Proof that film is not dead

[iCe]

I resurrected this from last years images just for Wayne (Venchka), Brian (Tapper), and Tiffany....where the heck are Brian and Tiffany by the way????

[andyz]

This digital thing is a fad, right? :)

[iCe]

Originally Posted by andyz

This digital thing is a fad, right? :)

Well that billboard isn't advertising memory cards

[Cybastean]

Wow. You gotta be pretty old even to remember flash bulbs. I wish I didn't.

[Big Dog]

Originally Posted by Cybastean

Wow. You gotta be pretty old even to remember flash bulbs.

I beg your pardon!

[venchka]

I actually own two contraptions, no-wait-3, that are used with flashbulbs. I also know where I can lay my hands on a couple boxes of the small peanut size flashbulbs. They put out gobs of light. I shot my first wedding with a TLR & flashbulbs. Funny thing: the client couldn't tell the difference in the enlargements.

I'm going out tonight with some new stuff. Try my new toys out on a local band. Film at 11.

Last I heard, Tiffany had a new darkroom. I am tres jealous!

[tiffany]

i'm here! that sign is kind of creepy, well the 'white's city' part is.

and i do have my darkroom wayne, but the chemicals are a pain in the butt to mix. school will be starting soon and i will have no time to play. :/

[Concisus Cognatus]

Geez, at first glance I thought it said "Whites Only". ROFLMAO

[iCe]

For those that may not know... Whites City is just outside of Carlsbad Caverns.

[venchka]

That sign brings back memories. Burma Shave signs, Rock City signs, the drug store in South Dakota (Wall Drug? maybe). Last weekend I was in the French quarter. I saw a number of old yellow Kodak signs outside shops. I didn't see any yellow boxes inside. Come to think of it, I don't think I took a single picture of one of those signs. DUMB!

Tiffany: I'm pretty sure you can get all your chemicals in liquid form. All you need to do for use is dilute them with distilled water. Rodinal, HC110 & several Ilford developers come in liquid concentrate.

On to the quote from Randy in Oklahoma posted on the Large Format Forum. I've been thinking about this and Randy summed up my thoughts perfectly. I can't do many things with my hands. I'm no carpenter, scuptor, potter, can't draw. But I can make a fair to middlin photograph with my hands.

Don't shout me down. Like Percy, I did use digis. In school, we spent one semester of class on digis and Photoshop. They may well indeed have their foot permanantly implanted in the world of photography. Just not in my little world. To me, there is nothing like the feeling you get when you see that image pop up on the negative. Or the rush from pulling the print from the developer and having in your hands something that you created on your own. Something that no other person alive on the face of the earth can duplicate. Close maybe, but not exactly. It is a one-of-a-kind, uniquely yours, masterpiece. And sorta similar to Percy, I don't even own a scanner. Just no interest.

Be safe Michael! Where the heck is Falfurrias anyway?

Y'all be good and have fun.

[iCe]

Falfurrias is down yonder Southwest of Kingsville.

[fran reisner]

Originally Posted by Big Dog

I beg your pardon!

Me too!!!!

[iCe]

Not me.. I don't remember those cool little ice cube flash bulbs for the instamatics...
or the ... never mind

[iCe]

BTW- I wonder if the sign maker intentionally matched the slope with the background?

[venchka]

Whoa, that would be freaky.