Film

 The photographs in my last post were made on my phone after I used up the end of a roll of film. I now have the scans from that and two other rolls of film. The results were mostly disappointing, but there are a few I don't feel embarrassed to share. All were made using my Nikon F80.

Kodak Ultramax 400. There is little interesting about this sign for a rice and seasoned vegetable restaurant, but I was attracted by the strong yellow colour, the strong shadow, and the contrast between circle and rectangle.

Around Sokcho Central Market there are sidewalk vendors who sell vegetables and dried or half-dried fish. This man is a regular but I don't usually see the woman who is washing chives for him. I made this picture from inside a bus.

My wife received a teaching award at her school and it came with a bouquet of flowers. She put them on the balcony table and I took the opportunity to test out the Kodak 400's dynamic range and colours.

The new English library here in Sokcho.

A photo made so I would remember which camera I had used.

I was sheltering from the sun in this concrete pavilion when I saw the gas delivery truck coming from a distance. I composed and waited for the vehicle to complete the composition. Click. Or flap, rather - the F80's shutter is soft and quiet.

Time for a new roll of film. Kodacolor 100, which is ProImage 100 by another name. I can get both here. The film is cheap compared to something like Portra, but the quality is pretty good and I like the colours it produces. This is an irrigation canal that runs between rice fields in Yongchon Village.

This is the Yongchon CU convenience store where I usually take a break when out riding bicycle. When the weather is decent, I sit outside at the picnic tables. When it's too hot or too cold, I sit inside at one of the table and look out the window.

I rather like the curve of the dyke going off into the distance.

The Christmas Pension. Is this open all year? It seems a rather odd choice of theme considering that most people stay at pensions during the summer months. Nice reds, anyway.

Ilford XP2 Super 400 film. Good stuff that the lab scans well. More rice fields. The dog house next to the utility pole is not for an animal to live in, but to protect an irrigation pump from the rain. It's quite common to see this in farming areas.

Yeongnang Lake. The wooden poles at the bottom are for birds to perch on.

These foldable hoods are for park benches. It was a bright day so I got some nice contrast.

Back to Yongchon Village. These vines are growing up the side of a pumphouse that isn't being used anymore.

I have four more rolls of film in the fridge, but I don't know when I'll get around to using them. Getting it developed and scanned is expensive and these days digital just seems so much more convenient. But I like the film look, so who knows? Maybe I'll reserve film for those days when I get the itch for it.