bengaluru bound!

In October, I am headed to bangalore, India. I was asked by an old college friend to shoot a wedding. I ended up doing it at (below, hah) cost, for the opportunity to visit a continent, even the city that i’ve wanted to visit for a few years yet! They were kind enough to take care of a week stay! Now that that’s the case, I have some exploring to do. I get five days to do this:)

I’m looking to shoot the way that i do (with an insane amount of cameras and film combinations, to slice it at every angle), and edit the results to a book! On monday I started a kickstarter page for the project. Given the short time frame, and the fact that it’s come as a surprise to me this year that i’d be making my first trip off of this continent, I think it is fitting to do “that book” many have asked me about. :) It’s been amazing that i’ve been able to say yes, get a passport, and otherwise prepare for this!

If you’ve found anything i’ve done, in life :) to be of any financial value, i’d appreciate putting your name in my book, and writing you a postcard from India!

As things have progressed (this past week!) i’ve come up with a tentative plan to spend most of the time in Bangalore (the wedding is on the 16th), with a side trip to at least Chennai, and hopefully Mysore (is this where i could find some delicious Mysore Pak?!)

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just wanted an excuse to post an awesome polaroid photograph. i think i’ll try making a large print soon; i’ve not seen a blown up pola, but was quite surprised to see detail that i hadn’t noticed in the one that i was holding in my hand.

film expired: 5/05. taken two days ago in Seattle.

senior pic shoot this weekend brings new film choice

b a
holga 120, hoya72

ashlyn
yashica t4 zoom 35mm, hoya 72

my first crack at ilford SFX. shot w/ hoya 72. i should have just used my head and known i had to develop for quite a while longer…i wish the box would have given some development advice when using a filter, since it also gives advice on what filters to use. :( (information around the ‘net is piecemeal) this seems to be a viable IR alternative. it’s slightly less intense as the HIE, but a) HIE is no more b) HIE is super tough to handle; i’ve scratched up negs more than many occasions. I’ve one roll left, so i’m looking forward to shooting and comparing.

got a roll of 36 that’s yet to be fully shot, so i have one more chance this go round! lesson learned: do a snip test before messing up a whole roll!

souped in ilfotec DD-X for 10 minutes.