b&n – Page 5 – Ink, Yarn & Beer

Singular

Sitting quietly, doing nothing,
Spring comes, and the grass grows,
by itself.

–Matsuo Bashō

While I love the convenience of digital, I find I am being drawn more into the slower moves of analog / film photography because of the subtleties one finds in film. The colors vary with film, exposure factors, lens and camera, and while it is possible to emulate them digitally, it just isn’t there visually.

Nikon FM2N, Elicar 55mm f2.8 Macro, Lomo 100 changed to b&w.

On the Ferry

Ferries are alway interesting. Coming, going, socializing, watching, wandering around, reading. And then back into the car. People collecting and then dispersing. Thousands of stories to be told.

Black & White

Not really sure where I am . . . have had a cold for a week, and in this same week there have been anniversaries and parties and graduations and memorials for those who have passed, mixed with all sorts of other things. Playing in the garden, playing with photos, a bit of this and that, but nothing that just grabs the soul. Well, not true – we had a wonderful graduation party! That said, here are some of my forays into processing color into black and white using the B&W channels in the HSL section of Lightroom. Kind of pleased with the overall results, and maybe learned something . . . what did please me was the simplicity of strong contrasts and subject matter.