Lots of people took up new hobbies during Covid. I decided to expand my photography skills (and gear) to explore both digital and film. It has been fun and I have had to learn a lot of new vocabulary coming from a Point and Shoot Olympus TG-4 to a Sony a6400.
I also got an old Olympus OM-1 film camera out of the garage and bought a small plastic toy 35mm camera - the RETO Project Ultra Wide & Slim. It is just $30, easy to use, and easy to carry around. Buy it in the US at B&H Photo.
These are some shots from the Black Stallion Winery in Napa. I was on a bicycle ride so I took the Ultra Wide & Slim loaded with Derev Pan 100 B&W film from the Film Photography Project. They describe it as
Hand-rolled into 36 exposure cartridges, Film Photography Project’s new and spectacular panchromatic BW film line DEREV is named after the forests of Ukraine, it's country of origin as a scientific aerial photographic film.
A panchromatic mylar-based BW film with good exposure latitude and extremely sharp fine grain.
All my film has been developed and scanned by The Darkroom
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the dramatic statue and fountain at the entrance
same photo with some processing in PhotoScape X
A vintage GMC flatbed truck
mysterious doors
a vineyard wind machine
pipes full of wine (sometimes)
vineyard marker "Black Stallion Excellent Wine" maybe :)
I was there as a guide for Napa Valley Bike Tours
