Nocturnal photography

I had a near film developing disaster last evening.  My fixer was apparently bad, so when I pulled my film from the tank, it had not cleared, leaving the thick purple film emulsion still intact.  I didn’t think much about it til I called every camera store in town to discover no one sells b&w chemistry anymore.  All was not lost though; I met Tricia at the university campus and fixed the film.  Thankfully it cleared the film and I was happy as a clam. 

I’m excited to share my first bit of “street photography”, as in I was brave enough to point my Nikon at another living being.  I shot the images after my walk around town in the rain after a gallery opening.  I was frozen and hungry, and since I’ve always wanted to take pictures in a Waffle House at 3am, that is where I headed.  Granted, it wasn’t 3am, but it was still night and the mood could be the same regardless what the clock read.   

I’m disappointed my images around the capital building didn’t turn out, but that was completely my fault for not exposing the film right.  I was happy a shot of a cello in a music store window turned out ok (save the damn headlight streams from passing cars!).  However, I think it was worth the sore throat I got from standing in the rain.  I shot with my Nikon and 50mm lens, which I love because it’s such a fast lens and the camera fits my hand like a glove and we have such history.  Ok, enough rambling I suppose.