Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
I left Philadelphia on July 19th for a trip out west with an undetermined return date. Heck, if I find a job here I'll stay here for a bit longer than just a couple months.
This trip is my first in years where I've only shot film, in this case on a Nikon SP and S2 with 2.8cm, 3.5cm f/1.8 and 5cm f/1.4 lenses. I wished so bad that I had a longer focal length but living in the city for years I just never shot with them so didn't take my Leica and LTM 10.5cm Nikkor. I got to both learn the cameras and learn about shooting film all over again. My Mk-1.3 eyeball lightmeter needs recalibration also. Most of what I exposed was Tri-X or Plus-X, the emulsions I know best. I don't have any contrast filters yet so I shot just bare, flat images and pumped up the contrast in post. It's not like working with an M9 DNG, that's for sure.
I'm at the mercy of a local lab in Albuquerque for processing and scanning. They gave me low-res scans with a good amount of .jpg compression by mistake when I asked for higher resolution. Anyway, I'll stop making excuses and post some photos.
On the way up to Colorado for a camping trip.
Dad consulting a map.
Near the top of Ophir Pass, Colorado.
Just before the rain came in. Alta, Colorado.
Brother and his girlfriend under the remains of a roof near Alta, Colorado.
There was a ton of dramatic light out in Colorado up at the high altitudes, I just wished I took a bit of filtration for better contrast. And I'm not a landscape photographer for sure. I just shot what I thought looked nice, so I kind of got back to my photo roots from 20+ years ago just shooting like an interested kid.
Phil Forrest
This trip is my first in years where I've only shot film, in this case on a Nikon SP and S2 with 2.8cm, 3.5cm f/1.8 and 5cm f/1.4 lenses. I wished so bad that I had a longer focal length but living in the city for years I just never shot with them so didn't take my Leica and LTM 10.5cm Nikkor. I got to both learn the cameras and learn about shooting film all over again. My Mk-1.3 eyeball lightmeter needs recalibration also. Most of what I exposed was Tri-X or Plus-X, the emulsions I know best. I don't have any contrast filters yet so I shot just bare, flat images and pumped up the contrast in post. It's not like working with an M9 DNG, that's for sure.
I'm at the mercy of a local lab in Albuquerque for processing and scanning. They gave me low-res scans with a good amount of .jpg compression by mistake when I asked for higher resolution. Anyway, I'll stop making excuses and post some photos.
On the way up to Colorado for a camping trip.
Dad consulting a map.
Near the top of Ophir Pass, Colorado.
Just before the rain came in. Alta, Colorado.
Brother and his girlfriend under the remains of a roof near Alta, Colorado.
There was a ton of dramatic light out in Colorado up at the high altitudes, I just wished I took a bit of filtration for better contrast. And I'm not a landscape photographer for sure. I just shot what I thought looked nice, so I kind of got back to my photo roots from 20+ years ago just shooting like an interested kid.
Phil Forrest
