testing

6.25.04
Testing new Polaroid 180 camera
afternoon at home
warm, sunny, probably 80s

Photo notes
Now that I'm finally fully manual, I need to run a few tests, also helps me check out the camera. One cool thing I had never thought of is no need for a battery - no chance of erosion & a cool compartment for film coater where battery compartment would be.

film 679 ISO 100
full sun

f16 @ 1/125 using the light meter God gave me, which will never get lost, and if it's low on batteries, I should stop shooting anyway

deep shade

f8 @ 1/125
3 more stops light than full sun


f5.6 @ 1/30
6 more stops light than full sun


film 665 ISO 80
full sun

f16 @ 1/60
2 min dev, thin neg


f11 @ 1/60
90 sec dev time
better neg, but still thin
roller/film malfunction? didn't do it again, won't worry - rollers look good, could use some cleaning...


f11 @ 1/30
90 sec dev, decent contrasty neg
very contrasty light & subject

deep shade

f4.5 @ 1/15
2 min dev
5 more stops light than full sun +dev
thin neg but probably usable
held pretty still, might do all right at 1/8

all looking pretty good - it still would have been nice to get down to f 3.5 with a Polaroid 195, but this 180 was such a deal, I couldn't be sorry!

got to thinking...

June 24, 04
afternoon/evening
at home
warm, sunny

Went to the Crocker this afternoon, got a $5 piece of art from the ARTOMAT (after we saw the really cool "Humanimals" exhibit by Gerald Heffernon.) Got me to thinking about ARTOMAT art. So I pulled out my Mio and started shooting...

4th grade field trip

June 11, 2004
midday
Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Ancil Hoffman Park
sunny, clear, warm

Out with Mrs. Merdinger's 4th grade class. First we picnic in the park area, then meet the naturalist and another docent to begin our tour. We see exhibits of mountain lions and other wildlife, and see a couple rescued animals as well.

Abby, the naturalist, tells us about food chains, which the class already learned about at school, so the students can already give Abby the answers she's looking for.

Finally we get to go on our nature walk - we have already seen deer, so we're keeping our eyes peeled for more.



Our group's guide, Walter, shows us so many things, it's hard to remember. He points out poison oak - leaves of three - an another poisonous plant, which reminded me of Queen Anne's Lace, but I can't remember its name. He also shows us oak galls and explains the life cycle of the wasps and their larvae that cause it. We see several chrysalis' of a black butterfly, which we also see flying around. And Walter tells us that the caterpillars feed on low growing plants but climb trees to cocoon, to avoid flood waters in the winter. They will stay in the chrysalis for about nine months before emerging next spring.



Too soon our time is up, we will have to come back soon!

fun at school

June 1, 2004
morning
Dudley Elementary
warm, sunny

listening to animals communicate

mocking bird on top of rooftop antennae, sometimes sounds like a jay, then a songbird.

for a moment a little sparrow rests on the fence and chirps, then is gone again

puppy whines on the other side of a fence, probably wishing to be the students on this side

when the mocking bird takes a break, I hear another bird's song, farther away

A crow flies overhead silently

Later I hear a crow's caw-caw but can't see it