Darkhorse
pointed and shot
I started off the weekend thinking I was going to have a photoshoot with a local ModelMayhem model on Sunday afternoon. However in good ModelMayhem fashion, the model flaked without nary a word leaving me with a bunch of time wasted this afternoon.
However, the weekend wasn't a total wash. On Saturday morning I read that the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace was visiting locally, and it was open to the public at the Bat Nha Buddhist temple in Santa Ana.
I went, and without exaggeration I can say that I was only one of about 5 people of European descent there. With all the people, the music, the sound, and traditional outfits and food, it was like being in Vietnam... not that I would know what Vietnam is like. But it was truly like being in a different culture. This was a gem for people watching, and street (festival?) shooting. However, thinking I was going to have a photoshoot the next day, I was conservative with my film and only shot one roll.
Buddhists are pretty good about being photographed. Many would smile and pose for me... I wasn't expecting this and after I shot the woman in the third photo she have me a magnificent wrinkly grin that I didn't have time to capture. Oh well. The afternoon started overcast so it was good for black and white, but by the time I left things brightened up, and it would've been perfect for color. Maybe I'll have time to go again this week.
I mostly used my Olympus OM1 with the 100mm 2.8 Zuiko. I'm beginning to really, really love this lens. It handles out of focus areas very well, and allows me to get a little bit closer to a subject. I used FP4+ in 1:50 Rodinal for 15 Minutes. I shouldn't have used FP4 to be honest, It was very cloudy for most of the time, and most of my exposures were are ƒ4 at 1/125 or ƒ5.6 for 1/60, so things would've been easier with Tri-X... then again I was able to crop a few of these shots because I used FP4.
However, the weekend wasn't a total wash. On Saturday morning I read that the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace was visiting locally, and it was open to the public at the Bat Nha Buddhist temple in Santa Ana.
I went, and without exaggeration I can say that I was only one of about 5 people of European descent there. With all the people, the music, the sound, and traditional outfits and food, it was like being in Vietnam... not that I would know what Vietnam is like. But it was truly like being in a different culture. This was a gem for people watching, and street (festival?) shooting. However, thinking I was going to have a photoshoot the next day, I was conservative with my film and only shot one roll.
Buddhists are pretty good about being photographed. Many would smile and pose for me... I wasn't expecting this and after I shot the woman in the third photo she have me a magnificent wrinkly grin that I didn't have time to capture. Oh well. The afternoon started overcast so it was good for black and white, but by the time I left things brightened up, and it would've been perfect for color. Maybe I'll have time to go again this week.
I mostly used my Olympus OM1 with the 100mm 2.8 Zuiko. I'm beginning to really, really love this lens. It handles out of focus areas very well, and allows me to get a little bit closer to a subject. I used FP4+ in 1:50 Rodinal for 15 Minutes. I shouldn't have used FP4 to be honest, It was very cloudy for most of the time, and most of my exposures were are ƒ4 at 1/125 or ƒ5.6 for 1/60, so things would've been easier with Tri-X... then again I was able to crop a few of these shots because I used FP4.
