Expiration Date

I have chosen not to use the remaining film in the bulk film loader I bought a couple of years ago at an estate sale. After shooting and developing the film.  The films speed(ISO) is 400. I shot a couple of rolls of it at a lower speed 320 to get more density in the negative because of the films age. I found that the negatives just were not holding up.

 This image taken with the older film with a Kodak Signet 50/Portra No. 2 Lens. The exposure was 1/250 @ f5.6 and was not too hard to print. However, The exposures on the roll were just too thin to justify taking a chance on having a failure due to something that I had control over.  So this morning, I loaded a fresh 100ft. roll of Kodak 100Tmax into the bulk loader and will move forward.

gone.

Note: 100Tmax film has a purple tint it.

Some images are left to interpretation. What is included? What is left out? Simple or complex? This mural, painted on a barn in Polonia, was here long before I had seen it. Could I have given it a different meaning?

Thursday Roll

Thursday, I had the opportunity to run a roll of film through a camera that has been idle for quite a long time. The camera's battery was dead. This camera is a little more automated than most of the cameras I own. The camera will do nothing if the battery is exhausted. After a trip into town to get a new one, I loaded it with a roll of 400 speed Tri-X pan and started to shoot. The images fell in this order.

Bare feet on a window sill.

 The Monarchs are still hanging around but their sightings have become less frequent.

Self Portrait.

Dramatic Skies

All images printed on 8x10 Ilford Multigrade IV.