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When I was where the Minnehaha meets the Mississippi, there was a loud clang, and voices arose from nowhere.

Turns out, there was 5 or 6 people that came from about 3/4 of a mile up this drainage tunnel. The gate is unchained, and could be an interesting tunnel to shoot \ explore. Am I wierd?

(These are scans of negatives that Ritz didn’t handle very well. The negs are a bit on the thin side, and I adjusted as much as I could in Lightroom without spending a couple of hours each, but they still aren’t great)

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Saturday I wandered around with the intention of exploring the Mississippi river banks in Minneapolis, and while I ended up at a park I’ve been to before – Minnehaha falls park – I explored down to the river and saw things I haven’t seen before.

I took the Pentax loaded with b&w film, and my Tower rangefinder camera loaded with some Kodak UC100 pro film. I’ve got a thing for old cameras, and figured it would be a good time to play with my new lightmeter (Sekonic Brockway Norwood Director ~ late 50’s vintage) (I’ll post on my gear at some point in the near future).

The weather was nice – 15-20 degrees, sunny, fresh snow, no other people around, a nice quiet Saturday afternoon.

I decided to drop the film at Ritz (Ridgedale) for processing + their high-res scanning services, and no prints. Should be done in about two hours. I get a call an hour later saying their machine went down, they don’t know when it will be fixed, but will call with an update. Monday morning – no update – I call – they’re done. Pick them up, and after the order being $25 instead of $20 – I’ve got film and two CDs. Import to Lightroom and its pretty obvious they suck. Bad scanning levels, tons of dust, and oh yeah – scratched negatives. Soooo glad this is essentially a test roll. (I also have film at national camera for similar services – to decide where to get the rest of my film processed)

2009 or 1959?

That being said, I’m happy with the camera, and the photos it puts out. They definitely have that old camera feel – and I can think of some situations that I’ll love having that old camera feel. You just can’t replicate the old aesthetic with modern gear.

This is made up of 30 pictures of a poster I used to have.

I took these three years ago, while shooting for an ad I was working on. The Maserati Quattroporte is still one of the sexiest cars ever created, and oh yeah, rediculously fun to drive.

This first picture is taken at the Arboretum, illegally parked next to the hedge gardens. I love shooting here, but its always a challenge because there are a lot of people walking about, and you can’t stop for very long before the next car comes. I basically had enough time to jump out, run 50′, quickly adjust the exposure, take three quick shots, and run back to the car. This was taken with my Leicaflex, and a film scan with no adjustments beyond dust removal.

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This is my friend Katie, whom I’ve known & worked with for .. a couple years. I’ve always admired the ‘pin-ups’ of the 40s and 50s, and love emulating that look whenever I can.

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