
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What is the ‘right’ way to scan a negative? The answer, from what I can see, is that there isn’t one.
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I always love taking photos at the Minnesota State Fair. Though I’ve attended the fair nearly every year since 2000 this is the first year that shot pictures on film.
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After messing up the previous test roll of HP5 I loaded up the second roll and tried it again. No light leaks during development this time. And no other mistakes either, thankfully.
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I don’t even know where this roll of film came from. It just appeared in my fridge. A roughly 12-years-expired roll of 120 Ilford Pan F. Initially a 50 ISO film I shot it at 25 ISO due to the age.
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After getting back in to film photography I’ve shot a wide variety of film stocks. I decided to spend some time with just a single stock/developer combo with the goal of learning how it use it well. Because it’s inexpensive and readily available I picked Ilford HP5 as my stock. And because I like how…
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After watching some Pictoral Planet videos I wanted to try developing film with Rodinal. Ilford HP5 seemed like a great stock to use for this.
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My original plan for this film was to use a tripod and maybe a macro lens to get close-up shots of the rocks on the Lake Superior shore near Tofte, MN.
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I shot this roll on a trip to the North Shore. Mostly around Cascade River and Tettegouche, I think.
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I really like this photo, though I wish I had framed it slightly better. A step or two to the left and a slight crouch would have made a huge improvement, I think. Instead there’s this huge black nothingness in the top right corner.
