I put a roll of expired TMax in the Zero. Oddly, I was hoping for some funky aberrations, but alas the film still performed very well. It was surprising that I guessed the exposure times about right (anywhere from a few minutes all the way up to 10).
There's an image I really want to create in my little woods out back. It's a figure changing from my great grandmother to me, as it moves. But I'm struggling to get the conditions right. You'll see the barely there figures in one of the images below. Otherwise, I'm letting the concept of my ancestors living within me percolate for more ideas. I like this project. It's therapeutic for my own sense of belonging in the world...something that's a struggle. In any case, it feels super great to be putting time into film again. I know I've expressed similar thoughts before but it's true.
I've been perusing this album recently, looking for work to submit to shows. Going back in the album, I realize that I've never stopped using film and specifically making pinholes, for any great length of time. I also realized, that the work I've created since I've been living here in Virginia (how can it be 10 years already?), is every bit as worthy as the the work I created in California. The idea that my creative output/quality has devolved since I've been residing in Richmond has stuck with me for some time...and I don't think it's true. Of course, all these things are subjective aren't they??
The itch to print again (mainly in the darkroom) is returning as well. Even if that means finally going through the clunky process of building my enlarger again, and putting blackout plastic on the utility room windows. I'd also love to give another pinhole workshop...to share my joy!
The election is tomorrow. I can't wait for this to be over. It feels like a surgery that I'm not quite sure I'll survive (hyperbole much? I just don't know...).
Finally, I'd like to set up a schedule for my blog posts. Every day is a lot...mainly because who has the time to read my blog posts everyday...and also, how much do I really have to share that often? Still thinking about Patreon as well, which would change the landscape of my thinking about all this.
Be well friends!! Hang in there my U.S. compatriots!
you can barely see "us" here...
ten minute exposure of my ancestor altar