E100G!!!!!!!

     Recently I was given a roll of 120 slide film. It was expired and therefore unwanted by the giver but very much wanted by the receiver. I mean, come on guys... I'll shoot anything. I'm around slide film every day and I know its potential, but I haven't shot slide film for myself...ever.. of course I HAD to shoot it for projects in school, but for the most part I didn't really see the benefit because I was overly serious about finding my niche by only shooting one thing one way. ...Which is okay for honing specific skills by limiting my options, but ultimately wasn't helpful at all in avoiding school burnout and artistic boredom. And here we are. So why not put this 100 speed "sensitive" exact film into my toy camera which is not exact at all, which I shoot willy nilly (honestly my solution for low light situations is to just layer more exposures. What? I'm off by four stops? click. click. click..) Did I mention I've NEVER cross processed film? Yeah, lets do that!

I am so totally in love with this film. Too bad I fell in love with it AFTER Kodak decided to discontinue it. Will that stop me from stockpiling it like the world is ending EVEN THOUGH it costs more per roll than I make working for an entire hour?


nope.

Happy (Belated) Independence day!

FILM! These photographs screamed america to me...or hipster. Same thing right? Well no, it seems that every country has their own version of the hipster. Exciting and terrifying at the same time, right? Don't forget about the zombie apocalypse...

I come to your house...I shoot all your cats.

First off, I have an amazing job. We have a spectacular rental department and just in... the D800. Normally I'm not a big digital shooter, but I'm always willing to try new things. This week, I borrowed Nikon's new power house of a camera and an 85mm lens with the intention of taking some portraits of friends and pets. For the first 45 minutes of having this camera in my hands, I hated it. I couldn't find the mode dial and I found this incredibly frustrating (After the camera and I had some time with each other, I found the dial organization more to my liking). This is where a little patience and reading comes in handy. I was out of my league and I knew it. But that's okay, learning happened and I ended up getting some pretty good shots.

It is incredibly easy to snap away with this camera. Because I had such a high volume of photographs, editing them down took a lot longer...but I couldn't help myself while I was shooting. I didn't have to worry about the cost of film or development, stopping to reload, or any of that. snap snap snap over and over again. As far as the image quality goes..this might sound a little silly coming from someone who shoots medium format film, but I'm not convinced I actually need a 36 megapixel camera..or probably about 80% of it's features. I'm normally easily pleased with just the basic functions of a camera. That said, I'm pretty sure you could program the D800 to make your morning coffee. Definitely out of my comfort zone, but I would LOVE more time with this camera.

and now for some pictures of cats: