Cleaned out my darkroom recently. Been pretty slow the last couple of months so it seemed a good way to spark some creativity and escape the the social networking learning curve.
Pulled out the RZ and the old F5 to shoot a little 100TMX and 400TX to shoot some self portraits. I find the self portrait to be a good exercise, It can really push you to look at exactly what kind of state you are in, not to mention the scheduling is easy. I tend to find myself looking a bit to serious and depressed. We’ll just chock that up to winter in SE South Dakota.
Started with some good old D76 that was OK, then dusted off some OLD bottles of PMK Pyro developer. I am liking it. Negatives are then wet mount scanned using the BetterScanning Mounting Station on an Epson 4870 then just a few adjustment layers in CS4. I think I feel a new direction forming here.
I am looking at taking a stock photo road trip in July. The only definite destinations are the Black Hills in SD and Port Townsend, WA to hang out with dad. here is a map of the rout I am looking at. I am open to and looking for any suggestions of outdoor adventurous people and places to photograph.