Ice crystal catcher.
Edited with VSCO FIlm 05 Kodak Ektar.
photography
I drive by this abandoned farm every morning on my way into work.
Every building looks on the verge of collapse – or is in fact collapsing.
Since I pass it every day, I watch to see if anyone is ever there. There’s only been one time when I noticed the locked gate open and a pickup truck in the driveway. Other than that, nothing. No one.
From what little I could tell, it looks like it used to be an old orchard or market – with a storefront.
There’s lots of scattered equipment everywhere. Lots of pieces look like they were dropped right there when the owners walked away.
And the doorways. They’re all propped shut – like the former owners were trying to keep something inside.
Nothing but bedlam. And time. And rain and snow, wearing away at the foundations of this place until the only thing holding the walls up are the propped two-by-fours.
Last fall I finally took a chance and slipped in for a walk-around.
It’s eerie. It really does look like something catastrophic happened and the farmers had no choice but to flee.
That’s me placing a story on top of something time and weather accomplished. But still, it’s fun to wonder.
Photos edited with VSCO Film 03 Polaroid 690-, and shot with the Canon EOS M.
VSCO Film 05 – Kodak Ektar 100 Vibrant
VSCO Film 05 Fuji Neopan 400 Contrast+
VSCO Film 05 Kodak Gold 100 Portrait
VSCO Film 05 Kodak Royal Gold 400 Cool
VSCO Film 05 Kodak Gold 200++ Alt
VSCO Film 05 Kodak BW400CN Contrast/Fade+
VSCO Film 05 Kodak UltraMax 400 Warm
VSCO Film 05 Kodak Gold 200 Cool+
VSCO Film 05 Agfa Vista 100 Warm
After the slide film series of VSCO’s Film 04, I wondered, “What’s next? What hasn’t been covered yet?”
And then I bought a roll of Kodak Ektar film, and I realized: here it is. The classic stuff. Gold and Vista and UltraMax. Consumer-grade films.
Here we have VSCO Film 05.
The above examples show what this film is: a lovely addition to the already great line of VSCO film emulations. I use Lightroom, and assign most of my photos these days to one of the film packs. It’s a good starting point, and flexible enough to let my own artistic personality shine through.
Lately I’ve been partial to Film 01, with Film 04 slipping in for landscape shots and when I need a bit of pop to the color and contrast.
This latest pack offers a good middle ground between the first two VSCO offerings and the slide film set. It’s got punch and personality, while not going overboard.
Agfa Vista, especially, seems to have the contrast and color characteristics I like. Bright, just a tad saturated, and good contrast.
Kodak Gold is really the one I’ve been looking forward to playing with, and it doesn’t disappoint. It really has that Kodak Quality™, through and through.
Below that, not much interests me. But it’s worth it just to have a few new profiles to play with. The Agfa Vista, especially, seems like it fits my processing philosophy the most.
Route 66 running through the Black Mountains, just outside of Kingman, Arizona. Purchase a print.
(and yes, that’s a real lens flare – from the sun!)