More of my favorite subject!

I've been working on my Black and White Darkroom skills. Luckily, I was able to pay a visit to my inlaws I spent some time with my two neices. With an old Hasselblad and standard 80mm Planar lens I was able to get some nice portraits. This image is the result of doctoring in Photoshop, but the fiber prints look even better.

I've been forced to rework my prices to take advantage of going totally digital for weddings. However, for portraits I have refused to switch. I'll be shooting B+W film and selling fiber based prints.

Going retro

I'm taking a step back from my newspaper work to focus on family and some personal projects. One of those projects involves shooting more film and getting back into the darkroom.

A recent purchase was a Hasselblad 500CM and 80mm Planar f/2.8 lens. The past few weeks have been a blast. I've really enjoyed souping the chems, developing the prints and the challange of square format photography.

I have shot several rolls of Black and White in 35mm over the past few weddings and just love the simplicity of the medium. Decades of proven technology is hard to beat! A it's proven long term archival process! Sadly, digital (for all its wonders) has made film an economic burden to most wedding photographers.