SAD119

SAD119 :: Pentax K1000 :: Pentax SMC 28mm/f2.8 :: Delta 100 :: March, 2005

As part of Photo Eye II, Larry kept pushing me to experiment with slower film. Or even (gasp!) medium format. I wanted nothing to do with either. I liked the grain. My photos weren't meant to be pretty. Can you imagine that coptic cross by the railroad taken on slow film with a 4x5? Sure. It would look just like everyone else's night photography.

These photos were shot on the UNCA campus because I wanted to put as little effort as possible into shooting a few rolls of Delta 100. I printed them for the final, and one from this series now hangs in the chancellor's office.





I ended up liking Delta 100 quite a lot, though I found it nearly useless for night work. It's great for new, shiny buildings like those on a college campus, but look at the orbs of fine-grained mud around the streetlights here:



Not what I was looking for, but Larry was right that I should use my independent study to try as many options as I could. So I went the other direction. Instead of slow film and fine architecture, I pushed HP5 to 1600 and took pictures of hot girls kissing each other . . .






. . . and you'll see them in tomorrow's post.