March 31, 2021

I’ll Do It Tomorrow covid-19: day 373 | US: GA | info | act

Henry gifted me with some artwork today. When he got into the car after school, he handed me a colorful piece of paper and said, “We need to frame this.” I like his modesty. Well, I don’t have a frame, so this is the next best thing. He told me the dude is saying, “I’ll do it tomorrow.”

Pretty cool.

                    

I shot most of a roll of Kodak Portra 400 today on the Pentax 67 📷. The sky was overcast, and I think I learned how to read the new light meter on my phone, called Lightme—the third one I tried. It took me a minute to understand how it worked, but it’s pretty nice. I have no way of telling if it’s accurate or not, but I know I’m supposed to push this film a bit. I recorded my settings in a notebook, so we’ll see how it worked in a couple of weeks.

Film is a whole new world. It’s tricky, and of course I forgot to switch the aperture of the lens from f/4 to f/2.4 when I took several shots of Henry. I must be more deliberate. That said, I’m pretty optimistic for these first eight shots. Yes, I only have eight on this roll because I screwed up putting the film in the first time. That could be a costly mistake if I make it a habit.

I ordered a set of ND filters and an eyecup today. Yeah, the stock eyepiece scratched my new RayBans all to hell, so... Fortunately, the eyepiece is going to replace the lens for me.