Day 3
Black wire wheels | Disciples CC
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300
Fujifilm Instax Wide Instant Film
‘Roid Week Spring 2021
Category / seeing
‘Roid Week Spring 2021
Day 2
REAR | Miss Molly
Polaroid Colorpack II
Fujifilm FP100c, expired 2009
‘Roid Week Spring 2021
Day 1
Edsel | Edsel 2
Fujifilm Instax SQ10
Fujifilm Instax Square Instant Film
Instant fun.
‘Roid Week Spring 2021.
I might be ready for @polaroidweek
I’ll be getting out Sunday afternoon for a photowalk. 5 instant cameras. 10 packs of instant film.
It’ll be my first excursion with other photographers since February last year. Masked. It’ll be a ton of fun and I’m super stoked.
‘Roid Week Spring 2021 runs April 18 through 23.
Party time.
It’s been a hell of a year.
The last photographic event/outing I participated in was the 2020 FP4+ Party, back around the first week of March, just before the lockdown.
That week I ventured out on my own, but ran into people, talked, and generally did what I always do when I go out shooting.
Since then I’ve stuck pretty close to home. My choice, for a number of reasons.
This year the FP4+ Party be my first event/outing. Fitting, really.
The 2021 Party schedule…
April 5th – 11th, shoot
April 12th – 18th, develop
April 19th – 25th, post
By the time April 5th rolls around, I’ll have had my second Pfizer jab. I’ll still observe CDC protocols, but I think it’ll be okay to get out shooting if I limit my interactions with people.
It’ll be fun to shoot and develop a handful of 120 rolls. It’s been a while, I’ll probably have to mix up a fresh batch of D76.
A little less than a month to go.
Side note: I’m gonna hafta miss the GTX Photo Fest this time around. Bad timing, as my second jab comes a few days after. 2022 for sure.
Colors 6.
Car show peeps.
An experiment.
Pentax *ist D + Kodak Duaflex II
An experiment. TtV shots, all.
I cropped them square and cloned-in the rounded corners, where necessary.
I wanted to see if these portraits would work without the novelty of the rounded-corner TtV frame.
Interesting results. I think they work.
If I had to pick a favorite type or style of photography, I’d hafta go with portraits.
One person.
Groups.
Pairs.
Any camera.
All good as long as people are involved!
The car shows have been kinda key in my portrait taking and learning process. I like shooting cars, but there are so many cool and unique people waking around that it really is easy to find folks who’ll let me get a shot.
And I’m not shy about asking.
Compilation time.
Old Chevys.
I was looking through the archive for a particular grainy, black and white shot I made of a ’57 Chevy at a Goodguys car show years ago. Searching “chevy” on my old Mac brought up a ton of results.
After initially selecting around 50 shots, I whittled it down to these 27 photos made using various film and digital cameras, taken at car shows I’ve attended over the last 15-16 years.
Hope everyone’s safe and warm.
Charlie Allen.
Fremont Drag Strip.
A barely recognizable night shot from back in the mid-to-late 60s. Converted from color to monochrome in Photoshop. Shot from up in the spectator stands on the west side of the track.
I’ve started posting my shots from Fremont Drag Strip on Instagram > @fremontdragstrip
I was around 15-16 years old when I took these pictures. I’ve shared them in a number of places on the web already, but not Instagram.
