Another SW Ramble, 8 July 2022

Unnamed dirt road off of SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, 8 July 2022. Camera: Pentax IQZoom (Espio) 928. Film: Fuji 200 I've mentioned here before how deeper SW Portland, the part of the quadrant not close to the river and over the West Hills, is still a "Here Be Dragons" on my mental Portland map. And I...

I Shoot Film Ride Report, 28 June 2022

Please note: This post also appeared on our sister site, the Bikes and Film Cameras Club blog. Ah, Portland, I love you. I thought I might be the only person to lead a "pedal bikes, shoot film" typed ride for this Pedalpalooza. But no, there was someone else leading one, someone I didn't even know!...

A June film photography update: Reaching capacity, again

MG. Laurelhurst, 5 June 2022. Camera: Ricohflex Dia Film: Ilford XP2 Super (C-41 B&W) Hello, friends. It's now almost two-and-a-half years since I got back into film photography. It's been a journey of more ups than downs, a good diversion to have during these trying times. In this time I've shot several hundred rolls of...

A visit to the mausoleum, 29 May 2022

Wilhelm Mausoleum, 29 May 2022. Minolta Hi-Matic 7s/Ilford HP5+/Ilfosol 3 1:9 at 5:30 in Rondinax 35U Down in the Sellwood neighborhood of SE is Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home and Mausoleum. According to Wikipedia it is the first and oldest crematorium west of the Mississippi River, and the largest privately-managed indoor burial site in the Pacific Northwest. It's big,...

Lucia and Moulton Falls Visit, 30 May 2022

Above Moulton Falls on East Fork Lewis River, 30 May 2022. Ricohflex Dia/Lomography 100 I first discovered Lucia Falls and Moulton Falls on a mini bike tour back in 2010. Both falls are located on the East Fork Lewis River in northern Clark County, Washington. They're about 30-ish miles away. While doable as a long...

Ricohflex Diacord Twin-Lens Reflex: A good medium format camera, finally!

Since I got back into film photography two-and-a-half years ago, "get into medium format" is one of the things on my list. Medium format film is film bigger than 35mm film (once considered "miniature" film) and large format, film in single sheets of 4"x5" or 8"x10" that go into cameras that may break your back....

Visiting The Portland Darkroom, 25 May 2022

Ships at night. Lower Albina at the Willamette River, 25 May 2022. Olympus 35RD/Ilford HP5+/Ilfosol 3 1:9/5:30 in Rondinax 35U I've mentioned before how lucky it is that I decided to get back into film photography while living here in Portland. In other cities you may be lucky to get some Superia 400 from Rite...

Pepin-Minneapolis 2022 Trip, Part One: The train ride out

The view of the Rockies from the dining car, as the Empire Builder crests Marias Pass in Montana. 12 May 2022. Olympus XA2/Kodak Portra 160 Here is Part One (of a planned three) posts about Emee and my trip to the Midwest for the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. We took Amtrak's Empire Builder out...