Blog by Michael Raso
In the style of an old-fashioned grade school assignment, The Film Photography Podcast asked our listeners for their report and images of What each listener shot on their Summer Vacation!
We asked you to send 2 – 3 of your best film shots along with a brief description telling us what camera? what film stock and what lab processed your film. We also asked who did the scan and what makes your image special to you?
Let’s start it off…
My Summer Vacation by Alex Luyckx…On my summer vacation I went all over the place both here in Canada and into the US. Shooting both my cameras and my musket at War of 1812 reenactments over the summer.
I made a quick trip out to Chicago to finally bring my trusty Rolleiflex 2.8F into the downtown loop district. My favorite shot from the city is the one of the Merchandise Mart (above) , this massive commercial sales building is the largest of it’s kind in North America. It offers a pretty sweet view from a ledge up near the roof. Camera: Rolleiflex 2.8f with a Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8 on Ilford Pan F+ at ASA-50. Developed in Blazinal (Rodinal) (1+50) for 11 minutes at 68F.
Of course it wouldn’t be summer without a trip up to Northern Michigan for Photostock! My second year at the event was much better than the first, especially staying at Party Central – the Birchwood Inn. While I loved every single photo I took at the event, the one that stands out to me is the 4×5 Polaroid I got of the Good Hart Post Office (above). Shot with an Anniversary Speed Graphic with a Schneider-Kreuznack Angulon 1:6,8/90 on Polaroid Type-55 at ASA-50.
It’s hard to select just three images! So for the final one above lets stay close to home. I finally had a chance to visit the Cheltenham Badlands, only about a half-hour drive away from my home town. Located just north of Brampton, ON. This was a surprise to me finding the badlands formation in Ontario! Discovered in the 30s after poor farming techniques led to soil erosion. I shot this with a Nikon F4 and a AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D lens on FPP Kodalith Type 3 6556 at ASA-12. Developed in Kodak Xtol (1+1) for 6 minutes at 68F
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Brandon Nedwek writes…Great to have the show back! Hope everybody had a relaxing summer. Here’s a smattering of things I shot:
1. Dumbarton Oaks Park, in the heart of DC’s Georgetown neighborhood / Camera: Hasselblad SWC that I periodically rent from my local shop. A real beauty. / Film: Kodak Portra 160 developed and scanned by Penn Camera (a DC staple, now owned by Calumet) / Why it’s special: Nothing I love more than getting out on a beautiful warm evening to wander through some of DC’s wonderful green spaces.
2. My good friends Phil and Anne at a bar in southeast DC / Camera: Minolta Autopack 470 / Film: Expired Fuji 200 from the FPP store!
Developed and scanned by The Darkroom / Why it’s special: These two (recently engaged!) will be moving to Germany next month so I’m glad I got to spend a lot of time with them this summer.
3. Headstones in the Congressional Cemetery / Camera: Kodak No. 2 Portrait Hawkeye box camera / Film: My first roll of Lomochrome Purple / Developed and scanned by Penn Camera / Why it’s special: I was very excited to try out this wacky new film from the folks at Lomography, and I was not disappointed. The lab did an amazing job, too!
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James Melcher writes…This summer my son, Gus (who graduated in May from UW-Madison) needed help moving out to grad school in Berkeley, California. He hired a Uhaul and got it as far as Minneapolis, where we live. From there we had three long days driving with a stop for business in the LA area. I had schemed and schemed what camera(s) to bring, but I finally settled on just a Contax G1 with two lenses–45mm and 90mm. I had a variety of film stocks packed, but I seem to have only used Kodak Portra 160 and Fujichrome Provia 100F. All the film was developed at Walgreen’s, and scanned on an Epson V700.
Let me make a plug for this part of the country–or rather, let me echo Duane Polcou’s plugs for the West – that drive from the west side of Denver all the way to the California border is absolutely spectacular. It physically hurt to drive so close to the national parks of Utah–Bryce Canyon, Zion–knowing we could not stop and take a photo safari. I made a pledge to myself to head back soon.
Many thanks for all you do! A hunge (100 feet) of Kodak double X arrived from the FPP Store this week, so I gotta get rollin’! – Jim Melcher
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Joe Geronimo contributes…
You follow my blog at: http://adirondackjoe.wordpress.com/
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John Mickevich writes…I am attaching 3 images from over the summer. All taken with the same camera and lens – I kept my Bronica ETRSi busy this summer 🙂
I am looking forward to the podcasts starting up again after the summer break and also looking forward to seeing what everybody else did over the summer. Keep up the great work, and keep shooting film!!
I started shooting infrared film this summer! I love the look which it gives. This (above) is one of the better ones I was able to get. This was taken in my home town of Scottville Michigan along the banks of the Pere Marquette river on 6/3/2013. Shot on Rollei 400 Infrared film. Bronica ETRSi medium format camera. Zenzanon EII f/2.8 75mm lens. Cokin 89B infrared filter. Self developed in Ilford ID-11 and self scanned with Epson V500
I love slide film, and this summer I tried my hand at developing E6 at home. The results were pretty good. I took this shot (above) on my way up to Photostock 2013 on 6/20/2013. It is the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse on the Lake Huron shoreline in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. Shot on Fujichrome Velvia 50 slide film. Bronica ETRSi medium format camera. Zenzanon EII f/2.8 75mm lens. Polarizing filter. Self developed with Arista Rapid E6 kit and self scanned with Epson V500.
The final image (above) is a shot I took not too far from my home in Michigan on Kodak Ektar 100. Taken in August 2013 (don’t remember exact date) in Manistee Michigan near the waste water treatment plant for that town. I took the exact same shot on Velvia 50 (love the interchangeable film backs of the Bronica ETRSi), however, I have not developed that one yet. I am curious to see how that one compares. I think it will look a lot better. Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 film. Bronica ETRSi medium format camera. Zenzanon EII f/2.8 75mm lens. Polarizing filter. I normally develop my own C41. However, my C41 kit was exhausted, so I had the film developed at Hokanson Camera in Manistee Michigan, and scanned the negative myself with my Epson V500.
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Matt Ayers writes...Here are a few of my favorite summer shots this year although it was hard picking just two or three. Descriptions are as follows:
First one (above) was shot with a Canon A-1 on the venerable and classic Kodak Tri-X 400 film with the help of a Tiffen Deep Yellow filter for added contrast and effect at 1/125th second f/11 with an FD 50mm 1.8 lens around two hours before dusk. I especially liked this one as the angle and the filter effect gave an overall feeling of vertigo and unease. Film processed and scanned by Dwayne’s Photo.
Second one was shot on a Mamiya 645 Pro on the lovely Ilford PanF 50 film coupled with a Tiffen number 8 Yellow filter unsure of shutter or f/stop but was shot on 150mm Sekor C/N lens. This one is special to me because I think I really nailed the focus and love the close-up effect of the shot with the subject matter. Film processed and scanned by Dwayne’s Photo.
Third one was taken with a Polaroid 101 that was converted to a f/235 aperture pinhole camera.This was an eight minute exposure on Fuji FP-3000B without filtration. This was my first self-portrait with just a single overhead light source beamed down on my face. I was pleased with the results of the lighting and the eerie feeling it produced. Print and negative were scanned on a Canon MG6220.
Loved the new show keep them coming! You can find me HERE at Flickr.com!
FPP’s Nikon Guy Rick Paul contributed the following…I shot Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film. Developed myself in Tetenal Ultrafin Plus
Shots taken with Nikon F4s. I scanned with Nikon Coolscan V.
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Ron O’Connor writes…Hope all of you had a great, well-deserved summer break. Attached are a couple of my favorite photos including one taken with my Speed Graphic purchased in April of this year. After 36 years of film photography, it has been a thrill to finally shoot 4×5 film! Thanks for the inspiration. Here are the details to go with the photos:
I saw this truck on a trip to the White River Junction area of Vermont this past winter. When we returned for vacation this summer, I brought my recently acquired Graflex Speed Graphic – my first large format camera.
Film: Ilford FP5 400 Plus at ISO 400
Processed: self-developed in Adonal in a MOD54/Paterson tank
Scanning: self-scanned on an Epson Perfection 3200 Photo.
What made this special? My first large format photograph – inspired by Michael Raso, Mat Marrash, and FPP!
I went kayaking for the first time on this river on Cape Cod (Harwichport), Massachusetts with my daughter and brother
Camera: Mamiya C330f
Film: Ilford Delta 100 at ISO 100
Processed: self-developed in Adonal
Scanning: self-scanned on an Epson Perfection 3200 Photo.
What made this special? Location of my first kayaking experience and an opportunity to shoot with my favorite TLR.
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Sam Gorton writes…
I shot this picture with a Minolta XG-M, on 800 ISO 35mm film, I used the CVS photo Lab in Newport, RI as it is the only one around me, the photo lady named Kim did the scan. I’ve seen her a lot this summer. This image is special to me because it is on top of a abandoned boat factory near my grandmas that I have always wanted to climb and one day my friend and I spontaneously climbed it and I happened to have my camera in my backpack. As a beginner film photographer this was one of the first rolls of film I got back where i was satisfied with a lot of the pictures.
This picture is also off the same roll of film as the first picture. My friend is on the edge of the higher building just left of the telephone pole.
I shot this picture on my Minolta XG-M on my first roll of 800 ISO 35 mm. I like this picture because I went to go check the surf and found it was pretty terrible but I stuck around a little while before work. I love surfing and would love to just live in a van surfing.
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Thomas Tran writes…
Olympus XA | Fuji 400h | Indie Film lab
These photos were special to me because it was my first trip summiting Mt. Baker this past July with a close friend of mine.
The rest of the roll is on this site, let me know if you guys have another photo in mind from this set. Thanks!
http://thomastytran.com/mt-baker–july
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…and lastly, here are a few images from my summer!
This past August I had a lovely opportunity to spend an entire week with loved ones in beautiful Ocean City, New Jersey. You might think that my day-to-day vocation of working/shooting film and producing The Film Photography Podcast had me a wee-bit burnt out on shooting film – no way!
What made it fun? The trip away from the studio was an excellent opportunity to shoot some new-to-me film stocks and some cameras I have yet to handle.
Above image: Here’s little Ollie the Japanese Chin shot with the FPP Debonair 120 camera on Kodak Hawkeye Traffic Surveillance film!
Top page image: image using the Canon EOS Rebel Ti on the unusual Fuji IT-N asa 6 film. The film was designed to be a dupe film. Always fun results when run through my camera! Surf’s Up! (7th Street Surf Shop – www.7thstreetsurfshop.com )
Film processed by The Darkroom. Self-scanned on the Epson v700!
Super Positive! – Michael Raso
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