Photos for pets sake...

We were asked to take photos of a bunch of dogs up for adoption for "For Pets Sake", which we gladly agreed to do.  Plus, CeCe and Luigi were getting watched for the night so we could have an evening to ourselves. First, I did some test photos at home.

Adorbs.

Some B&W scans...

Cute.

The world did not end...

...which I guess is cool. I wonder what the next Doomsday date will be. :/

So, we made Japanese style "Hamburgs".

Japan 2012 - Reflecting on our second trip

Wow, three full weeks in Japan. The longest vacation we have ever taken, the most time off work I have had since I was 18, and the farthest place I have ever been from home, both geographically and culturally. This trip to Japan was whole-heartedly inspired by our trip to Japan in 2010. One time is simply not enough, and if you don't understand that, then that is too bad. Japan is a place of ideals. And a place where those ideals are consciously thought about, planned on, and executed. Granted, this is my view, as an American foreigner who has spent thirty-seven years watching the U.S.A. slowly deteriorate into what I believe will ultimately be only a shred of what it once was, and what it was meant to be. There is no point in getting into the politics and principles of it.  So let's just say that going to Japan is sensory overload.  It's an utterly inspiring yet ultimately depressing, look into a future that could never be for America.  Japan is really a very quick breathe of fresh air, to an American who looks at it the right way.

Japan 2012 - Bonus 14: B&W Film (Part 2 of 2)

Eyes some women would kill for.

Japan 2012 - Bonus 14: B&W Film (Part 1 of 2)

Now, I don't care what anyone says, you simply cannot achieve this kind of richness and magic with digital, not even with heavy processing and programs that are supposed to make your digital look like film. It is not possible, period. I am glad I am once again shooting film, and all I can say is that Ilford 3200 is incredible.  You'll know it when you see it.

Japan 2012 - Bonus 13: Color Film

I only put one roll of color through my FE2, and I thought I would regret not shooting these in B&W. I am happy to say that is not the case.