Epson V600 Scanner

The Epson Perfection V600 has been my film scanner for going on 2 years now. When I was first searching I found several scanners that were a little bit cheaper and had good reviews, but I wanted one that did both 35mm and 120. While professional photographers would probably consider my $200 Epson a cheap toy, it has served its purpose well for me. I can scan 12 35mm frames or 3 120mm frames at once and do light color correction with the included software to get the flattest image out of my negative before I bring it into lightroom. I do have some issues with dust as you can see in my very "meta" scanned image of my scanner, but I think those are more operator error than anything. All in all I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a good dedicated film scanner. 

April Ups and Downs

The month of April got off to a slow start for me and in the first two weeks I only had two days of paid work. We had just gotten back from our honeymoon and I had more than enough film to develop and errands to keep me busy, but a slow month is unnerving nonetheless. Things kicked into gear last week though, and in a departure from the norm I was able to line up 8 straight days of work without having to turn anything down. A typical day for film jobs is 12+ hours, so I started to get a little sleep deprived towards the end but to me there's no better feeling than being busy with a bunch of interesting jobs. I snapped a couple of pictures here and there, but I need to find a nice compact camera to keep in my work bag. I'm between a fuji instax mini 90, or a contax T2, unless someone has a better suggestion. Tomorrow I'm off to work an aerial shoot in Tampa!

TBT - Holga 2008

This was the camera that started my whole fascination with analog photography. I went to Peru to study abroad in 2008 and brought a Nikon D200 with a bunch of lenses, and I did get some great shots with it. But one of my friends there had a holga and it caught my attention, so I borrowed it and bought my first roll of film. There was a place I could take a bus to that sold fuji 120 for a couple dollars that also developed and scanned it. I ended up having so much fun with it that the friend let me keep it as a gift and I took it everywhere. These are some really low res scans from a trip around the north of Peru that I did. I still have the original negatives somewhere, one day i'll scan them again.