Friend

Friend

I’ve a small collection of older cameras.  This is a portrait of one of my favorite people, taken with a Voigtlander RF, a folder from the 1930s.  It has a Heliar uncoated lens, 105mm, which is appropriate for the 6×9 camera size.  The film is Portra 400, 120.

I have done some post processing here, cleaning up a streak running through the film, as well as erasing bits and pieces of odd detritus.  I also pushed the color a bit, as the original image was rather pale – perhaps a bit overexposed.

Toward Dusk

Toward Dusk

Last month was hot, dry, and beautiful.  We have had rains, we have had heat, and so the usual beiges of winter have given way to soft yellows and greens.  At sunset, though, the geology of the landscape shows itself in the shadows.  There is very little vegetation to hide the rocks and inclines and erosion of time.