to Grand Mum's house we go

On the trail with the kids as the light was fading made for great portraits.  I'm so addicted to wide angle portraits, they are my absolute personal favorite.  This shot of Sammy and others are in our October folder on the site located here.

I've also started working with some film again which is fun. I had forgotten about the myriad of choices of film types each with a particular baked in look.  I picked up a medium format TLR, a Mamiya C330 with an 80mm lens for absolutely dirt cheap. $200 and the thing is capable of better image quality and higher dynamic range in a single shot than any of my whiz-bang digital cameras.  Nice.  Right now I'm shooting  digital shots to dial in my exposure the way I want and then snapping off a few frames of film.

This was shot with Fuji Reala NC, I had forgotten that was neutral and I like things slightly more saturated so I'll be testing out some Kodak VC next.

Another thing I like about the medium format film is the absolutely shallow depth of field, I had forgotten how great that looks with portraits.  This barn behind Sammy was only about six feet away and the TLR at f4 blurs it out nicely.  Fun stuff, there should be plenty of film stuff making a resurgence in my work.