I feel quite differently about the M series. In my humble opinion, the viewfinders are not a whole lot better than that of an Argus C3. Let me begin by saying that I am not a fan of the Barnack Leicas (all models that predate the M series) for glasses wearers. rolls when I had the chance! Some of these have been cropped from the 35mm frame to square format. All these images were on Hawkeye Surveillance Film, a nice C-41 color film from Kodak.
All of the following were taken with a Konica FS-1 that I had, and I have no idea when I sold it or gave it away, but I think I divested myself of all Konica stuff in 2015. I pulled one out, and it was from The Darkroom, and it contains scans from a September 2014 road trip that Marc Akemann and I took to Monroe, MI and places around it, including Luna Pier. While boxing some items, I found a bunch of CD's with photos on them, and yes, they are all labelled with the pertinent information. Things I am not necessarily needing to access until we are settled. I am currently decluttering and packing some things away for a few months.
#DARKROOM SOAK PHOTOFLOW FREE#
I am not sure when I will have some really free time to pursue these things, but I am guessing after April. Camera tests and film testing will be off for awhile, as well.
#DARKROOM SOAK PHOTOFLOW SERIES#
Right now, we are beginning a series of home renovations, and doing a lot of moving things around, some preliminary boxing up, and I won't have the opportunity to do any extensive blogging like I have. I have already divested myself of materials and equipment that I don't need or use, and while there will still be some junk to be tossed, everything else goes to NC with us.Īs some of you know, my wife and I are planning on moving to Asheville, NC later this year.
So, sometime in the next few months, I will be boxing all of the stuff up to take to a new adventure. It's not so much that one is isolated, but free from distraction to print and to ponder, to develop that next roll of film and still feel the magic that is inherent in the process, and to think about new projects and continuing old ones. Those of you that have a darkroom will know what I mean. A lot of "me time" has been spent there, developing, thinking, and isolated from whatever is going on outside in the world. Maybe it will make a good space for something other than photography, but I suppose it will get torn out someday. This darkroom has performed well for two different photographers, and I very much doubt the next owner of the house will want it used. I want to be able to do film photography workshops in the future, so more space would be desirable. Put two people in there, and it's awfully close. This is a comfortable one-person darkroom. The other sides are masonite peg board, which had been painted black by Bill. The walls on one side are paneling, and as you can see, cassette wrappers are stuck to it. I'll have to wait and see how I feel as a real move approaches. It's perfect for the space that it is now. I am torn as to take the darkroom sink with me, or leave it. I hope to change that in the coming years, and wherever our new home will be, it will have to have space for my new expanded darkroom. That seems a bit stupid in hindsight, but I really didn't want to be inundated with prints without a purpose. I used to print a lot, and got fairly good results, but now I only print if I am doing a show.
I have not printed a single b&w photo in the past 3 years, and I miss doing that. This darkroom allowed me to explore b&w photography as much as I wished, and I have spent many hours there developing film, listening to music, or more recently, The Film Photography Podcast, and WCBN FM, a public radio station at UM that plays an amazing variety of music. It also came with a 5x7 darkroom in the basement, fully furnished, since Bill was leaving that behind. This house is a mid-century home with real plaster walls, cove ceiling in the living and dining rooms, red oak flooring (which is just now being refinished this week). My wife and I did a lot of cleaning and decluttering, and we never missed our old home once. We moved a mile and sold the home we had purchased in 1984 and in the span of a few days, closed on two home transactions, cleaned the old house, and moved into our current home, which, because it did not go on the open market, was much like moving into your parent's old house. It was a private sale, and it all came about because Bill had been a great mentor in photography to me, and we always enjoyed their home. We purchased our current home in December 2002, from Bill and Margaret Brudon. I thought I would share some thoughts about my darkroom, and what I hope for in its next reincarnation, as in a few short months it will have to be packed up for wherever its next home will be.
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