I just took a three minute exposure shot. Heh heh heh.
Ocean
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Packed and Ready
My camera bag is packed, my broken tripod is folded up, and I even have a sweatshirt and clothes laid out. We are goin’ shootin’ in the morn.
But where? I’m thinking Salisbury Beach (sunrise at 6:18am) or downtown Lowell or downtown Concord. I haven’t decided yet.
All that’s left to do is set an alarm on my AppleWatch that hopefully won’t wake up my beloved Jennifer… and decide where to go.
Boston? Naw, not this time. Salisbury Beach and Lowell? Hmmmm. We’ll find out when I actually get there.
Warf
When the pics that are out for developing right now come back there will be a few more shots from our walk around Boston day. I really hope they come in today, but it could be any time in the next two weeks. As Tom Petty once said, “the waiting is the hardest part.”
Out Shooting Tomorrow?
The sun comes up at 6:20 am tomorrow and weather kitty tells me it’s going to be mostly sunny. Tomorrow sounds like a perfect morning to grab the camera and go shoot stuff.
But what?
I’m thinking of following the Merrimack River into Dracut and Lowell. I’m not sure though. Maybe I’ll go to Forrest Lake in Methuen, or what about Long Pond in Tewksbury? I don’t want to go too far, but I kinda want to get out of town. I don’t know. It seems like a waste to just stay in bed, but that’s usually what I end up doing.
The weather looks good on Saturday morning too. Maybe Salisbury Beach at sunrise again? It’s been two months since I’ve visited the ocean. It might happen.
I’m going a little crazy with all of this, aren’t I.
The Film has Arrived
The Balmoral
Apparently this is a condo complex called The Balmoral in Andover, MA.
Geese
I want to go back here one of these mornings and visit my geese friends again. They’ll probably attack me and kick my ass though.
I sent two rolls of film out for developing yesterday. I shot them both with the Nikon FG-20. On one roll I only used the A mode (aperture priority?). Here’s hoping I didn’t screw anything up.
My bank account and I are going to take a break from film for a while. I’m thinking of doing a great black and white film experiment (probably using Dad’s Pentax K1000) starting some time in late November. Until then I’ll be a strictly digital guy, but I’ll keep posting here until I run out of film shots again.
There’s a family vacation on the books for January and I expect to shoot a ton of film then. Assuming my film stash isn’t ruined by some jerk of an…
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Film Developing Waits
The first time I sent film to Old School Photo Lab, I shipped the film out on Monday August 1st, received an email saying it arrived just after noon on August 2nd, and received an email saying my scans were available just after noon on Wednesday August 3rd.
That turn around time seems too fast to be true. I should not expect things to go that quickly again.
Having said that…
I shipped two rolls of film to them on Tuesday September 6th… does that mean I should expect an arrival email today, Wednesday September 7th, between noon and 1:00pm? It’s 11:30 now, so I should be hearing from them in the next 90 minutes? That would be pretty freakin’ sweet!
Where to Next?
I’m not planning on shooting any pitchers tomorrow. The weather is supposed to clear up, but I don’t have it in me. I’ll be ready to go in a couple of days though.
But where should I go? There’s a couple of spots in Lowell. The river walk next to the hockey rink, and pretty much anything downtown. I’m going to be disappointed though because I’m pretty sure they got rid of the cobblestones. Downtown has a sort of 19th century nightmare vibe to it though, so I’ll still go. But when? No idea. I think a Sunday at sunrise would be best. We will see.
Billerica center has some nice things. A little park, the old church. Stuff like that. Concord is nearby and it has one of my favorite places, Minuteman National Park. I’m hesitant to drive that far for a river view when we are balls deep in a brutal drought. That might wait for the fall. Also, my tripod is broken (it doesn’t tilt anymore) so long exposures of the Concord River might not work out. We will see.
Boston. Cambridge. I put in for a couple of days off later in the month and one of them may include an early morning in the city. Weather permitting. We will see.
Is there anything in Salem, NH? Dracut, MA? There has to be, right?
Where else can I go? I might have to ask The Google. We will see.
More Bass Royalty
Holy crap! So you thought a couple of pictures of Geddy Lee and Paul McCartney together were amazing? How’s about we add John Paul Effin’ Jones!
I like to be a dick and refer to Mr Jones as John Baldwin, because that’s his given name. I do not, however refer to Geddy Lee as Gary Weinrib. I’m pretty sure Geddy legally changed his name. Not sure about Jonesy.
