Week 8 - A New Toy

I inherited a Polaroid 600 from my friend Leilah last week. She has too many cameras so I volunteered to help relieve her of the excess. You might be thinking why would I want a Polaroid they stopped making film a number of years ago, but film is still available. A group called The Impossible Project still produces film. I picked up a box of their Silver Shade film at the local camera shop and I was off shooting.

The camera does take some getting used to and the film is very sensitive to cold temperatures so shooting with it yesterday may not have been the best idea. There are some artifacts on the shots from when I put them in my pocket to keep them warm but I think it adds a little character.

The Market




Starbucks in Seattle


Camera: Polaroid 600
Location: Seattle, WA

Week 7: When The Moon Hits Your Eye

For the past 2 nights I've packed up my camera and tripod, drove into West Seattle to photograph the full moon. Last night the clouds did not co-operate and there was no moon. Tonight was a different story. An hour standing outside in the freezing cold paid off. My favorite photos from the past 2 evenings can be found here



Camera: Canon 7d
Location: Seattle, WA

Week 5 & 6 - Weekend in San Francisco

I'm cheating a bit and combining weeks 5 & 6 into a single post. The photos were taken across the 2 weeks as the weeks for the project run Sunday to Saturday. I'm also cheating by including more than 1 shot for each week.

I spent last weekend in San Francisco, the weather was great. I took a nice bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito on Saturday. Prior to the bike ride I had lunch at Pier 39 overlooking Alcatraz. The ride over to the bridge was beautiful, tons of people around but I managed not to run into any of them on the bike.

From Sausalito I took the ferry back, Ike unfortunately misbehaved on the boat:

Sunday I headed across the bridge again but this time in a car the destination Muir Woods. Wow the trees were amazing, I am afraid my photos just don't do them justice.

For all the photos from the weekend check out the set on Flickr.

Camera: Canon 7D
Location: San Fransisco, CA

Week 4 Birdy

Birdy
Originally uploaded by expatdawn

As a change of pace this week's photo was taken with my droid. It makes a handy multi-purpose point & shoot. Without the droid I wouldn't have been able to get this shot since as soon as I walked into the aviary room at the zoo my camera lens fogged up. Just a teeny bit of a temperature difference between the outside and the inside.


Camera: Android
Location: Seattle, WA

Kodachrome

This week I got the 2 rolls of Kodachrome I shot back from Dwayne's. When I looked at the scanned CD I was incredibly disappointed with the quality. The pictures were all faded and had a very bluish tint. Looking at the slides themselves they seemed to be fine.

I took the slides and headed over to Glazer's to see if they could scan one in so I could confirm that the scan job was done incorrectly. The scan quickly revealed that all was good. This led to the purchase of a Canon 9000F. I could have rented but I figure I will get more use of this over the years since I have started shooting film again so it was worth the investment.

This is my scan of the last picture I shot on Kodachrome.



To see all my favorite Kodachrome shots from my trips to Victoria and Hawaii see here.

I also shot this with my Canon 7D.

Which do you prefer?

Week 3 - The Return of Ike

Breakfast time
Originally uploaded by expatdawn

Last year I was bad and didn't take Ike out any of my outings and adventures. This year as part of the 52 week project I plan to take him out more often. Expect to see him in more photos as the year progresses.

For those of you not familiar with Ike you can learn all about where he came from and the adventures he's been on.

This picture was taken at Red Door in Fremont prior to the monthly photo stroll with the Seattle Flickrites. All photos from the stroll can be found here.

Camera: Canon 7D
Location: Seattle, WA

Week 2 - Needles

Week 2 - Needles
Originally uploaded by expatdawn

Yesterday I took a crash course in B & W photography at Photographic Center Northwest offered via Groupon. It has been years since I had been in a darkroom and developed my own prints. This is a scanned copy of my print. I definitely miss printing in the darkroom and am considering etiher taking a longer course at PCNW or getting a membership there.

I am also attempting to post this directly to the blog from the "Share This" feature on Flickr. Hopefully it works out ok.


Camera: Pentax K1000
Location: Seattle