Preview From This Weekend

Saturday I headed to Clinton, South Carolina for Amanda and Jesse's engagement session.  They live in Athens...the wedding will be in Tallahassee....but, they met at Presbyterian College.  So, I thought PC would be the perfect spot.  It was.  Here are some of the "polaroids" from Saturday afternoon.

Geek Note:  Polaroid 600SE camera with 150mm f5.6 lens.  Fuji 100C instant film.  It was dark, so some of the exposures were 1/15 sec.  I needed a tripod.  Also, a very cool aspect of Fuji instant film is that it is self terminating.  You don't have to pull it after a specific time.  It stops developing when it is finished.  The first image wasn't pulled for over an hour.  

A Little Update

Spring marks the start of the wedding season.  There will be a lot more updates in the coming weeks.  I have some amazing weddings and engagement sessions coming up that I'll be using to expand my film portfolio.  Stay tuned!


On another note, I added another piece to my film camera collection.  I got a great deal on a Canon A2e on Ebay.  I had two of these many years ago.  I loved them, and I'm so happy to have one again.


As part of buying any piece of film equipment, I shot a test roll of film.  The camera is in perfect working order, but the images I shot were unremarkable.  Here is one that wasn't too awful.

Tech Notes:  Canon A2e with Canon 50mm f1.4 lens.  Kodak 400VC film (a free roll from the Kodak booth at Imaging USA).  Film rated at 200.  Processed and proofed at Coke's Camera, Macon, GA.  4x6 proof scanned by me.

Film is Alive

Southern Weddings Magazine has an article interviewing several wedding photographers who use film.  It is wonderful  that Southern Weddings recognizes the value of film and provided a forum for these luminaries to discuss why they prefer film.  Take a look at the article (via A Bryan Photo).  To add my two cents...I feel an image captured on film more closely matches what the human eye sees.  When you see the print, it matches your memory.

It Is Official

This week I booked my first film wedding of the modern era (I photographed weddings for about 5 years on film before switching to digital) and place my first ad for film weddings.  I'm so excited to see what comes of my crazy idea.  Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and concern.

Engaged by Richard

As part of my ongoing testing, I sent some recent rolls to Richard Photo Lab.  They are considered by many to be the best film lab in the country.  I'm very pleased with the results.  I guess you get what you pay for.

These images are from a recent engagement session.  All were shot with my Mamiya 645 AF on Fuji 400H film.  All images are the original, uncropped scans.