I wrote up a quick guide to creating your own solargraph the way I did it, for those of you who are interested you can find that guide here: [link]

On to the more current stuff, I have a studio shoot project that will be happening at the end of July. The project isn't really an original idea, it's a low key light shoot that will involve a dancer. Yeah, like I said it's not an original concept, but I think I would have fun doing it given my recent discovery of my own enjoyment of shooting dances and performances. I need to brush up on my studio lighting anyway.

My second thing that I'm working on is finding a more consistent daytime shooting film. TX shot at ISO 1600 with Diafine looks amazing at night, but during the day it's less consistent, despite some wonderful tonality I've had with it in the past. So with that in mind I'm testing out a few films, pushed to a lesser degree. I'm trying out Ilford's FP4+ EI 250, Fuji Acros EI 250, Neopan 400 EI 640 and Ilford Delta 400 EI 640. I almost never shoot box speed, because I like that extra bit of contrast, and with Diafine you can get away with just about anything most of the time

And because i'm excited, I'm ordering a Voigtlander Bessa R3A at the end of the week, with a Nokton 40mm f/1.4 SC lens

prisoner.. medium photo by ~314R

271 by ~gato1

Damn nail by =StamatisGR

Jealous by =aR-Ka

Taurunum LIGHT treasures by =absinthFenix

Women's secret by ~sinuhetmerlin

So I had a crazy last few months and was extremely busy, but how were the rest of you? Anything fun or exciting to report?