More Jana and Shawn 6/21/08
Earlier in the week I posted several images captured on my Yashica Film Camera, and I wanted to post a few digital images. I’m working with processing in Lightroom, and am trying out a few different of the developing tools. These are mostly processed to replicate the look of Fuji Velvia film.
And a few in black and white from their sparkler exit…I will try to post a couple versions of some of these next week…
Jana and Shawn - Yashica
This past Saturday, I helped Matt Veldhuis shoot a wedding and reception in Maryland. The reception was at Kentlands Mansion in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Normally I shoot digital, but thought I would try out the new Yashica and try a few "detail" shots just to see how they turned out. My first scanned image I discussed in my previous post turned out extremely well and while not all of the images were keepers, I am very happy with these.
Here are a few from the day I really liked. The entire set can be found on my flickr page here. These are all taken with my Yashica Mat 124g camera and Kodak Portra 160vc 120 film.
I have plenty of digital images to sort through and edit and will have those posted later, but I was so excited to get these film images scanned and put up here.
My “new” Yashica Mat 124g
Around this time last year, I came across a great deal to upgrade my Canon Rebel XT digital Camera. I had been drooling over a Canon 5D digital camera for quite some time, but the price remained too high to justify. So, I ended up with a Canon 30D, which is a great camera, it takes terrific photos, but still I yearn for a full frame camera. I am taking lots of photos (some of which I am VERY happy wtih), but I am not yet the point where I can justify a $2000+ camera.
To complicate the matter further, the interwebs are full of rumors of Canon replacing the 5D very soon, as it is about (or past) the age at which Canon usually announces replacements. The 5D is a fine camera at any age, and it’s certainly not going to stop taking good photos, but I kind of hate to buy a camera just to have it upgraded only a couple months later. Plus, as soon as the new 5D Mark II (or whatever they call it) hits the market, there will be a flood of people dumping their perfectly good 5D’s to pick up the new one. Either way you couldn’t possibly go wrong. Both are or will be excellent cameras.
I have recently found the work of some very talented photographers, like Kate Hutchinson (blog) and Thomas Broening (blog), who both post to their blogs with images from their old film cameras (Thomas shoots with this camera). I am not quite sure what Kate uses. I loved the look of their images and decided to search for an affordable option for a medium format film body (the digital bodies can run upwards of $20,000). I saw some images produced with an old Rolleiflex 2.8 TLR film camera, but a more recent version of the Rollei can run several thousand dollars. This is where the Yashica comes in. I read up a bit on the old Yashica TLR’s and many people said that the later models with the Yashinon lenses would give the Rollei’s a run for their money. It costs about $5 to process a 12 exposure roll of 120 film (with no prints).
Here is the first image I scanned from my Yashica. This is my beautiful wife Liz. She’s hard at work on a Friday, they day she is able to telecommute.
I helped photograph a wedding this weekend, and I ran through a roll of film with the Yashica. I am scanning those tonight and will hopefully have a few great ones to post tomorrow. After the first couple images, I am more than happy with this camera…WOW!!! It really makes me slow down, compose the image, meter the lighting, check the camera settings, meter again, and then take the picture. Perhaps just what I need rather than just the “snap and delete” mentality I have had since purchasing the 30D.
New Theme
I decided that the wordpress theme I was using before was a little too busy, so I wanted to try something that was a little cleaner. Still have a few updates to get it just right, but I think I'm almost there. I like the fact that this theme allows me to design a logo and put it into the top of the page. Now…if I can only get my friend Lisa to work with me on a logo…Drop me a line and let me know what you think of the new WP Theme. I know I still have some work to do on the gallery pages, but this template is quite versatile, so I can add a lot to it.
Here is Briana again with a little different take on the processing. I was trying to achieve more of a film look with this image, not sure I got there, but I kind of like what I did with it. I really need to get back out and shoot some more images. A good solid day would be great. Maybe I can find a Saturday in July or August.
