Forsaken by Morpheus
QOTD: "Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults."
I should be asleep, but I fell asleep before I even made dinner, so yeah. An IM woke me up and now I await the doom of Thursday's consciousness at work. Lacking any better ideas of what do do with my sudden awakeness, I made some scrambled eggs. It seemed like the right thing to do. I did some fast (heh) editing on some photos and not much else.
My B&H order came in today and I got film (Fuji Neopan 1600 & Neopan SS and Ilford FH4+) and a changing bag to be used with my infrared. I figured a 17x17" bag would be adequate, but it's going to be pushing it a bit. I discovered that my arms are too thin to really effectively seal the elastic arm holes, which was slightly insulting. I'll still be able to use it, but I'll have to get my arms farther into the bag, which will reduce my effective working area. I was planning on using the bag to do the reel loading, too, but I'm not so sure that can happen. Not that I have any other choice. My bathroom is far from lightproof, much less infrared lightproof. I'm just going to have to see how it goes. All I need now before I start shooting it is a really expensive filter. I could use the #25 red that I have now, but if I'm going to shoot HIE, I want at least a #29, but preferably a #72. Ridiculous expense. I need to sit down with a sensitivity chart of the remaining infrared and near-infrared films and check their range to see what kind of results I could expect from a #72 filter. Might not be worth it if I can only really use it on the three rolls of HIE I have. It's not a priority, but I've been looking forward to using this film and it's been a while since I've gotten excited about something like I have about this. I think it's because the potential for things to go wrong is so extremely high.
It's been wonderful weather here the last few days. Temperatures in the 70s. It's really just a cruel trick before February when everyone will start to freeze to death in the muggy south Mississippi cold. Nothing quite like the atmosphere freezing your flesh as it slowly sinks into your body, penetrating your bones and stopping your heart. While I've said on a few occasions that I sometimes wonder if I should actually be living in a colder climate, when it gets cold those thoughts abandon me rather directly. And the last few days, when I had the heat and A/C off in my apartment (for the most part) and while I could drive around with the windows down in my car, I remember that nice weather is not cold weather. It makes me miss Florida.
I have to shoot a quarterly awards ceremony tomorrow today. I was going to cut my hair so that I would look decent, but alas. I'm not especially interested in shooting the ceremony or sitting through it. I miss doing class graduations, where speeches varied. At big events it's always the same things. The importance of family (I find this to possess some minor irony, but I'll leave that to you). How winners/awardees/promotees didn't do it alone, but were part of a team (despite the team not being awarded). And some variation on the theme of responsibility. Now the one graduation I did for the Marines was a stark contrast to the many I did for the Air Force weather course. The Marines' ceremony was fairly rigid and the students equally so. It was interesting because they did all of the same things an ALS class would do for a graduation, but it was like there was no humanity. I suppose that's kind of their purpose, but it was very striking. The weather folks were full of usefulness. The former squadron commander was simply delightful to hear speak and she always had really good lessons/advice to relate (be the expert in your area, set the standard, leave things better than they were when you got there, don't be afraid to speak up just because of your rank, etc.). What was even more amazing is that not once did I hear a duplicate story or recommendation. Similar themes, yeah, but it was always different. She often thanked me for coming (as if I had a choice) and I once said, "It's a pleasure. I love listening to your speeches." "They're just stories," she replied modestly with all the non-verbals of a blush, but without an actual blush. I was sad when she left.
I developed the HP5+ that Leslie gave me from the wedding. The developing went just fine with the new fix and the Rodinal did a good job with the grain, I think. I need to get them converted to digital, but the negatives look good. A few small water spots (no idea how that happened) but a bit of microfiber buffing should handle that. Might do the digitization this weekend. I still need to develop the Neopan 1600 I shot. Might do that this weekend, too. Haven't decided. I really need to cook.
Time for sleep attempts.
I should be asleep, but I fell asleep before I even made dinner, so yeah. An IM woke me up and now I await the doom of Thursday's consciousness at work. Lacking any better ideas of what do do with my sudden awakeness, I made some scrambled eggs. It seemed like the right thing to do. I did some fast (heh) editing on some photos and not much else.
My B&H order came in today and I got film (Fuji Neopan 1600 & Neopan SS and Ilford FH4+) and a changing bag to be used with my infrared. I figured a 17x17" bag would be adequate, but it's going to be pushing it a bit. I discovered that my arms are too thin to really effectively seal the elastic arm holes, which was slightly insulting. I'll still be able to use it, but I'll have to get my arms farther into the bag, which will reduce my effective working area. I was planning on using the bag to do the reel loading, too, but I'm not so sure that can happen. Not that I have any other choice. My bathroom is far from lightproof, much less infrared lightproof. I'm just going to have to see how it goes. All I need now before I start shooting it is a really expensive filter. I could use the #25 red that I have now, but if I'm going to shoot HIE, I want at least a #29, but preferably a #72. Ridiculous expense. I need to sit down with a sensitivity chart of the remaining infrared and near-infrared films and check their range to see what kind of results I could expect from a #72 filter. Might not be worth it if I can only really use it on the three rolls of HIE I have. It's not a priority, but I've been looking forward to using this film and it's been a while since I've gotten excited about something like I have about this. I think it's because the potential for things to go wrong is so extremely high.
It's been wonderful weather here the last few days. Temperatures in the 70s. It's really just a cruel trick before February when everyone will start to freeze to death in the muggy south Mississippi cold. Nothing quite like the atmosphere freezing your flesh as it slowly sinks into your body, penetrating your bones and stopping your heart. While I've said on a few occasions that I sometimes wonder if I should actually be living in a colder climate, when it gets cold those thoughts abandon me rather directly. And the last few days, when I had the heat and A/C off in my apartment (for the most part) and while I could drive around with the windows down in my car, I remember that nice weather is not cold weather. It makes me miss Florida.
I have to shoot a quarterly awards ceremony tomorrow today. I was going to cut my hair so that I would look decent, but alas. I'm not especially interested in shooting the ceremony or sitting through it. I miss doing class graduations, where speeches varied. At big events it's always the same things. The importance of family (I find this to possess some minor irony, but I'll leave that to you). How winners/awardees/promotees didn't do it alone, but were part of a team (despite the team not being awarded). And some variation on the theme of responsibility. Now the one graduation I did for the Marines was a stark contrast to the many I did for the Air Force weather course. The Marines' ceremony was fairly rigid and the students equally so. It was interesting because they did all of the same things an ALS class would do for a graduation, but it was like there was no humanity. I suppose that's kind of their purpose, but it was very striking. The weather folks were full of usefulness. The former squadron commander was simply delightful to hear speak and she always had really good lessons/advice to relate (be the expert in your area, set the standard, leave things better than they were when you got there, don't be afraid to speak up just because of your rank, etc.). What was even more amazing is that not once did I hear a duplicate story or recommendation. Similar themes, yeah, but it was always different. She often thanked me for coming (as if I had a choice) and I once said, "It's a pleasure. I love listening to your speeches." "They're just stories," she replied modestly with all the non-verbals of a blush, but without an actual blush. I was sad when she left.
I developed the HP5+ that Leslie gave me from the wedding. The developing went just fine with the new fix and the Rodinal did a good job with the grain, I think. I need to get them converted to digital, but the negatives look good. A few small water spots (no idea how that happened) but a bit of microfiber buffing should handle that. Might do the digitization this weekend. I still need to develop the Neopan 1600 I shot. Might do that this weekend, too. Haven't decided. I really need to cook.
Time for sleep attempts.