So after 9 years of shooting digital I started getting an itch to do something different. I remembered with fondness the days of shooting with my Fuji GX 680 and getting that large format feel and the latitude and richness of shooting neg film...
I know... shooting film! Madness right? Well call me a glutton for punishment but its just something I had to do. First of all, good luck finding a lab that still processes c-41 in a dip & dunk machine. My old lab in Miami that I hadn't visited since 2003 had just trashed 3 large Refrima film processing machines two days earlier. Almost a million bucks to purchase originally were now worth nothing. Seems we'll be sending our film to NY to process.
After exploring several options I decided to get my hands on an an old Graflex Super D 4x5 SLR camera. This is a quick film test we did the day after receiving the camera. Just a quick shot of my son Jordan playing in a puddle. I love how the depth of field drops off so quickly, much like my old Fuji's used to. Plus it has this cool funky old feel to it. Add a little bit of magic in post and it tweeks up nice. Looking forward to doing some new personal work with it over the summer while up in Maine.
