Film

When your mother died.

Film, Inspiration, Leica M2, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

When your mother died… it was four years ago today.

When your mother died… you were only two years old.

Do you remember her?

I have a photo of you hugging her – the one in the kitchen – during that final summer together.  In it, you are overcome with joy, and she – she is forever embracing you.

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↑Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.

Dear S,

Rest in peace, my sweet love.

Torn film.

Film, Inspiration, Leica M2, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

This was an accident.  It happened when I was developing the film and now it’s flawed, wouldn’t you say?

This was literally the 37th frame of a “36” roll that I messed up as I was loading the film strip into the developing spool.  It was consequently unevenly exposed to the solutions; the film tore as I was removing it from the tank.

But the scene, the mood – the intent – of this image is still conveyed… at least for me.  I look at it and I’m taken there, to that quiet afternoon, even if I can’t remember all the details.

The image, like my memory, is incomplete.

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↑Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.

Late summer, Part I.

Film, Inspiration, Leica M2, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

I mentioned on a previous post how the change of light of the waning summer pulls me back to film, and here are two resultant images.

The thermometer reads the same temperatures (more or less), and the midday light seems as bright, but the shorter days and the chill in the evening air signals an impending change.

(please click on both images to view)

Leica M2 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4 [top] and @ f/4 [bottom].