Montana Landscape Part 1
Well, finally had a chance to get my film developed at Panda. I always come back from long trips convinced I didn’t get anything, and it’ll all look boring. Then I always wonder if I metered correctly, or maybe I forgot to add a stop and a half of light because of my polarizing filter (it gets complicated if I continually put it on and take it off!). Well, I was quite pleased with the results. I definitely shot less film than I had hoped to do, 5 rolls with my Hasselblad and the remainder of a Holga roll, but what I did get was very nice! I think I’m starting to self-edit better, which is good when each image costs $1 after buying the film and paying for processing.
I wanted to start out with one of my very favorite images:
With so little compositionally to work with, the cloud cover and the way sunlight hit the grass becomes exceedingly important. I took 3 of this image – one with full sun, partial sun, and very little sun (above), where it only hits the hill in the distance. This one had the most punch. I can’t wait to print this large!
After going over the digital images of the red silo from my previous post, I am surprised I only took 3 images total of the red barn. One overview from normal height (not posted) - it looked a little boring with a flat field of yellow grain, and a little red building plopped on the horizon. I’ll show two side by side of the camera within the grainfield. These definitely had a lot more visual interest, with the blur/focus and the undefined horizon line. I think I know whichI like better, but let me know which you think is more successful:
More to come! I still have 4+ more rolls of film to show off plus the Holga (currently being processed).
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Sneak Peak: Montana
The trip went well, and was actually much cooler than Seattle with it’s stagnant-air effect and 101+ temperatures. I spent a bunch of time in the prairie area to the right of the Rocky Mountain Front (Helena and northward). Didn’t take as many photos as I had hoped, and I’ll be developing the film in the next week. Here are some of the better sceneries.
Outrunning the thunderstorms and heavy rain, coming southward from the Glacier National Park. And yes, the breezes were amazing!
Day 3, somewhere in farmland country. Found this perfect red grain silo. Had to (carefully) go through the wheat field far enough to get towards more towards the front (and get the perfect three quarter view). Notice the amazing fluffy clouds. The perfect melding of sun, scenery, and clouds. The only bad part? The biting flies and mosquitos that bit me all over. Ugh, I’m still scratching. We all must suffer for art, I guess. I have high hopes for the film versions of this.
I also took 1 roll of Holga on some of the images. It hasn’t been the best camera for me, so wish me luck with those!
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Off to Montana!
I’m headed out to Montana for 5 days on a photo excursion. I’m going solo, so there will be no distractions! I just purchased a Canon G10 digital camera to take lots of photos on the way. I’m taking my computer with me, so if I find places with internet in the middle of rural BFE Montana, I’ll try and upload some samples.
Looking forward to a big Montana steak, long hot sunny days, (and the occasional thunderstorm, which is supposed to happen), and who knows what?!
I’ll be going along the Rocky Mountain Front (on the east side, from Helena and north), and up to the Sweet Grass Hills, which is right up by the Canadian border.
Hope to have some tidbits to show you all!
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