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This is from a very old film/print processing lab in downtown Asheboro on Sunset. I don't know if the place is even functioning anymore, but all the stuff is still in the storefront.
This was just a photoscouting shot that I did while I was walking around Asheboro with Holly Mann.
I'll be back to the animal theme tomorrow.
Everyone let me know what you think of this, not 100% sold on it yet.
Just a bit of fun .I stood next to this woman filming with her smartphone and snapped this shot which I did the selective colouring in PS.
In my ongoing quest to make digital art less flat, it's time to introduce the latest offering from The Shop: the analog film textures.
My wife's grand father gifted me some of his film cameras just over a decade ago. I shot some rolls of film, then promptly forgot to get them processed. I recently found the rolls, and a nice, independent lab to get them taken care of.
Since I don't know too much what I'm doing when shooting manually, the results were really funky, and captured more the artifacts of the process (gain, light leaks, dust, etc.) than actual images. That means one can overlay these on top of flat artwork, and instantly give it depth, substance, and meaning. All from real film!
Each negative strip has been scanned at ultra-high resolution (1,200 ppi+), then carefully edited, then output into 18" wide images at 300 ppi.
The resulting sixty-nine (69) textures produce interesting things either by using blending modes (Overlay, Soft light, Screen, Lighten, Color dodge), or on their own, as background elements.
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- Sixty-nine (69) base assets
- 18" wide @ 300 ppi
- A group of film grain/dust speckles textures
- A group of light leaks/fogged film textures
- A group of failed shots/misc. artifacts textures
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I need a film scanner. Until then, this is all I can show you from the shots taken today at the students' manifestation (weapon used: a full-manual Minolta X-700). home developed.
Well that does it for Seattle! Next up will be Fort Lauderdale and then on to the Caribbean!
This is my kind of December!
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
December 2013
The film cameras I have at the moment. I recently decided I wanted to explore film having learnt so much shooting digital. Clockwise from top left they are:
1. Yamato Pal Jr.
My Dad's first camera from the early 1960s. A basic manual focus viewfinder camera with no lightmeter. The lens is a basic 45mm f/3.5 3-element Luminor Anastigma. I put a test roll of film through and, while I got a few pictures that I liked, the shutter is very unreliable. Sadly it will be have to be retired now I think.
2. Asahi Pentax S1a
My Dad's classic 1960s SLR with clip-on meter. This is a fantastic camera which makes a lovely sound as the fabric shutter curtain releases. It has three Takumar prime lenses (28mm, 55mm and 135mm). I have finished a couple of rolls and it's now waiting for me to decide on the next experiment.
3. Kodak Retinette 1b
Another 1960's camera, this time picked up cheap on ebay. It is in excellent condition for it's age (they were produced from 1963-66). It even has a neat little screw-on filter to protect the lens. I'll feed it a roll and see what it can do.
4. Olympus Mju-II
My first proper camera and the baby of the group (both in age and size). It's a really great compact which I used inexpertly for a number of years. Now I have a scanner some of the old photos are going up. The battery compartment is held closed by plasters after the catch broke but otherwise it's in working order. I hadn't used it since I bought my first digital camera but I have just finished a roll of slide film and had it cross-processed.