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Fishkill Farms on Kodak Kodachrome Slide Film
On December 31, 2010 Dwayne’s Photo, the last place in the world to process Kodachrome film, will cease processing Kodachrome. I’m sure it’s not financially feasible to continue to process it and what stock that’s out there is on the second hand market and auction sites. No one has actually walked into a store and purchased Kodachrome film in years. And to be fair Kodachrome is notoriously finicky. It has to be exposed just right or it’s a dim, flat mess. I wasted two rolls earlier this year just trying to figure out how to properly expose it. Someone told me that you had to expose it at 80 ISO instead of the box speed of 64. Wrong, too dark. Unfortunately I had to get my slides back from Dwayne’s to learn this.
So, I started shooting it at 50 ISO and have been happy ever since. This is my second to last roll and I liked almost every shot of the 36 exposure roll. You lose a bit in the translation from the actual slide to digital, but you can still get the idea of how vibrant a Kodachrome slide is – and not that make you sick to your stomach vibrancy that an overly saturated digital file gives you – just beautiful color as only film can give you.
Here are a handful that I liked the best. All shot with Leica M6 and Zeiss 35mm f2 lens at Fishkill Farms just north of NYC.
A row in the apple orchard against a deep blue sky
Ready to buy pumpkins
Kate has hers all picked out
Golden Delicious Apple Tree
Perfect little golden delicious
We bought some eggs from these very happy chickens
The pumpkin Patch
Graveyard just north of Fishkill Farms
Dublin and Barcelona on Kodak Portra Film
I also snapped a few rolls of film during our trip to Dublin and Spain, alternating between Kodak Portra 160 and 400 NC.
Dublin Alley with Cobblestones
Dublin Door
Dublin Angel Graffiti
Leprechaun Museum Sign
Kate in Dublin Alley
Photographer Sign
Dublin Street Musician
Graffiti in Barceloneta
Cornerstone of Barcelona Alley
Barcelona Beach Tower
El Gato de Botero, Barcelona
Barcelona Plaza
Raval Apartment Buildings, Barcelona
Art on Raval Building, Barcelona
Raval Graffiti, Barcelona
Barcelona Plaza Sculpture
Before the deluge of Spain pics, some NYC Kodak 200 Color Shots
This cheap film is actually okay if it’s not too sunny out. Shot with Leica M6.
New Art in the Meatpacking District on Fuji Neopan Acros 100
As useless and offensive as the Meatpacking District is on any weekend night, it’s as interesting and fun during the day. You have the Highline, pretty decent shopping, the Standard Biergarten, and an ever changing tapestry of graffiti and street art. Pictures are from Leica M6 and Zeiss 35mm f2 on Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film developed in Kodak D-76 for 7.25 minutes.
Walking down 13th Street towards the Standard Hotel
New face paste-ups
Face paste ups with bullet hole in the forehead
This caught Kate’s eye, pretty clever
Whoever does these is a genius, old school New York Cosmos pictures
Just under the Highline, you have this sponsored text art
Close up of said text art
Extra bonus of cool old car on Eight Avenue
Sunday Morning Snapshots from the Lower East Side
I love the Lower East Side on a late Sunday morning. The shops are opening up and, since there is no alcohol served before noon, the douchebags haven’t invaded the neighborhood on their way to Spitzers and Schillers. It’s quiet, peaceful, and there’s always something that catches your eye. Working my way through the rest of the crappy Kodak Pro film from Target. These shots were with the Leica M6 and a Zeiss 35mm f2 lens ok Kodak Pro 400 film.
Probably one of my favorite store fronts in the city. I love the windows, but that sign is just amazing. The “339″ on the left corner is bent out of shape with the metal, giving the address a weary look that just makes me swoon. It’s really a thing of beauty. You have to click on the picture to get the full effect. 
Ideal Hosiery
A very public personal ad on Ludlow
These chairs are perfect, especially since their owners haven’t claimed them for the day.
An Choi’s cheeky sidewalk sign on Orchard, they were open early for the Apple Festival on Orchard Street
Two guys were filming a makeshift commercial on Rivington with this Batmobile.
The face in the window on Orchard
The rock monster in Freeman’s Alley
Random Shots from Second Kodachrome Roll
Happier with this second roll of Kodachrome. I shot it at 64 ISO, though most of these shots are in harsh, noonish light from the weekend before last. More shots to come in a few days.
La Esquina, Nolita
Pell Street in Chinatown is one of my favorite streets in NYC. It’s rare to see it this quiet.
Man Sleeping
Deli on corner of 2nd Avenue in the East Village
Door by Haculla, Nolita
This totally cracked me up, especially after seeing “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” Mister Brainwash on L’Asso’s wall dissed.
And last but not least, I caught this homemade Germany World Cup shirt at the Puma World Cup City in Southstreet Seaport. Go Germany!
First Run, Kodachrome
I was told to overexpose Kodachrome slides at 80 if they were 64 ISO. I did that and it sucks. So much for conventional wisdom on Flickr. Every single shot is dim and boring. I don’t think it’s due to my scanning; the slides look fairly dim as processed.
I was able to rescue a dozen slides, but next time I will set the Leica at 64 ISO instead of 80. It doesn’t seem like a big difference, but it definitely is when you get the slides back from THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT STILL PROCESSES KODACHROME.
Here are a few slides scanned in on my Epson V500.
Cherries from the Union Square Green Market, NYC
The Garage Flea Market in Chelsea, NYC
A squirrel at the right time, Union Square Park, NYC
Vintage Police Car, Financial District, NYC
Vintage Police Car, Financial District, NYC
Starsky and Hutch at the Vintage Police Car Show, Financial District, NYC
Banksy Art in Lower Manhattan
Shot with Leica M6, Zeiss 35mm f2.0, and Fuji Superia 400 film
Banksy Art, Lower Manhattan, NYC
Banksy Art, Lower Manhattan, NYC
I noticed on Twitter that someone had seen a Banksy over by the World Trade site. So, I zipped over there during lunch with the only roll of color film I had (Kodak Gold) and snapped a few pictures. I went back the next day with some Kodak Portra 160 film and it had already been tagged into oblivion. I guess that’s what happens with street art. Am lucky that I used film for this though, because I made a huge 125MB scan of the negative and I can make a huge print of this really cool Banksy piece.