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Ghost Town

Lawrence Ripsher — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:15:08 +0000

The other shots from the ghost town in Montana we visited on the drive back last year. Would love to have done a real shoot at this place. Images taken with a Pentax 67ii + 105mm f/2.4 lens. Gotta love those B&W tones. Lab processed.

Change of pace

Lawrence Ripsher — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:39:44 +0000

A change of pace. Some film shots off my Pentax 67ii that I shot last year and only just got around to developing. These were two images from a ghost town in Montana. No processing (other than some levels correction) – the tilt shift is in camera. Shot with a Pentax 67ii + 105mm f2.4 lens. Lab developed.

However much fun I’ve had with digital in the past month, there’s nothing quite like medium format film. Whenever I see it come off the scanner, it never fails to shock me at the richness / depth of the images.

Final Rainier Shot

Lawrence Ripsher — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:20:32 +0000

Two last shots. Was a very productive hour in the air. I shot about 50 images though – which in medium format is a ridiculous number for such a large format (and expensive! – about $50 in film and developing fees). Still, was worth it :)

Pentax 67ii on Velvia 50, Lab processed

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, Lab processed

A shadow rises

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:03 +0000

Two images of the shadow cast by the mountain. First time I’ve seen something like this and gives you a pretty humbling sense of the scale.

Pentax 67ii on Tmax & Acros, developed in DDX

Rainier Part 2

Lawrence Ripsher — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:15:50 +0000

More photos following yesterday’s post.

Pentax 67ii, Ektachrome E100 VS, lab processed

Pentax 67ii, Fuji Acros in DDX

Mount Rainier

Lawrence Ripsher — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:43:03 +0000

Hi all – just got back from a week in Montana… We hired a lodge for a week and hung out, read books, hiked, took photos, and for the most part acted like it was a real holiday. Just finished driving back tonight, a brutal 550 mile journey but a fun one.

Have started developing photos tonight, and will start posting next week – but in the meantime, here’s a shot from a couple of weeks ago – when a friend of a friend took us up at 4:30am before work on a Friday to do three loops of Mount Rainier at sunrise. Was a magical experience – I have 3 or 4 more from that trip, will post tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s my best of the series (and one of my favourite shots this year).

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, lab processed

My boys

Lawrence Ripsher — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:13:43 +0000

Last two shots of my little Palouse falls trip. Just a couple of snaps to show my medium format gear flexing its muscles.

BTW anyone use much of Ektachrome E100 VS? I’ve shot a few rolls of it now in 220 and really like it. Doesn’t pop quite like velvia but it’s a close second and 20 shots per roll is awesome sometimes.

Pentax 67ii and Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 on Ektachrome E100 VS

Wheat Fields

Lawrence Ripsher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:53:05 +0000

Shot in the car park of a 7 11 on the way back from Palouse :)

Pentax 67 on Kodak TMAX 100 in DDX

Palouse falls

Lawrence Ripsher — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:55:44 +0000

Destination…

Pentax 67ii on Tmax in DDX

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, post processed for B&W

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS

Palouse Day Trip (part 2 / BW)

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:34:48 +0000

These are the black and white images of the wide open views of Eastern Washington.

Pentax 67ii on Kodak Tmax 100 in DDX