Stalking Light and Life

Stalking Light and Life tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010-01-14://3 2010-05-21T01:35:38Z days turning into nights Movable Type Pro 5.01 The North Will One Day Become South tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.309 2010-05-20T23:15:32Z 2010-05-21T01:35:38Z

This won't be a long entry, but it is one that means a lot to me. Going up North always meant something special - free time, weekend, vacation, new tools to work with, films, darkroom material, and so on. I'm...

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Going up North always meant something special - free time, weekend, vacation, new tools to work with, films, darkroom material, and so on.

I'm amazed to think how much things haven't changed in fact.

Anyway - there was one compelling reason to make a road trip up North: A shiny new device that's hard to find.

...and we succeeded:

Proud new owner of an Apple iPad

There were some things I had to pick up as well, like two covers for my developing tanks (bought a set of ze german developing tanks on that auction site, but they had ze old style caps), a load of film (TX, Delta, Portra) to stock up before moving, and a two-eight lens.

Somehow I'd forgotten how good this lens was - used to have one, but had to let it go for another lens I got in a super deal.

After picking up all our shiny new toys, I shipped my ol' trusty film scanner to a friend - hope it has safe travels.

Then, classic Texas road trip, we headed to the mall, and it was a weird experience.

Random fitting room lobby

Then walking around the place, we tried to find a restroom.

We headed into Joe Brand, and we had to visit a not so public second floor to get there.

It was a very weird experience.

Strange placement of objects

The second floor was filled with chairs and mannequins

After the pit stop.

Before leaving there was just one stop: food.

Quick, easy solution: burgers.

...what? A burger...

Then we drove all the way South across the border, and after a couple hundred of kilometers, we got home.

That's probably the last time I'll visit McAllen, Texas.

Hope life catches you well,

J]]> A Step tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.308 2010-05-20T04:00:15Z 2010-05-21T00:48:53Z

Every new place to call home must one day be just a set of empty walls. No warmth, no welcoming feeling - just walls that silently hold every moment you and those before you lived. The transition from stranger to...

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The transition from stranger to local is something I've always aspired to - I do not wish to become a local completely,for whatever we bring with us would be lost, but instead be a camouflaged local.

To understand the culture, acquire that which will make you a better person (not only knowledge or experience), blend in with the locals with the respect and tact they have, that is what I truly aspire to. This applies to everything I do and everywhere I am.

I don't wish to be seen a stranger photographing a remote land - I'd rather be considered only a "someone else".

Take one step at a time.

Hope life catches you well,

J]]> Fragments of Memory tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.304 2010-04-16T04:35:34Z 2010-04-16T04:35:37Z

Every photograph is a slice of an instant. Moments you live... some you remember, some you don't. We're only witnesses. What I can photograph is only as true as the instant passing before me. As a witness, I don't call...

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Moments you live... some you remember, some you don't.

We're only witnesses.

What I can photograph is only as true as the instant passing before me.

As a witness, I don't call myself a photographer - doubt I will ever do.

The term photographer contains a certain meaning I can only aspire to - this is a lifelong pursuit of images; I am constantly learning what I like.

This is one of my favorite frames lately.

As much as I can philosophize on the blurryness of the memory and the instant, I missed this shot and I won't pretend otherwise.

Hope life catches you well,

J]]> Film + Digital tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.303 2010-04-04T07:20:26Z 2010-04-12T06:00:59Z

I shot a night procession in Monterrey two days ago. Images and thoughts are in my new site: http://blog.daedalum.net Since it had been a while since I actually did some sort of reportage, it was very refreshing to try and...

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Images and thoughts are in my new site: http://blog.daedalum.net

Since it had been a while since I actually did some sort of reportage, it was very refreshing to try and capture the event and the mood through images. Sort of like bike riding - you never quite forget how to do it. I used two cameras, a digital body with 2 lenses, and the good ol' m6 with the 35lux and Delta 400 pushed + 2.

Once I got home, I emptied the card on the computer, did selects, slight editing (contrast / bw conversion / no heavy post or cropping), and uploaded my faves here.

I had a chance to soup the film today, and take it to a big store where the photo manager helps me out scanning and cutting my souped negs - after an hour I was back at home doing selects and edits of the film shots.

From the film shots, here's my favorite:

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Mourning women carrying an image of Mary

Actually I really liked this frame.

I thought of including it on the Daedalum reportage, but it doesn't feel right - I am definitely not including it there.

Eventhough it covers the same event, for me it conveys a different feeling... a bit more moody, definitely darker, and somewhat closer and more personal (yes, I know - chopped feet - apparently today's special).

Would you mix this frame with the digital photos?

What do you think? Do you think it conveys the same feelings that the digital frames?

Let me know what you think...

J]]> DIY-esque tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.302 2010-03-30T07:12:35Z 2010-04-12T06:53:43Z

Late at night and I am here typing away some thoughts. Scrolling down to the last visible entries I could see, I realized it's been over a year since I wrote all those things. I guess the hard part is...

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Scrolling down to the last visible entries I could see, I realized it's been over a year since I wrote all those things.

I guess the hard part is to keep certain devils at bay, and align thoughts and strategy to pursue desires.

I'm thinking "nothing" never felt better.

Here's a shot from last November:

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Voladores de Papantla shot on the m6 + 35lux@f16 + Tri-X. Xtol 9 min@ 20C.

I'm still unsure what's more my style... Tri-X looks lovely here and there, but I feel I've got a lot more experience developing Delta 400 at home. The developer? X-tol ALWAYS - that will not change in the foreseeable future.

Recently acquired some fine tanks to develop even more film at home - I already had one, but it was a really crappy one. German camera, German glass, German developing tank.... I think there's a nice trend there. Onto less gear talk... there are several forums for that... I'll digress.

Cheers from the land where time flies so fast you can't change fast enough to keep up with it.

Hope life catches you well.

J]]> Mar tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.301 2010-03-15T17:16:06Z 2010-04-12T06:54:10Z

I don't have much to say today. Here's a portrait I really liked of my friend Martin: Awesome guy in so many levels. Portra 400VC is definitely one of my favorite films on the m6. Hope life catches you well......

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Here's a portrait I really liked of my friend Martin:

Awesome guy in so many levels.

Portra 400VC is definitely one of my favorite films on the m6.

Hope life catches you well...

J]]> Everyday tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.300 2010-03-10T04:33:27Z 2010-04-12T06:55:10Z

Life as it happens. As it brings joys and tears. As it gives you all, then nothing. I drove a bit across the border looking for something that's been missing for a while. Not inly did I find it, but...

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As it brings joys and tears. As it gives you all, then nothing.

I drove a bit across the border looking for something that's been missing for a while.

Not inly did I find it, but I had an awesome time while at it. Small details of things that will soon be long forgotten.

The temporal void where I am makes me think of photography not only as a hobby, but as work. For good or evil the lovely L-word engraved on the camera can only be considered serious if the client (or studio owner) knows about photography.

In any case, time will tell.

Open doors, or doors to open.

Hope life catches you well...

J]]> City Lights tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.299 2010-01-15T15:02:03Z 2010-04-12T06:56:33Z

Homeward bound... this cold and distant city breathes and carries on... and so do I.I keep thinking about how unimpressed I am at what I am doing in my life these days; grasping all my hopes on the bigger picture,...

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I keep thinking about how unimpressed I am at what I am doing in my life these days; grasping all my hopes on the bigger picture, and the change from this apparent stalemate where I stand right now.

But it's all good somehow.

It's still me.

The next months will be awesome. There's this ticking growing louder in my head.

On my mind... a somewhat old, overexposed frame.

An ordinary rear-view mirror; as poetic and symbolic as it can be.

Hope life catches you well,

J
]]> Several months later... tag:blog.malvenko.net,2010://3.298 2010-01-14T21:39:05Z 2010-01-14T21:51:40Z

I haven't been hiding; I'm just way too busy. Busy with my musings.Busy playing the consultant job for a while at PwC.Busy admiring the delicate balance of everything around me.Busy thinking about her.Busy enjoying awesome news. I upgraded the blogging...

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Busy with my musings.
Busy playing the consultant job for a while at PwC.
Busy admiring the delicate balance of everything around me.
Busy thinking about her.
Busy enjoying awesome news.

I upgraded the blogging engine at last. Jumping through hoops, trashing database copies several times, and just screwing up big time with a server migration has not been an easy task.

It's been enlightening, though.

Sometimes you need to leave the camera to the side and see the world; see it before you can think about framing it.

I'll be back soon with images; for now, it's a time to delve deep into what makes me move.

Hope life catches you well,

*m
]]> A Long December tag:blog.malvenko.net,2009://3.296 2009-08-30T18:59:05Z 2009-09-01T23:03:40Z

About the title? Well, N and I saw Counting Crows at last ...and it was sooo awesome. The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show. Counting Crows and Augustana... they both hit the stage at the same time, and they both sang...

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Well, N and I saw Counting Crows at last ...and it was sooo awesome.

The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show. Counting Crows and Augustana... they both hit the stage at the same time, and they both sang lots of songs.

Pure awesomeness. Two of our favorite groups onstage.

Adam Duritz standing on a monitor, smiling...

So what have I been up to?

Too many things to mention.

Some things have just been awesome, others have just been things you sort of have to do.

And as usual, here's the small (!) amount of things I want you to know... (110 photos this time)

Like a roadtrip to Bainbridge Island... driving up to Mukilteo, and then up, up, and a bit farther, just to cross over at Mt. Vernon, and then South I-5 again.

I like pie... I mean... ferries film (portra 160vc or ektar 100 -- dunno) on the m6:

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The people on the other side of the ferry

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Everyone minding their own business

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Commuting sleeper... awesome to see how this happens in every known medium of transport

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Boats = members? Whoa, thaaat's sooo cleeeveeer...

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We didn't make it by 11. No breakfast for us.

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Poulsbo cemetery... and the big tree there

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Photo guys getting their angles

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This was cool - imagine how the sequence would look in video

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View from home

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Random Capitol Hill moment

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Yet another mirror shot. N+me+strangers

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Some old dude wearing a skirt, and some other guy photographing him.

Moral of the story: Rewind the film before opening up the m6.

Now shifting to the f3 with good ol' portra 160vc. First some leftovers from Poulsbo:

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Best Washington bakery E V E R

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The Poulsbo church - viewed at 17mm

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Tighter shot

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The cemetery tree

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Another cemetery shot

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...aaand another ferry shot on the way back

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Good thing guy parked in a proper spot

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I (heart) neon signs

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Bldg in front of the Emerald Arms

Now back to the Fremont Solstice Parade

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Before the parade began

I've realized that having more that 1 film camera screws things up. I know... maybe I just suck, but since sometimes I feel a certain camera would do fine, I leave another at home.

Anyway... when I ran out of portra, I put on a delta 400 on the F3. Still on the Fremont Solstice Parade...

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"Steal the rhythm while you can, Spoooonmaaaaan"

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The entertainer just arrived

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There's a bit for everyone there...

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Her outfit was cool

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This is SO European... I mean in every corner.. Paris, Madrid, Zurich, Stockholm...

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Mini-raffle... the grand prize... a scribbled Mini

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Bridge opening up for some guy in his petite yatch

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Paramount Theater's marquee

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Yah, right... we supported John Smith and his plea for whatever... don´t know the restaurant

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At the Death Cab for Cutie concert... more photos below

TMAX 400 on the m6 - leftovers from the Fremont Solstice Parade

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Police bike- check
Billingham bag - check
Kneel in the middle of the street - check

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After the Fremont parade was over...

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Another self... at City Market... awesome place... e

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They had Camper shoes in this store

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Bonding at a M's game

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Taaaaakeee me ooouuut to the baaaall gaaaaameeee

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Eventhough some people bumped into homey, he did not move... from his spotlight

I love the Seattle music scene. Looots of bands I really like. This makes me think about all the "cooool; trendy" hipsters that will go to the Killers' Concert (in either Mexico City or Monterrey). Been there... months ago. :). For what it's worth, these are from a Third Eye Blind concert. TEB rocks really hard!!!. This was with the m6 and Portra 800. These were edited in Aperture. I'm learning how to use it. Rocks on the MBP screen!! Not a big fan of Portra 800, though...

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Opening band

Digital photo... the place was packed

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The tones were NOT cool... but I like the red.

I hated the tones, so I just BW'd the rest...

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Late night coffee

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Party at Moni's John's - that sounds funny

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John's friends looking at his X-ray

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Man looking at an unknown booze bottle

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Note the small umbrella

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Typical party-geek moment

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The Triple door... cool drummer... her voice... hmmm... dunno

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She played a cover by Natalia Lafourcade... we were surprised...

These are other frames from our every-days...

m6 + p160vc...

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Anthroplogie @ U Village. Awesome...

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Another self in a dressing room.

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Boston guys...

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Van breaking down in I-5

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ha!

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Teamwork... gets you places

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Another Triple Door concert

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The car coming into the frame almost runs me over... to many's chagrin, I'm still around

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I think I had a Slice + Vice

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German posing... conceptually I like this. He has a twin (Gustavo).

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Big evil octopus coming out of a building

And that was it for that Portland getaway.

There's no sales tax in Oregon... so if you're thinking about getting a new laptop... you can go there... I did. :)

Anyway...

I took N to Ballard for a concert where Trespassers William played. Cool stuff... m6 + portra 400VC:

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The Olympic Athletic Club in Ballard

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Ballard post... not very different than the Capitol Hill post

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Guy selling tickets at the Tractor Tavern

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Can't remember these guy's name... they were amusing

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Trespassers William

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My former mentor -- ladies and gents... Mr. Brian Puhl. F'n awesome dude.

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That window up top... our place

Then, near the end, came the big event where they took us downtown in buses... and closed down 520 and I-5 at rush hour. Yeah... I guess this is how Microsoft makes friends... oh well... it's mostly MS people in 520 anyway.

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"Yeah dude, let the buses go through"

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I-5 being completely blocked just for us

That same weekend we had hamburgers at Pablo's.... truly delicious delicious stuff... ektar (?) on the m6:

The cook extraordinaire

Chris + Anna... awesome dudes

After a quick N-stop to Anthropologie...

This made me smile

Dick's. Yum Yum Yum

Simple menu -- shakes, burguers, and fries

Yours truly

Mariners! Well... I'm a Red Sox guy (since I met Hamza - credit where credit is due). Anyway... we went to couple of games... this is against the Blue Jays, I think... f3 + p400vc:

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Ichirrrrouuuuuuuu at bat

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Safeco!!!

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I guess he wasn't into the sport

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That day the pitcher srsly sucked

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Sea-town docks

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N + yrs trly

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Cheap rooms...

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during the heatwave

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Old fashioned frozen custard.... yum!!

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Paula - after I'd run out of 120 film

Quick rewind to Portland... using efke25 on the m6... mostly personal stuff, so not sharing more than a few...:

Garage in Powell's Books. BEST BOOKSTORE EVA

Naked Capitol Hill riders

Before the Death Cab for Cutie concert

Then, I got a delta3200 on the m6 to see what could happen:

Lovely sky

Gotta love Delta 3200

4th of July fireworks

Some strange Pinapple Vodka prepared by Nath and Amir

On the way back home - more delta 3200 love

From inside Hot Mama's Pizza Parlour

Across the street from Hot Mama's, and besides Linda's

DCFC playing "Your Heart is an Empty Room"

You and me have seen everything to see...
from Bangkk to Calgary... and the soles of your shoes are all worn out...

The Atlantic was booorn todaaaayyyy

Another camera shooting the stage

I guess these ladies really got into the music and broke into tears

On a lighter note, I remember a conversation I had with my cousin about Tweeter.

Two types of people use Tweeter: Truly useful information sources or poser attention whores.

Now, I wonder what's the logic behind microblogging for the second type...

I'm doing some very very interesting/cool stuff.

...right.

No joke, I'm getting beaten up and the police has actual crimes to solve, so they're not coming.

Awesome. That last one was by Perez Hilton FYI...

Now... really... do we need a microblogging engine to know that a certain dumbass is waking up? or dressing up? or being just generally pretentious?

Naah... didn't think so.

Bitter Moon is on the TV now. Love that movie. I have not opinion about Roman Polansky, so I'll digress.

Still, it's a good movie.

Anyway... carrying on...

Approaching the end of this kilometric post... ektar on the m6:

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Randomness

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Mommy's there

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Girl dancing for her college degree

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Cowgirrrrrrlssss

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Dudes amazed at her skill

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Tools of the trade

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Explanation of the work...

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Confiture... I miss this cat

I made an arrangement with a friend... she'd cook delicious food, and I'll make her a portrait.

It was an awesome experiment.... apparently I don't suck terribly at portraits.

N was the art director.

Shot with the Rolleiflex T, using Portra 400VC -- perfect for the light. Here's my fave:

Dramatic expression, and all...

Say goodbye to long-ass posts.

It's hard to define the past six months of my life in a single thought. I guess not everyday you get to work on changing the e-mail management paradigm in the world, or work with the most awesome team I've ever worked with (IAM dudes... rock on!!!).

Also... I've never followed the phrase "Work hard; Play hard" so strictly.

But it paid off amazingly well... :)

I've got the tools for exactly what I want to do. My favorite camera ever, with the only two lenses I'd ever want for it - too bad I had to trade in two sweet two-eight's, and a CV one-four to get those, but well... there's a point in life where you know exactly what you want.

Last, but far from least... getting home, seeing N at home (working her genius and magic over long distance), and just thinking that I'd become an adult... in OUR place.

Can't really explain how that feels... I guess you aren't there, I could suggest to cut microblogging, the rest of your bullshit, and grow up... but anyway it's cool... I mean... not everyone can handle being a grown up, and being treated like one.

And this is now... in a break from all that... listening to the raindrops hit the glass behind me, in the big man-zoo that Mexico City is... raining at night as only it can rain in this wicked place.

There's no looking back, and there are no regrets.

This year has been better than the last; maybe as good as it gets.

Hope life catches you well,

J ]]> Hey June... tag:blog.malvenko.net,2009://3.295 2009-07-01T05:04:32Z 2009-07-01T15:23:41Z

June in Sea-Town... Found: Old 120 negative. Delta 400, I think... stuff from Mexico, and Steilacoom. Father + Son at the market - Mexico City Fast forward two months... Drug shop - Steilacoom Inside of the Drug shop Mayor's House...

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Found: Old 120 negative. Delta 400, I think... stuff from Mexico, and Steilacoom.

Father + Son at the market - Mexico City

Fast forward two months...

Drug shop - Steilacoom

Inside of the Drug shop

Mayor's House

I got a pretty sweet deal on a second hand F3. Since I sold my F100 and the D100, it's the only thing I can mount my lenses on. I like the F3. It's compact, light, and handles like a tank. Don't know if I should keep it, or sell it

TMAX on the F3:

Center-weighed metering FTW!!!

Another one for the night series

Pretty cool tree in Lake Sammamish

Un peu d'air sur terre...

This is us... a dreamlike photo at 1.2

N was really excited to see Jenny Lewis playing...

Then I decided to use a PanF on the m6 - these are random May leftovers

Lotsa fun -- everyone had a straw hat in the car

*someone got a new dress* -- and I documented the fitting proceedure

Monica beholding the Columbia River view... and changing the roll. Now that I think about it, I had no meter for this one. I used Monica's reading and compensated for ISO50

Flickr "57R337" guys

Fast forward to Memorial Weekend, and a drive to Portland.

Harsh shadows

N and I happened to bump into a street fair on the waterfront

Portland Rose Festival

Can Art

Cute Kitty

Kids playing in a fountain - love the tones....

People yelling after being catapulted...

These kids will never see Ghost. Sniff sniff... the will never value the process of clay handling...

Ferris wheel... I am so in love with them...

The PanF ended, so I replaced it with a Delta 100...

This thing looked awfully close every time it came near

Motion blur...

Streets closed for the festival

Urban reflection

Portland building

Man looking out

Fast forward to after we came back to Seattle...

Smoke break

Better safe than sorry

Sort of felt like a movie set...

Doors being gentle to other doors

Push to walk

Some randon woman came, took her shoes off, and wore some random pair who was there... weird... this is the pair she was wearing originally

In line for the Jenny Lewis show

As we came in, I put a delta 400 on the m6:

Cellphone light #1

Cellphone light #2

JL onstage

I think this crane has been there for months...

Street love

The Nokton 35mm f1.4, ladies and gents... I love it...

More Nokton love...

After the game, Martha parked her car in the International District... you can find super random stuff there... music coming out of this small place was just awesome.

Did I mention that Mariners lost? I guess I needed not make it clear.

...And time fot more Delta 100 on the F3

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The sinking ship parking lot

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Alley. Random Alley.

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WS Ferries

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People on the ferry

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Sea-town

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Birds -- love this frame

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Walking on the rocky beach

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Poulsbo, WA

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More Poulsbo

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...remember the 40yr old virgin??? hahaha.

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Most. Awesome. Bakery. Ever.

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Inside the most awesome bakery ever

Delta 3200 on the F3

Street club - lines

Cookie Monster asking for change

Hot Dog Stand

Girl walking away from the work ahead

*facepalm*

All the people in the same table... a world of their own...

So... how much was it?

Cigarette break

Favorite street sign in a long while

Outside R place

Man + doig entering the Redwood Bar

Moar lines...

If I ever get back in the lab, I'm printing this - favorite frame in a looong while

And just because I've fallen in love with Ektar... I put some more on the F3.

Colourful!!

Anyone looking to buy a sweet 35mm AF-D?

Sunshine!!

More urban love

Flowers - a souvenir....

La petanque aquatique!!!

So... trying new nail styles? Broadway!!

JULIA'S!!!

Small dude opening his wings...

Broken pipe

Shopping spree!!

Self at 1.2... meh!!

Le penseur...

So that's it.

I am feeling much more into a colour mode now, so I will shoot more Ektar/Portra.

I have a pending photoshoot with a friend. I never do photoshoots, so I am a bit scared... more excited than scared, though...

I've been thinking many things lately... will probably elaborate on them one day... once I have enough time.

...for the time being, I think I've never been so well in my life. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all the good things that come in small packages - or a sheet of paper - or a simple tick box.

Hope life catches you well!!

J]]> Colourful tag:blog.malvenko.net,2009://3.294 2009-05-21T04:17:01Z 2009-05-21T04:17:01Z

Now, bringing that dualities thing back... here is the big colour entry for may... Portra 400NC and the ol' trusty m6. Love it when things say what they are... The best parking spots near my apt. I came early to...

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Portra 400NC and the ol' trusty m6.

Love it when things say what they are...

The best parking spots near my apt. I came early to get one, and failed.

Some construction thingy in Broadway

Cha cha...?

Blue/Grayish alleyways

Contrasts - Loud/Quiet

Red Pablits and red N

Then N and I drove North (like we use to do), and ended up in Canada...

I did not have a really fond of Vancouver, but this time, I really liked it.

Dock by Grainville Mkt

Balloon guy

Art Gallery

...and that was about it... I took a lot more, but traveling, I use much more the digi-slr

Some guy sleeping on his car... as I got near, the dog in the back went bezerk...

Dick's... Do you like... well, stupid joke.

Some girl getting pulled over... no idea why

The hallway in our floor.

Some guy smoking by the window...

My old ride... I hated it, so I gave it back, and got a new one.

This is one of my favourite colour films... Portra 160VC - again using the m6.

Pizza restaurant in Fremont - caught it mid-air.

I think this is my fav N photograph ever... the colours, the window, her hair...

And now... switching to 50mm.... and doing the tourist thing... TULIP FEST!!!

Yay, this proves how people just don't give a fuck.

Endless fields of tulips...

Think different... Tulip Computer... wait...

Ye olde tulip barn

Another child left behind

Posing

The best parking spot EVER... and I was already parked. Damn it. 1/1000 @ f5.6

Quite informative - 1/1000 @ f5.6

Photographing the photo section... how clever!!

My new thing is going to places, buying the city Moleskine, and scribble my adventures away. No blogs, no uploading errors... simpler times.

One Sunday, I simply woke up and told N... "let's go to Tacoma". I'd never been there for more than 15 mins, so she agreed, and off we went.

Portra 160VC

The first stop was the glass museum...

Glass fountain

People making glass live, in front of yer eyes

The museum has this activity with schools where they ask children to draw something strange they take the drawing,
and make that on glass. The first one is a coyote with rainbows over its paws.

Glassy toilets... it fits the museum

Colourful spheres...

Tacoma Glass Museum

Chihuly Glass Bridge

A post in the Chihuly Bridge

Union Station and the Jazz Saxophonist

Washington History Museum

Some random stairs

Union Station (behind)

Yet another Tacoma Museum

Glass Museum roof - on out way back

N sitting besides the fountain

Awesome pizza place near the Space Needle

Trees

Feeding the birds.... noisy as hell

Reala 100

Bastardized BW - Sorry... it was meant to be BW

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Another BW meant to be - Is that guy John Malkovich??

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Mooore mirrors...

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Urban Flickerites

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The Westin... cool tones

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The last bastardized BW - Kid with a spoon

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A couple that somehow felt perfect together

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Walking home from downtown

This other weekend we just drove North to visit Whidbey Island.

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the Ferry that took us to Whidbey Island

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Aboard the ferry

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Dude was hogging the place... didn't even let me take 1 shot at the water...

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Trees

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Look at the Reala greens - greens on steroids... oh, and the chess match

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A funny flower

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Found at the Whidbey Island Farmer's Market

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The Town Hall

Then I ran out of film, and loaded the LAST Portra 400NC i'll ever use (unless I am shooting under Tungsten -- which is not often):

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Admiralty Bay...

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Looking for a stone? I grabbed 4 and piled them up in my office...

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This should be where they recorded the Blind Melon - No Rain video...

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Fort Casey State Park

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Fort Casey State Park Lighthouse...

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Back at our same pizza place... awesome...

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I'd rather date Lorena Bobbitt first...

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Paula at the wheel of her Uber spacious Mini (for realz)... The title that comes to mind... "The Joys of Driving"

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Paula chatting up our waitress at Musashi... the lady speaks several languages -- not sure if they were speaking Italian or French

Last Saturday, there was a street fair in the U-district... very pintoresque, if you ask me. I had a good time with Thomas, and Arturo... Internz hittin' da streetz type thing...

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Arturo papping away...

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Thomas Texting

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Doughnut stand...

Then the rewind lever became stiff, indicating that there was no more film available.

Life's rolling...

I don't know when I'll post more.a

Hope life catches you well.

J]]> Black and White May Entry tag:blog.malvenko.net,2009://3.293 2009-05-14T03:45:31Z 2009-05-14T03:45:31Z

One day, I wore a jacket, and found an old film in one of the pockets. I had no idea what was in it, so I took it down to Panda Labs. There were some Steilacoom photos, and some other...

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There were some Steilacoom photos, and some other photos from before we went to Vancouver.

So here it goes...

Delta 100

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Train hauling an engine

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Another shadow self-portrait

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Bob... standing on the train tracks

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Someone parked in someone else's spot

Here I did a mid-roll switch from the m6 to the f100, and headed down town with N...

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SEATT LE FER RY TER MIN AL

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Push to cross

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Lamps on a dock

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The distant cranes. The smell here was awful.

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These two looked like a pair of flickerites trying to snuck up to people and snapping them away

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Juan Salvador Gaviota in mid-flight

Since I like concerts, I got myself a ticket for the Fall Out Boy concert at the WaMu theather.

This is TriX

Cobra Starship

The Fan getting The Shot

Then came Metro Station (Shake shake shake shake shake shake shake)

Then All Time Low - they are surprisingly funny onstage...

Then people got tired...

Then people said how excited they were, while children had a ghost-like appearance

Lights out, then one single spotlight, and flashes...

FOB rocking hard

...and sporting LED guitars

...and fancy lightning

It was a good show.

The next day, I found... strawberries. Lying on the floor.

Where the hell is the Velvia when you need it??

And so, the Seattle walks continue...

TMax 100 - trying to take notes...

I am learning to meter properly... at last!! 1/500 @ f1.4

I like these trees... 1/1000 @ f11

...and I sometimes hate the City of Seattle. 1/30 @ f16

Note this is a pink elephant... showering himself with a hat. 1/1000 @ f3.5

No idea what this dude was looking at. Maybe a pizza. Dunno.

The awesome City Market... with its awesome drawings...1/30 @ f1.4.

Dude walked in while I was metering, and just went for it... he didn't realize I was focusing the window. 1/30 @ f1.4

Free smells at a local U-District bakery. So very generous of them!!! 1/125 @ f1.4

Dude dressed up as a Star Wars Imperial Fleet Officer - Why do I know that? 1/250 @ f1.4

This gas station changes the phrases every week. It's cool. 1/250 @ f1.4

Here's the scene. I try to escape traffic going through a McD's, and this bitch just stepped on the gas, blocking my way... all because stupid granny thought I wanted to cut the drive through line.... bitch... 1/1000 @ f1.4

Musashi's... they are the ones who make the magic happen... 1/30 @ f1.8

Open tulips...

There's your regular fix of BW FILM.

Life's been pretty good with me lately...

Colour to come very very soon.

Hope life catches you well...

J ]]> Every time after Winter comes Spring tag:blog.malvenko.net,2009://3.292 2009-04-22T02:56:30Z 2009-04-22T02:56:30Z

Winter was cold. There were a couple of days of snow. The car slipped in the snow. Finding a spot to park is complicated in Capitol Hill. N got here before we had planned it, and it was awesome. I...

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(This is a tribute)

This is a film entry.

It had been a while since I used my F100. Amazing body... super tight, and a shutter solid as a rock. No big deal here. The F100 and the M6.

Delta 400 - m6

Can't remember where this was

After Steilacoom, I put the M Motor on, and misplaced the base plate. Contacted the US offices, and the replacement part was like US$350.

I was bitching about losing it when Paula said she had found something similar in his apartment. I tied loose ends, and remembered that I put the baseplate on the pocket of my jacket, which I took off that day during a dinner Paula hosted.

Paula found the baseplate of my M6, and I took her picture... she's cool

Paramount Theatre -- good venue

Ghosts at PF Chang's

Kermit making funny expressions

Typical Capitol Hill lamp post

Windows - metering experiment

View from the Needle

Needle homo-photographicus

Weird light coming from the horizon

Using a telescope with the M6. This was cool

Pizza - lonely night

Pablits on his way to Austin

Bob seen through an old 50mm Summilux

Bob seen through a brand new spanking 50mm Summilux Asph. Worth the US$3,600? Maybe.

Yours truly through the good ol' trusty CV 35mm f1.4

Last day of the Seattle P.I.

Lasagna night chez Paula. Yum.

Late night, post dinner... everyone on their own world

Man holding dessert. Girls in the background.

T-MAX 400 - m6

I like the contrast in this frame

Alki Beach -- Sunset

Auditions for "So you think you can dance?"

Having a burger at Dick's

N in between many many Converses

Teen girl with a mustache on the Needle

Dressing rooms - Anthropologie. I still can't get over the "Girl Power" I felt there. Definitely a no-man's land.

Waiting for the night bus

Sleeping guy at Barnes and Noble

Kermit paying for his lunch. Trying to play with shadows

Kermit and his little self hanging from the rearview mirror

Ektar 100 - This was shot on the F100. For 17mm you need the full frame to use it properly. No d700 for me for now. Maybe some time in the future.

I think this is where Nath lives. Reminds me of a cylinder.

Hardcore 57R337. (Wolf, B., 2008)

N looking around Pike Place Mkt

Man + Tulips

Inside a store at Pike Place Mkt

Ladies; Gents; Mr. Nathan Manley... master of his craft.

Nath's recommendations

Shooting straight into the sun. I love this lens

N + YRS TRLY enjoying a good ol' starbucks

The alphabet according to Anthropologie

Findings...

Cap. Hill pharmacies

The Needle in a random angle

From the O deck. Top of the Needle

Reala 100 - F100

Work laptop - Personal netbook. My adored kitchen floor

I went downtown with René and proceeded to document his day. It was fun.

"Downtown is too far to walk; I take the bus"

"Let's have a bite"

Not sure what he was having for lunch

Looking for the perfect emo t-shirt... tight and dark

Cigarette break before American Apparel

Thinking about getting leggins

Paying for the leggins

At American Eagle

So the Twilight guy is in the cover.

Nothing really brilliant. Had lots of fun, though. Should do that with my friends more often.

Dirty apartment chandelier

Evening colours

N posing on the bridge

The flowers by the window. LOVE this frame.

The flowers at 1.4 using the 85.

City Girl

Portra NC400 pushed +1.

This is the m6. I wanted colour for St. Patrick's day. Only had a 400 so I decided to push it 1 stop. The results are not thaaat bad, but I wouldn't do it again unless forced to.

Crowd

Girl with dreads... her dreads were super cool

Booze --> Friendship

Julie with a funny expression talking with Pablits

Moni taking the photo of some random dudes; I was giving her shit for so doing.

Nath + Pao

Bar Dude

Leaving the bar. Outside, smokers.

Another lamp post.

So that's about it. I'm happy... things seem to be working out fine.

I will upload the digi-frames soon.

Hope life catches you well...

J]]> an hour or so from here - Steilacoom tag:blog.malvenko.net,2009://3.291 2009-03-29T17:30:01Z 2009-03-29T17:30:01Z

After passing an x-ray checkpoint leaving Mexico City, I was wondering if my film would be fucked up, so I shot a lot of crappy frames just to get it developed quickly. What sucked is having to go through a...

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What sucked is having to go through a manual check thrice before actually boarding my plane.

...that's the curse of being a photo addict who majored in computer science. Looots of electronic stuff on my bag all the times I travel.

Luckily... *Gasp*... not all of the frames sucked. As usual, this is the M6. Portra VC 400, i think.

Second day. At Linda's with Moni, Pao, Pablo, and John.

Day three. Looking for a place in Seattle.

Random Capitol Hill post

Day three... Leasing Office

End of day three... At Linda's with Paula, Nate and Amir

After Linda's we had dinner at the Oddfellows'. Awesome place.

Yours truly.... photographed by Pablo.

Then we headed to the cinema to watch Slumdog MIllionaire. Goooood film. Funny thing it was made to appeal to a worldwide audience. Smart people.

Next day at Top Pot. I don't know why I love it so much. Maybe because it conveys a sense of sadness.

A cold day... this is the view from the apartment.

Some other day, I was online, and said hi to my long time friend, Bob. We are now working on the same software company. It's strange to take a look around and see many people I used to attend classes with.

Anyway...

Bob did not know I had come.

I im'd him, and he said: "So, when are you visiting?".

My response: "Take a look at my e-mail address".

It was quite funny... specially because he was not expecting it.

After chatting for a while, he said that there was this Flickr meet-up somewhere an hour away from here.

I've never been a big fan of Flickr, but for a change, I decided to go, see, and then bitch if it sucked.

And so we drove over to Steilacoom, WA.

The meet-up place: Bair Drug and Hardware Store - some sort of Ye Olde Drug Shoppe.

I lugged along some gear... because you know... what if you found something that will be awesome in squared neg...

Now I see that is stupid... I mean... you just need ONE camera to get the job done if you're good enough. (as long as you don't need to wire images back.... when photographing just for you).

This is before the drug shoppe was open...

Then I switched to digital.

I guess these were mugs of people who helped to remodel the drug store - being originally founded in 1896

The look from behind the post office booth - the place was packed

The wall of post boxes

I shot most of it digital... I carried the m6 and the Rolleiflex around, but being so packed, didn´t really feel like using more than a couple of film frames.