Film Roll 5 – Mamiya RB67- Fuji Reala ISO 100

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Just before this photo I was in a gas station when the power went out. At the moment I assumed it was because of the heat but then I later learned that all of San Diego was down as well. I had half of a tank of gas so I headed down the east side of the Salton Sea. From that point on everyone I encountered had power so I didn't have a problem for the rest of the night. I decided to travel the one day San Diego had a black out.

^The building above was swarming with bees and birds. I walked up to the front and realized that I was approaching a large bees next... I slowly walked back as they started to surround me. I took the far detour around the back and when I was inside damn birds kept on flying out and scaring me. I always assume sounds are bums with knives.

Film Roll 4 – Mamiya RB67- Fuji Reala ISO 100

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As a rule when it's 114 degrees outside you are probably not going to be bugged by authorities or pesky neighbors when you're exploring. It was a hot day which I spent most of the time drinking water and driving with my windows down. It took me awhile longer to find the locations than it has in the past since I assumed I could find it on my own as I normally do. I arrived to the photo party late but I made up for the time lost.

^Above is actually all dead fish... and as you could imagine when it's 114 degrees the smell is quite strong.

Buildings that I have been in before were listed to be torn down. I doubt they will be there next time I visit. Sad that they have money to demolish but not enough to fix the sea (sarcasm, oh politics).

Film Roll 2 - Mamiya RB67- Fuji PRO 400h

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I am going to share a quick love story with you all before I start with the photos.

Recently I bought an Epson V600 scanner to do some of the work myself after the images are processed. With my handy scanner all set up I took a small trip to the Salton Sea to shoot a few rolls of film with scanning them when I return in mind. I was  very happy with the first roll that I had scanned but the cost is quite high ($10 per roll / $1 per image). I got the images processed including a couple rolls that I had yet to process and took them home.

I started to scan the images at different settings and spent a lot of time comparing the scans to the previous roll. After seeing the first scans I was not happy... the images were flat and colorless. The reason you shoot different films is for a specific look and color that it reproduces. The images that were scanned were absolutely dull and would be an embarrassment to post.

So here I was in this situation with a camera I love and the end product that I honestly hated. I felt sick to my stomach and I recently had an analogy for it that it was like falling in love and then finding out that she only had a couple months to live. I am still on this roller coaster of love where I was so high and now I am so uncertain with what I am going to do in the future.

I went and had 4 rolls scanned today after returning the scanner. I hope to continue shooting film but I feel that it will be awhile before I use it again.

This roll is from a film that I have not shot before. It's an ISO 400 film so it took me awhile to use it up. Overall I still prefer the Reala film over any of the ones I have shot so far.

The first 2 images here appear to have double exposed. I hope I have stopped doing this but because for each shot I have to crank 2 levers I sometimes forget and this causes the above double exposure.

The above image is my favorite of the roll. I really liked the lady smoking in the window. With digital I would point the camera and capture the image but with this camera its a bit more work. I have to manually expose and then capture the image. I guess listing 2 steps for each doesn't make it seem that much different but it is :) My only point is that at this point I tend to miss a lot of "moments".