B&W Wednesday

For the past couple of weeks, I've been taking a B&W film printing lab. I've actually had to get out with the camera, and shoot some film. A few weeks back I thought the cemetery would be a good place to go. I shot these with a Canon AF35m 35mm point-and-shoot that I had gotten from my mother.

It looks like the film might not have seated properly, because some light leaks seem to appear along the sprocket edges. Or, I screwed up when I loaded the film into the developing reel. I've never developed my own film before, let alone try and make prints. So this is all a new and interesting experience for me. The fun (and aggravating) thing about film is that you don't know what you've got until the film is developed. I'm more okay with the images not being perfect than when I'm shooting film. Since I'm using low-tech cameras, I'm trying to embrace the imperfections.

Last week our instructor told us about an opportunity to have a small showing at a local wine shop. He told the owners of the shop that he would ask us if each of us would be interested in putting up 2-3 images. Everyone loved the idea, and now I have the dilemma of coming with some things that I think are not only print-worthy, but something I won't be embarrassed to hang in public. The guys in the class have been shooting for a lot longer than I have, and they're quite geeky about their cameras too. They'll usually come in to show-and-tell their latest acquisitions. It's pretty funny, and pretty interesting too, even if most of it goes over my head. I guess film's not quite as dead as most people thought.