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.
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.
Ricoh GR Digital II. And a half-dozen plastic picnic spoons.
Because, symmetry.
Canon PowerShot S3IS, downtown San Jose back around January 2007.
I’d just started working at San Jose State and lunchtime walks in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus were a nice break in the day.
I really can’t recall where this bike shop was, though…
January 2009.
A big bush near the northwest-ish corner of Varsi Hall on the Santa Clara University campus.
This is one of two fave shots of this beautiful pink flower, the other being a color TtV that I made around the same time.
Fujifilm X100S.
From our rose garden at the old house. October 2014.
We’d drive past this unusual bit of modern architecture every time we visited Torri’s grandmother in Turlock, CA.
I couldn’t resist getting a few shots using the *ist D with the Lensbaby attached.
Converted to black and white in Photoshop using NIK Silver Efex Pro 2 plug-in.
Torri n’me took a drive over to Garey Park yesterday morning. It’s about a 12 minute drive from the house. Not bad. It was a beautiful Fall day here in Central Texas. Not a cloud in the sky and low 70s. Perfect for a hike.
We strolled the meadow and along the south fork of the San Gabriel River, probably walking a little over a mile. I got a few shots with the X100V and she used her iPhone.
The morning’s highlight was a pair of deer crossing our path about 15 feet in front of us, and Torri exclaiming “oh, look!” and scaring them into the bush before I had a chance to raise my camera.
The only people we ran into were the young lady taking our $4 for entry (Tuesdays are half price) and right at the end, two ladies walking their big brown Standard Poodle, Bugsy. We gave them plenty of room, 20-25 feet between us.
This was our first venture from the house for fun since March. Seemed like walking early morning around a big park would be safe, and yup, it was.
Fujifilm Instax SQ10
Fujifilm Instax Square Black Instant Film
Fujifilm Instax SQ10
Fujifilm Instax Square Black Instant Film
Russ Morris. Slightly Obsessed With Photography since 1964. 