Memory (of a memory) of a Dream

I started this blog with a story of a near-disaster, so might as well continue along the same vein. This shot was taken a month or so ago at a friends’ (they’re both friends) wedding. I took my trusty old Canon, loaded it up with some HP5+, and went to town. I had an awesome time shooting and knew that I had gotten some good results. When I developed the film, however, I saw to my dismay that the film looked underexposed by about 3 stops. The culprit turned out to be an old batch of Rodinal. When I was pouring out whatever was left of it, it had turned from a light pink to an almost neon purple. In any case, it took lots and lots of fiddling with the scanner to get usable images out of those two rolls. It was all worth it though. I got something like 10 shots that I absolutely love, a much higher percentage than what I’m used to getting. Chances are, you will be seeing more of them in the future. When I’m on, I’m on.

This is an un-posed picture of Laecee, a good friend of mine and one of the prettiest people I know.