I missed posting last week, this week’s not as big as some of my other Tuesday Black and Whites; so I added some random color images to fatten this post up! And I dragged out one of my favorite cameras; My Olympus 35SP! I forget sometimes how fun it is to shoot with, as well as how sharp the lens on it is….
Still Loving the Ilford Xp-2…I need to buy and shoot some of it in 120 pretty soon…and buy some more in 35mm, I only bought three rolls to test it out! (lesson, always buy tons of film, even when you’re trying a new stock out, because either you’ll like it, or you’ll learn to like it the more that you shoot it…)
I just opened an account with FullColor Lab out in Dallas. I know that it’s probably something little, but when you have to fill in a URL for your blog/website and then a day later you get a call to say that your account has been approved and that they’re ready to fill my first order, I was a bit excited! It’s just the little things that give you validation… I didn’t know what I wanted to print, but I know that I wanted to see how they did black and white so I picked a fairly recent image that I shot toward the end of last year:
The packaging was first rate, as well as the delivery time; I placed this order on Saturday, it was printed that day, and in my hands on Tuesday…very fast turnaround.
I’m very happy with the tones of the print; from the deep blacks of the shadows, to the greys, all the way to the whites of the highlights!Just have to size it next time so that I can have a border around the edges, I’ve never been too fond of borderless prints, it was extra to have them resize and add it, just need to take an extra couple of minutes in post next time….
Even the grain is showing through nice. I can’t wait to use FullColor again! Maybe a gallery wrap next time…
Oh yeah, KRS-1 will end this post (for those that might not know the reference of the title of this post, just give a click and listen)
