Another shot from the same series as this one.

Another shot from the series. This is the photo as I originally envisioned it a while ago.

I got this pic on my second attempt. I had tried to shoot it (and other like it, I’ll be posting at least one more) a couple of weeks ago, failed miserably, and reshot this Saturday.

7 weeks to go.

This is also my first attempt to use D-DX to develop Delta 3200. I like what I got better than my experiments with Rodinal at high dilutions and long times. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with that film for a long time now, but I think I’m actually beginning to get a feel for it now.

I took this shot on a lazy Saturday morning as a continuation in this series (1,2,3). I was still mostly asleep when I saw the cats start posing. In a daze, I loaded a roll of a very expired Delta 3200 into my camera, shot it, developed it, and scanned it, all within a half an hour or so. The film turned out to be very expired – and I’m kicking myself for it now as this photograph, along with others on the roll, has very special significance to me – it’s the first “pregnancy” shot of Marina that I did.

20 weeks and counting.

This image has a funny back-story to it. It was taken during a trip to the wine country, Healdsburg, CA, to be exact. I was staying in a boutique hotel and decided up front that I will be taking a lot of pictures while there. In preparation, I’ve spent hours scouring strobist, packed all of my lighting gear, home-made beauty dish and all and, in a feat of brilliance, forgot the bag with all the light-stands (and my tripod) at home.

Luckily, I had a couple of rolls of Delta 3200 with me, which allowed me to shoot my Bronica ETRS hand-held (and wide open) in the evening, with my lighting setup consisting of two bedside lamps and a dinky little reading light that I used for catch. Could this image have been better, had I had my whole arsenal at my disposal? Probably. In any case, I am quite happy with what came out.