Leonardtown Loitering (Part 1)
The weather was excellent for a second weekend in a row. I had loaded a roll of Fomapan 200 in the camera (from which all the pictures in this post…
More Foma but More Fun
Taking a trip gives me a great opportunity to take some pictures. Speaking of opportunities, it was also a good excuse to try a different film. Given the reviews about…
Taking it to T-Max – Part 2
I wanted to compare these photos to my recent photos, so I went with the stand development in Rodinal again. I will try different developers and methods in the future.…
Taking it to T-Max – Part 1
Well after being quite sick for a few weeks, I decided to celebrate by taking a drive on a beautiful Saturday. I also tried out two rolls of a new…
Blue Ray Filtering
I wanted to experiment with color filters for my black and white film, so I grabbed a used set online. I have 49mm diameter yellow, red and blue filters to…
Arista Not Pulling It’s Weight
Let’s try something different. I had one last roll of (slightly) expired Arista.EDU Ultra 400. We got another snow. So, it was a good time for another set of pictures.…
Brighter and Better
The snow had stopped, but the pictures didn’t. This time I loaded the camera up with Ilford HP5+ and went outside. Hmmm, slight dark. Let’s try again. That’s better. Probably…
Dark Snow, Trees and Everything
UPDATE 2/16/2022: I got my notes mixed up and mistakenly wrote that this roll was Ilford HP5+, but it was (slightly) expired Arista.EDU Ultra 400. I confirmed by looking at the…
More Contrast, Please
OK, now for the second roll. I got a bit more density on the negatives on this roll. Also, there’s a bit more contrast and detail, but the contrast is…