It seems like we always had more time (and energy) to play with photography when we were shooting film. Easier, I guess, because there were no texts to answer, no YouTube videos to stare at. No huge gallery sites to look at on the web and maybe, just more time to work on stuff.
One morning I thought it would be fun to photograph Jen the way she looked when she just got out of swim practice. We shot in the studio and I sprayed her down with a bottle of warm water. We shot three or four rolls of medium format, black and white film and one of the frames (different from this one) got made into a promotional postcard for my business which worked very well.
As I dig through the filing cabinet looking for fun stuff to scan I'm a bit surprised at just how much fun we were able to weave into our days; in between work for clients.
I'm thinking that more fun shoots might just be my only New Year's Resolution...
This frame came from the perennial Hasselblad. How do I know? The two "Vs" carved into the edge of the frame. All Hasselblad film holders put Vs in the film edge. Why? No clue --- except it was a good way to tell film holders apart --- in case one started having wind-on issues...
Stepping outside yourself, would you buy that as a photo of someone who just got out of a swimming pool?
ReplyDeleteNot an ad for swimming. Photograph of beautiful young woman with goggles. I'm sorry....what was your point?
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