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this is another shot that i took of my old drummer ray. by now you've probably noticed that a few of these are from the same day cause he's wearing the same clothes as other photos of him i've posted. this is probably one of my favorite photos from my ae-1, and about as raw as my photography gets. i really like how different the lightleak is from any i've ever seen and how simple and symbolic this shot seems.
When I'm on the road and it's a rain day, I don't take the day off. I really can't. But I also don't shoot as much.
Of course, it depends upon the rain. If it's a light right that won't soak me through, I'll generally shoot, even 4x5. I have to take some precautions, of course. Film holders have to be guarded against the rain rather than the sun (though it's basically the same idea). Equipment is kept covered like I should be doing normally.
When shooting, the camera is completely covered by the dark cloth, which is something I don't typically do. When it comes time to actually take the photo, I still keep the rear of the camera/film holder covered. I tend to do this when it's sunny as well, mostly to avoid lightleaks.
I don't shoot with any camera that has a battery or (much) electronic stuff. This means that I don't really have to worry about water shorting something out.
Generally, if a lens or camera gets a little wet, it will dry. I don't want to submerge anything, but I do want to take the photo.
That was the case with this photo. It was pouring, probably more than any point in the trip. I was driving, saw this scene, pulled over, and waited a second to see how much it was really raining.
It was raining a lot. I was going to get pretty soaked. That was fine because it was hot and my AC had given up on me hundreds of miles back.
I got out, grabbed the RB67, changed backs to the fastest film I had loaded (Foma 100 - haha), stood in the rain for a few seconds while composing the shot. I guessed on the settings (probably wide open at f/4.5 and maybe 1/60sec. Maybe 1/30. And shot.
It's hard to see it in the smaller versions of the photo, but the falling rain is actually visible on the film.
This isn't a tutorial. If you don't want to shoot in whatever weather conditions (or just don't want to shoot at all), you do you. If it makes you uncomfortable, then don't take the shot.
But for me, I'm fine with it. I wouldn't have done a photowalk in this kind of rain, but I probably wouldn't do a photowalk when it's sunny, either.
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'Prevailing'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Fomapan 100
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min
Tennessee
July 2024
oops.
looks like its light leak monday again. ;)
an extra shot today to celebrate the renewal of my flickr pro account. yay! another year, lookOUT!
this on tumblr: skinnypaper.tumblr.com/post/12751534441/i-took-this-pictu...
Mt. Adams, Washington, lit by a setting moon. What appears to be an aurora is actually due to a light leak. The first seven frames of this roll suffered from light leaks, probably due to a loading mistake. This one was the least affected. Background constellations are Andromeda and Cassiopeia.
High-resolution images are available from fineartamerica.com/profiles/3-michael-williams.html
CAMERA: Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR
LENS: Vivitar 24 mm f/2.8
FILM: Fuji S-1600 color negative
EXPOSURE: 70 seconds @ f/2.8
SCANNED FROM: Negative
DATE: 8/18/2008
FILE NUMBER: 08-9 #0