Time Capsule

Way back when the pandemic started I decided to load some film and take photos of my kids remote schooling and other things as we were all suck at home together. I figured it would be a nice project to work on until things got better. I’ve been having problems for a while getting into the photography groove again and hoped this would help.

Yeah I know. Things never got better. Yes the kids made it back to school for  relatively normal year but I never got into a groove. Still haven’t really. I forgot about my roll in 2020 and only picked it up to kill it a couple months ago. Then I found out that the place where I used to develop film had shut down during the pandemic and had to find a new one.

Was a lot of fun to finally see my pictures though. I haven’t had a  proper time capsule like this in decades.

I also discovered that I did take my camera out a couple times in summer 2020 and winter 2020/21 even though I’d completely forgotten doing so.

And the last couple of shots killing the roll this year.

A roll of TMax

A roll of film from last summer. I started this one when we went to go see the Vintage Base Ball game since I wanted my largest possible negative but I also brought it to Obon.

Film backlog, my first slides

So this is a roll of film I got from Marc in the summer of 2018. Since I had never shot film before, I loaded up some Provia 100 and immediately started shooting. Unfortunately I didn’t have anywhere to process my film until I returned to California the following summer.

I’ve been too busy since then to properly scan film and finish off this roll until now. Which means this is all photos that are from August 2018 and I’m a full year and a half behind in getting them up anywhere.

Most of these photos ran super blue in the scans as if I underexposed just the reds. Some of this could be emulsion response but I think It’s mostly because I chose to err on the side of underexposing everything. I don’t know how accurate the speeds on my Yashicamat are plus I’m using my iPhone as a light meter so I figured better safe than sorry.

Buttes film

Working through my film backlog brings me another roll of film from like ten months ago. Most of these are from the Sierra Buttes hike.

One year ago

It’s been a long time since I did a one-roll post. This is a roll of film I stuck in my camera literally a year ago. It looks like Winter but really starts off with the first day of “Spring” and pretty much stays in the camera until the first day of Summer.

Summer film, roll 3

Continuing from last week. This roll finishes up the Packer trip with photos from the Tamarack Trail and then includes photos from the rest of summer such as our trip to Pomponio and to San Francisco (where I visited Pier 24 and SFMOMA).

Summer film, roll 2

Continuing from last week, this roll includes photos from Long Lake, Bear Lake, Sand Pond, Lower Sardine Lake, and the Tamarack trail.

Summer film, roll 1

I’ve finally got around to scanning film from last summer. I’ll post things a roll at a time since I’ve already posted about the events the cover. This roll includes photos from Packer Lake, Saxonia, and Frazier Falls.

Last roll of the school year

Moving roll

Shot about half of this in California before my move. Finished off the rest in New Jersey. Is interesting. The California photos are all from last-before-move moments. And the New Jersey ones are all scoping out the new territory.