Rob. Works + Thoughts

Having fun with a battery operated string of Christmas lights. 

Before I started this blog, I documented my iPhone photography on my .mac website. You can see some early gems by exploring the following link: http://gallery.mac.com/laurennrob#100010&bgcolor=black&view=grid.

A couple from the vault:

Lauren’s has turned into quite the little chef. As such I’ve been treated to some pretty remarkable meals lately. I’ll probably start documenting the process in greater detail when we return home from Peru. Until then, a quick shot taken with the iPhone.

Wandering around the Athens airport at 3 in the morning, I saw this interesting group. Zeiss Ikon, 50/2 planar, Delta 400 pushed to 3200, and I can never remember my camera settings! I usually shoot as wide open as possible, and hand hold down to 1/30th of a second.

Yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of Lauren and I first meeting. We’re pretty low key about such events, mainly I think because we celebrate life everyday! Besides sharing an awesome brunch and dinner (and watching a ton of great movies) we also went out for a little bit to take some photos. I’ve always loved taking pictures but it’s only recently that I’ve felt a deep love everytime I pick up a camera. I think it has a lot to do with shooting film. Having learned on digital, I got used to the instant gratification of checking the photo to make sure it looks great. Obviously shooting film doesn’t have that luxury, but it offers something even better. When you’re shooting film you pretty much have to know that you nailed the composition and exposure. At first this is a huge handicap, you are constantly doubting that you’ve gotten the shot. After a while though you start to take your time and then you just *know* that you’ve gotten the shot without having to chimp. It’s probably one of the best things about learning to shoot film.

Fuji Instax camera and film.

Shooting, processing, and scanning a lot of film in preparation for our trip to Peru. This was shot on the Zeiss Ikon, 50/2 Planar, with Kodak Tri-X 400. Pushed to 1600.

I had a developed roll of film shot on a Holga lying around that I had forgotten to scan. The roll contained random shots taken throughout the year. I plan to use this camera a lot more now that I have a scanner for it. Medium format film combined with a cheap toy camera = fun. Ilford HP5+ 400.