August Photo Haul

About two weeks ago I had a chance to develop and scan some mystery rolls of FP4+ I had lying around. It’s always fun to rediscover photos. These first two are from the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River area near North Bend. There are some cool hikes in the area.

Leica MP, Summilux 50mm f1.4

At some point in May I also got over to the Seattle Center with my Yashica. I hadn’t shot it in a few years, glad it still works! I flipped through Rinko Kawauchi’s Illuminance recently - it’s amazing work - and would like to do more square format.

Yashica-Mat 124G

Flash forward to August. It’s been a big month - aren’t they all? - so most photography has been day-to-day stuff. I did get to go to Pt Defiance a couple of times trying to get a decent shot of this park shelter in the foliage. (Including some color digital.) I’m not super happy with it yet.

Leica MP, Summilux 50mm f1.4

Fujifilm GF670

For giggles (and to get used to shooting 200 or 400 speed) I pushed two rolls of FP4+ to 200. I kind of love it…I just wish bulk rolls weren’t $160 now. :/

Leica MP, Summilux 50mm f1.4

I think it’s likely I’ll have to start using higher speed film; even in the summer it’s often too dark for ISO 100. I had some HP5+ left on a bulk roll (from Scotland) so I loaded that up and took it out. It’s…fine?

Leica MP, Summilux 50mm f1.4