Getting Back Into Photography
Friday, September 14th, 2007I’ve always enjoyed photography. I remember doing one of those sale drives in elementary school to earn what looked like a nice 35mm camera. It turned out to be pretty cheap, but I used it anyway and got more mileage out of it than most kids would have.
When I was 21, I bought a Minolta XG-1 from a pawn shop so I could have a camera with me when I went to Jerusalem to study abroad. It’s a nice camera that took great pictures, and it still does. My last month in Jerusalem I took a roll of slide film and photographed the BYU Jerusalem Center. I got them developed and put them away except to look at on a couple occasions.
Just recently, I started using our scanner’s transparent media adapter to scan negatives, and I wondered what those slides would look like. It’s true what Philip Greenspun says at photo.net: “Color slides make you feel like a hero.” Seeing my slides inspired me to shoot slide film during my up and coming trip to Brazil.
I went and bought some Fuji Velvia 100F. My dad suggested I do some tests, by bracketing varying exposures. I took those to the lab today and I’m excited to get them back. I’ll post them here if they’re worth looking at.