Falling Up

seastack

Hmmm, what to do when you drop your 5d with your 16-35 L II and ... break both at the same time. Sure, I did that right off but then I calmed down. Well, the lens with its mounting ring completely snapped off may be fixable, the camera is not worth it. That was two days ago. I grabbed an old rangefinder without a working light meter and ran up to the store and bought a faded box of cheap Kodak film sitting in the sun, 24 exposures. Processing and poor scans courtesy of Walmart.

Shooting film with a little rangefinder with no light meter was, well, it had been a long time ... and I loved it. I was on the hunt with no idea if I was exposing properly, had only 24 frames, and it all just pushed me forward to make every moment count.

Oh, and I never once tried to look at the back of the camera ;-))

I left prints hanging in tree by the river bank, they'll find them today.

Falling Up
My backyard. East Fork of the Satsop River, Washington State. July 3, 2009.

Nikolai

OMG... I'm so sorry... :cry
Insurance? Canon Service?
Great shooting as always!

VayCayMom

How very cool and very clever, thank you for sharing. I love the way they turned out . And the last one seems to be upside down, or is that some odd tutu???

seastack

And the last one seems to be upside down, or is that some odd tutu???

Extreme tilt ;-))

marikris

I love them so much! I'm a BIG fan of hip shooting lol. I also have been going back to film (for different reasons hehe) and I am falling in love with my Diana toy camera.

whiterice

Fantastic work - especially like #2 and #5. Bravo!