back in mid-august when i attended blog camp 1.5, we visited stonehenge. i had the old family heirloom rolleiflex TLR camera with me and i loaded it with a roll of Kodak ektachrome professional film that had expired in 1991. well, after the film spent several weeks at my local camera shop where they were befuddled by the fact that not only was it 120 film but professional film and expired to boot, they finally sent it off for processing at a place that could do that and i just got it back today. and these are a couple of the results. i do so adore that you have no idea how expired film will behave. this, coupled with my inexperience with the rolleiflex produced these overexposed shots. but i love them. even more because i managed not to get any of the crowds of people standing behind ropes around the perimeter in the shots. so i think they do justice to stonehenge's inherent mystical, ethereal feel. and i'm pretty pleased that i remembered to do polly's signature skewed shot, which also seems to fit stonehenge.
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Did ya know ... Washington State has it's own Stonehedge
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WA-Stonehenge.html
I was just reading an atricle today (in the guardian maybe? cant remember) about how film photography with expired film is in vogue. i think you demonstrate why!
love the dreamy purples and blues
The overexposed, wonky pictures work! Enjoy your time away!
i live near there.
Stonehenge is awesome. But I really love Avesbury, a similar thing, except there is a road to the village through the stones. Very... odd? Surreal at dusk when they look like giants.
it just occurred to me that last week i've been making photos on a film that has stayed in our unused SLR for about... five years? i'm taking it for developing later today, so i'm curious what will come out of it.
I love unexpected beauty like this!
I think they should paint Stonehenge purple...something about it just makes the whole thing more Awesome. ;o)
xox
I once found a several-years-expired roll of film in the kitchen junk drawer and sent it for processing. The photos came back with the most interesting magenta skies.
This totally works for Stonehenge... and this takes me back and reminds me of the photo of our feet.
The overexposing certainly gives it a different feel. But different is rarely wrong. Cool perspective!
Shooting expired film is like a box of chocolates . . . except you can always count on what we in the photo business call blagenta.
love them! I want to see them all :-) and of course I want a rolleiflex...
Fantastic!! Love them...think the lenses might need a wee clean? Love that wonky one in particular. x
love those shots!
i've never used a medium format camera but really want to. now i have one more reason, seeing your results! :)
The overexposure works in these shots! Amazed you could find a photo lab to handle the film. Well done, you!
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