I love Chicago

I love Chicago

I love Chicago

In the window of a local bookstore. I love my city.

This is one of the images from the roll. It’s my daughter Kaya, and my son, Chadwick. Kaya is now 39 years old, and Chadwick will be 37 in a week.

I’ve had this roll of exposed Agfa Chrome loitering in various drawers and boxes for way too long and decided I’m never going to process this in expensive E-6 chemicals so I might as well try to use BW developer. While loading onto the reel I noticed it was bulk loaded. Turns out it’s Tmax 100.

Sometimes I can’t venture much further than my garden, but I like my garden. These were shot on Ilford HP5 Plus with my Canon F1 and FD 50mm f/1.4 lens. Film was developed in Ichor, 1:100, 20C, 8:30.

A foggy day at Pacific Beach, Washington, putting my new-to-me Rolleiflex Automat through its paces. Tri-X in Ichor film developer. Also, I officially have a working darkroom 👍

Settling in to my new office in Olympia WA, going through some old files and came across this test shot for Ichor film developer. This is 35mm Kodak Tri-X at box speed, developed in Ichor, 1:100. 5 years on, this developer continues to blow my mind.

When I visit my Mom, we always spend a lot of time looking at photos. There is no question my love of photography and portraits was passed down from her. Attached is a photo of L-R: my Uncle Frank, my sister, Vicki, my Grandfather, Jack, and my Father, Jay (Jacob Jennings DeFehr II), March 1960

Serafima with her Nikon Coolpix.

Nikon N90S
Nikkor AF DC 105mm f/2
Ilford FP4 Plus
Ichor film developer

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This photo was made on expired 4x5 Foma 100 film- a recipe for imperfections, and it inspired me to think about the ways imperfections challenge AI. More specifically, about the qualities of complexity and imperfection that read as “real”. Sampling the universe is the ultimate hack.

Here we go! A photographer is born! Serafima with her first camera, a Nikon Coolpix. She can turn it on/off, make exposures, and review them without assistance.

Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF 35mm f/2
Kentmere 400
Master’s Metol 1:50, 20C, 9:30