Approaching Storm - March 2017

It's been exactly 3 weeks since I posted here...I've had non-stop work and other things going on. So I have a bit of a backlog of images.

As we've been getting a lot of severe weather here in GA recently, I thought I would post some storm images. Back in early March I shot some photos at Amicalola Falls, on the East Ridge again, of a storm coming up over the mountains to the north.

It rained pretty bad but I had a little umbrella to help cover my cameras. I had brought both a Sinar Handy with 90mm Super Angulon lens and my Pentax 67 with 45mm and 55-100mm lenses. Here's the 4x5 photo I took:

This made a nice darkroom print. I also took a few with the Pentax:

 

This last one is also from my very last roll of Plus-X. So much for that film. I did shoot a few other photos on that roll that I will post soon.

It was a fun adventure to be out in the weather and luckily it didn't storm too bad, at least here.

Daffodils at Gibbs Garden

We recently discovered a beautiful new place to visit - Gibbs Garden. This place is similar to Callaway Gardens down near Columbus GA. It's actually pretty close to our house though - just about 40 minutes northeast - so I will definitely be going regularly.

I shot my Nikon SP and Bessa R2S cameras with color film - either Portra 160VC or Velvia 50. The daffodils were in full bloom so it was a great day to enjoy the colors.

 

And finally, one last photo of me, my wife, and my parents:

Doll's Head Trail, Atlanta

Been meaning to go hike at this place for awhile, so a couple of weeks ago Meagan and I finally went while driving through Atlanta. It's an interesting place and one I will probably revisit.

I shot some Portra 160VC with my Nikon SP reissue and Voigtlander 25mm f/4, Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8, or Nikkor 5cm f/1.4:

 

 

 

 

 

That's all for today - I've shot a lot of 35mm lately so will post more soon.

SPE at the Hilton - Orlando, FL

This past weekend I traveled to Orlando for the national conference of SPE - Society for Photographic Education. My friend Kaleb and I stayed at a local Airbnb because we certainly couldn't afford to stay at the conference hotel - the Hilton.

The hotel was very nice though and I couldn't help but snap a few images of the decor, especially the chandeliers:

 

I also took a couple photos of Kaleb in the exhibition hall and showing his prints:

More old cars at Old Car City

Went to another "meetup" with a local photography club this last weekend at "Old Car City" in White, GA. Lots and lots of old cars for miles.

I took my Linhof Master Technika again with my 75mm Biogon and 150mm Xenotar. Here's some of the black and white images I shot (on T-Max 100):

 

 
I also shot some color film - a bit of Fuji 160S (the first 4 photos) and Velvia 50 (the other 3):