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mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4. film: medium-format kodak aerochrome EIR color infrared film with B+W 099 orange infracolor filter. lab: E6 processing @ the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
after 47 years and countless club sandwiches, the westwood norm's diner on pico blvd. closed for good christmas eve. the building will be demolished to make way for exactly what LA needs.....more condos. nikon D7000 + nikkor 35mm f/1.8G. processed in nik color efex.
mamiya 6MF + 50mm f/4. film: kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
mamiya 6MF + 50mm f/4. film: kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
I arrived later than intended after shooting the infamous I-40 GAS sign with every camera I had with me. Even running late I knew better than to go flying through the desert at dusk, that’s when all the critters are out and about. So, late as usual, I pulled up and parked, immediately grabbing the GFX-100S instead of one of my medium format film burners loaded with Velvia 50. The light show and desert sunset spectacle was fading quickly and I know that I would’ve only gotten perhaps one decent shot with the film camera. It was simply getting too dark too quickly. That’s ok. I’m in the neighborhood for a couple more days so I get a chance to try it again. Or maybe try something else totally different, who knows! This is a shot transferred from the Fuji using their iPad app. Just like the Sony software it appears to only transfer the preview image rather than the full sized version. Still, for a hastily edited JPEG it turned out pretty good. I’m looking forward to working on the files from this shoot back home on my editing rig. This image was shot using the nostalgic negative film simulation profile, something I used to think was a gimmick. Turns out it’s actually pretty cool. I turn off all of the grain FX and all that because my goal when shooting color negative film is the color response and dynamic range, not trying to fool people into thinking a digital shot was done on film. I rate that kind of activity right up there with sky replacement on the list of things I refuse to do as a photographer. If that’s your thing, go for it, it’s just not something I will ever do. What the film simulations do for me, especially Nostalgic negative, it gets me that color response and tonality that I love so much in the real C41 thing. Once again I’m astounded at how little effort it takes to have a portfolio grade image out of the Fuji system. How easy? I edited this in about 30 seconds sitting on the tailgate of my truck under the glow of this fabulous neon sign.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
one of my all-time favorite classic signs along old route 66. 2min exposure under full moon + 4x 2min stacked exposures for star trails. light painting with LED flashlight and purple gel. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm.
Pomona, CA
Someone took one look at me and was instantly camera shy. And I was so busy staring at the sign that I didn't notice what he did lol
On US 11; Syracuse, NY
This is one of my favourite road trip discoveries ever. While driving on Brewerton Road (US 11) in Syracuse, we came across this amazing rusty crusty sign. If you look close, you will see "ATLANTIC DINER" underneath "MOTEL". This is the side of the sign that faced the road; the other side did not have any diner markings whatsoever. And why would the Atlantic Diner have a crown sign? Who knows.
The driveway you see behind the sign led to a small group of motel units -- we did not venture all the way down though. There was no way I wanted to discover what -- or who -- was lurking in the overgrown, abandoned, gang-tagged buildings.
I checked on google streetview and, sadly, this sign is gone. Streetview shows the yellow house all boarded up, as was the house (not in this photo) to the left of the sign. By zooming in, I was able to see that a small portion of the sign's rusty base remains in the yard, where it was obviously cut down. If you want to have a look for that little bit of the base, search for Sal's Seafood, which is across the street.
Spotted while driving through Petersburg, Virginia, on our way south
Update: In 2015, this was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Updated photo posted in 2017 -- see my Virginia album and/or my 2017 album
donner summit, named after the infamous 1848 donner party cannibalism disaster.
vintage polaroid SX-70 camera electronically modified to shoot 600 series film, impossible project B&W generation 2.0 beta test film. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Los Angeles, CA (Atwater Village)
Such a marvellous sign -- it's a shame such a gem is gone. I understand why, though.
According to what I read online, The Griffin Bar apparently ran into trouble after a white supremacist incident occurred there, damaging its reputation when the dive bar owners didn't do enough, according to the community, to disavow what happened. The end result was that it closed for a while, reopened, but then the bar was shut down again and sold. The name -- and that gorgeous neon sign -- were then gone. I'm guessing the new owners wanted no trace to remain of the former establishment.
I hope the sign was saved.
abandoned truck stop & diner along interstate 15 in california's mojave desert. mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Thetford Mines, Quebec
A close-up of the delightful sign at Dairy Joy, which has been in business for more than 50 years in Thetford Mines.