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More cropped previews to tease things cooking because I get weirdly paranoid about putting art on the s0cialz

Second roll of my dad's adjusted based on the first turned out even better, technically speaking. Better density, cleared all the anti-halation layer the first time around. I'm tempted to extend the development time by another minute, but I don't want to lose detail. This roll seemed to follow immediately after the other, with kids holding cats, before shifting to fun times with his co-teachers boiling crabs, launching canoes, and partying with priests. 126 wasn't released til 1963, narrowing the window for these shots to likely my dad's last Jamaica tour, when he met my mom.

First pass on the 126 cartridges was a success! The negatives are fogged, fungus damaged, and need to be refixed, but I am quite pleased to have turn up anything at all given the condition. And much to my surprise, they feature tropical scenes, making them about a decade older than I was expecting.

Glad(?) to know my dad was as bad at procrastinating on getting film developed as I am. Among my own projects, I am chipping away at getting his work organized, scanned, and printed, or in this case, developed. Good reminder to not leave my own stuff sitting around for 50 years.

Dug through the archives for a submission tonight. I rarely crop things but here are some fun closeups of some of what I turned up

Capturing the last of summer

Solid day of brainstorming at @wrcraftcenter

Trying to get more work out into the world. I've submitted to a few publications this month, and am brainstorming (artistic angst) new projects. Photo on Ilford HP5, developed and scanned by the kind folks at @retrophoto_reading

Added this as my first image over on @cara_artists (find me @ albo) I've been following the creator for a while and she is an artist standing up for artist protection in several legal capacities. I'm perpetually skeeved about sharing my work online, and have a huge backlog of photography that has never seen the light of day. Took this photo a year ago when I was first moving in to a beautiful, but temporary space. Now I am moving into a less beautiful but less temporary space, where I hope to let my more creative endeavors flourish after years of stress and survival.

Been shifting back into darkroom and analog work over the last several months. First test off of my new-old #rolleicord was a blast. I have some fun digital images of this space to share next week, and a lot more coming off the Rollei soon.

Beginning

Added this as my first image over on Cara (find me @ albo) I've been following the creator for a while and she is an artist standing up for artist protection in several legal capacities. I'm perpetually skeeved about sharing my work online, and have a huge backlog of photography that has never seen the light of day. Took this photo a year ago when I was first moving in to a beautiful, but temporary space. Now I am moving into a less beautiful but less temporary space, where I hope to let my more creative endeavors flourish after years of stress and survival.