Photo Outing: May 3, 2011

Finally had a day to go snap some photos. I brought along 5 different cameras. I wanted to test drive a new camera and I wanted to shoot some film, snap some mountain streams, do a little infrared, and play with Lomography. I mainly wanted to use the Lo-Tech equipment. The only reason I brought my 'mega bucks' setup was for the mountain streams.

The Spring runoff from the Mountains is really late this year so I was disappointed when I went to a few of my favorite places only to find the water moving at a slow trickle. Still, I took about a dozen snaps. I'm hoping that by mid-June things will be at a full roar with the mountain streams so I can get some better images.

I was pretty pleased with the new camera I test drove. The first photo in this post was taken with the new camera and the black & white effect is 100% in camera. I enjoy developing and processing but it is nice to be able to take a picture and not have to do anything with it. I'll include a more detailed review of this camera at a later date.
It'll be a couple of weeks before I get around to getting the film developed. I usually wait until I get about 10 rolls snapped before I will do that. Still have about 3 rolls to go.

All in all, it was a pretty nice day. The clouds would come and go frequently and the wind would do the same so I had to keep changing things up but I got what I wanted. Also did some abstract snaps which I want to do more often in the coming months.

It felt good. I was happy.