REBECCA LILY PRESETS

Rural decay - A 60's bar fading away

in , ,

This restaurant and motel opened up in 1962 in the small town of Brännebrona, along the road to Stockholm. In Brännebrona were only a few farms at this time. Ernst Skarp was a man with visions, who grew up on one of these farms. First he had a few houses built and then this restaurant/motel. It soon attracted people around the area for dining and dancing. The Rolling Stones stopped here for a Swedish fika in 1963 during their tour around Sweden. At first the building had a different design then we see today. But in 1972 it got this spectacular look, designed to attract people travelling on the road in their car. Inspired by American roadside architecture, or Googie architecture, that spread around Los Angeles at the time.

I shot mostly my Hasselblad with Kodak Portra 400. But in time for the scans I have these digital images. The back side of this restaurant/motel reminded me of rural America with tones well suited for black and white.

All shoot on Fujifilm X-PRO2 and the Mitakon 35mm 0.95. Edited with Rebecca Lily Presets.

 

My summer journal 2021

in , , ,
 

Inspired by those of you that manage to do an entire 365, meaning one photo a day for a year, I’m now doing a similar project over the summer. I have done this once before. That time it was one camera, one lens, one film (Leica M7, 50 summicron, Tri-X). This time it’s a mix of both film and digital but still in black & white. It’s something poetic about that with suits my style for this project. What do I photograph? It could be just a certain light, a detail in my surroundings or something else that summons up the day I had.

The gear I’m using this summer is still the Leica M7, 50mm summicron V4, Tri-X metered for the shadows and pushed one stop in development. Scanned by Carmencita Film Lab on the Fuji Frontier 3000. On the digital side I’m using the Fujifilm X-pro2. A camera I just got and that really helps me in getting the imagery I want. It’s almost as simple to use as the M7. I turn off the LCD screen and focus manually. Initially I used the X-pro1. A lighter camera, which I like, but with inferior evf. So that made me upgrade. But still the pro1 is a great camera in many ways. The lens is the phenomenal Mitakon speedmaster 35mm 0.95. About a 50 1.4 in 35mm terms and has a really nice micro contrast and 3D separation. Bokeh? Melting :)

For post processing I use Mastin Labs Kodak Everyday Original and the Tri-X preset. Just two clicks, one for the preset and one for “All soft”. Then maybe adjust the exposure a bit. That’s it. Another favourite among presets are Rebecca Lily presets. I use her SET V for b&w.

Working like this gets me the consistency I’m after with my photography. I can work seamless between film and digital and enjoy both worlds. I will do the entire post after the summer when all is developed. But I will update images to this post as we go along.