Under The Bridge
When I was 5 years old I wanted to be a biker. I saw the bikes in a parking lot going rum-rum-rum and from that instant thats all I wanted to do. So I grew up, and then I got to be a biker.
The Wild And Dangerous
The event was roped off, everyone was forced to the sides, behind the tape, except if you had a camera. Then you where in the action, 800-pound machines inches from your face like a snarling war horse.
Filmstock Review: Arista Pan 100
This is a cheap film stock, currently on sale, for 5 rolls for $20($4/roll) at Freestyle Photography Supply in Los Angeles. The price was right, so I’d thought I’d see what I could do. So far I’ve shot 3 rolls of the stuff. One at box speed, and the remaining two pushed to 400 and 1600. Perhaps next roll I might try pulling.
For a cheap film, it works pretty well. Especially if you are just scanning them. Lets take a look.
Shootout: Kodak TriX vs Ilford HP5+
I’ve long been a Kodak guy. TriX 400 for decades has been my go-to black and white film. When I wasn’t shooting TriX, I was shooting the gamut of other Kodak B&W films. Ilford is a legendary black and white film. When I first started in the film era, the “serious” black and white only photographers generally gravitated towards Ilford. Ilford film, Ilford developer, Ilford photo paper.
Ilford in general is the anti-kodak. While TriX has that harsh grainy contrast, Ilford tends to be softer, with finer grain and stronger mid-tones. Previously having shot some FP4+ at box speed in daylight, left me unimpressed. But for April’s Beer And Cameras, I was going to give HP5+ a direct head to head shootout against TriX, both being native 400 speed films.