Film 365: Roll Two - January 20 - February 6

To be honest, I really put off sending this roll in to be developed.  I think I was disappointed that my first roll for this project didn't reveal that I was some amazing film photographer, who was just waiting to be discovered. Sometimes it's hard to just keep plugging on!

I was also nervous because I decided I was going to rate this film at 800 and push it one stop.  I had visions of my metering being completely off and a muddy mess of nothing coming back from the lab.  Fortunately, that fear was unfounded; my exposures were decent (though not stellar).  I would not hesitate to do some more experimenting with rating and pushing differently.

So, here we go, roll two in all of its super weird, grainy glory.  I was bummed that I was still missing focus a LOT, even though I felt like I was getting more accurate with the manual focus.  However, it has been a while since I shot these photos, so my feeling of accuracy may be based more on my current photos than these.  It's hard to think that I was halfway through this roll by the time I got my first roll back and could evaluate my skills a little more accurately. My composition is also on the boring side of things, thanks to, I believe relying so heavily on the split focusing ring (is that what it's called?) in the lens.  Centered comps all the way!  So, goals: shake up my compositions; move away from snapshot land.  I think I missed a couple of days, but I'll just stick in some extras from some other days to make the numbers happy.  My project, my rules!

Once again, all shot on the Sears KS500 with Kodak Ultramax 400 (rated at 800; pushed one stop).  It looks like all of them were taken with the 28mm 2.8 lens.

And I know you're just dying to find out what was on the vintage roll I sent in with this one.  Looks like summer of 2005.  Here's a little baby Charlotte and 4-H action for ya: