FUJI INSTANT FILM ON THE ROAD TRIP

These are only a few of the test Polaroids and in no particular order. I shall be sending the film off next week to be developed...getting excited to see the results.

Films used on the trip by me (Peter) were as follows:

35mm Film
- Rollei RPX 100 x 7 rolls b/w
- Rollei RPX 400 x 2 rolls b/w
- Kodak 400TX x 6 rolls b/w
- FujiFilm Neopan 400 x 1 roll b/w
- FujiFilm Neopan 1600 x 1 roll b/w
- Unbranded 200 x 2 rolls colour
Total 19 rolls of film

120 Film
- Rollei RPX   25 x 1 roll b/w
- Rollei RPX 100 x 3 rolls b/w
- Rollei RPX 400 x 6 rolls b/w
- Kodak Portra 160 x 18 rolls colour
- Kodak Ektar 100 x 13 rolls colour
- Kodak Portra 400 x 3 rolls colour
- Kodak 400TX x 4 rolls b/w
- Kodak 400TX x 1 roll b/w (but shot at 160)
- FujiChrome 120 x 1 roll colour  
Total 50 rolls of film

220 Film
- Kodak Portra 400 x 9 rolls colour
- Kodak Portra 400 x 1 roll colour  (but needs +1)
- Kodak Portra 400 x 1 roll b/w  (but shot at 100)
- FujiChrome 100D x 1 roll colour  
- FujiChrome 100F x 1 roll colour  
Total 13 rolls of film

So a grand total of:
19 rolls of 35 (17 b/w and 2 colour)
63 Rolls of 120/200 (16 b/w and 47 colour)

Thanks for reading and hope you liked the blog…any questions, please feel free to drop an email

Peter

POST ROAD TRIP BLUES

Well, I'm back home now in Switzerland and have a lot of film to get developed 35, 120 and 220. I ended up using the Mamiya RZ67, Hasselblad 500c and the Hasselblad Xpan. Keeping my fingers crossed some of my photos will be okay as I didn't use my digital camera on the 10 day road trip or the other 2 weeks in the US.
Sadly I lost my little Voigtlander VC Meter, so I'm going to be looking for either another Voigtlander meter...or maybe it's time for something more accurate...any suggestions?

On a separate but related note, on my last day or so in Chicago I managed to find (and buy) a copy of 'Route 66' a photographic essay. Dated about 1988, with photos from it's peak to it's decline...but best of all, I found a signed copy of a limited edition Stephen Shore book called 'A Road Trip Journal'. My copy is numbered 1218 out of a total of 3300 produced.

Thanks for reading and hope you liked the blog…any questions, please feel free to drop an email

Peter

STORIES

Sometimes all that it takes to take a good picture is having the courage to ask. Ask someone that is, if they'd let you take their photograph. It's really hard to ask a stranger if you could take their picture. Especially when it's not instant and is film. People have become so used to instant gratification and the concept of waiting and is lost.

I was on my lunch break this afternoon and on my way back to work I stopped off to snap a photograph of the old Eat Rite building at the corner of 7th and 100. The building itself is pretty cool, but when a lady named Tina came out dressed in a pink 50's style diner outfit I had to get the photograph. 

So I asked and she said yes. We chatted for a while and it turns out her dad owns the place. I took the shot and thanked her. I gave her the name of the website and blog, and said that it'd be a while before I finished the roll and got it developed. Oh, she said, it's film..I felt a little bad that I had nothing to show, but I promised to post it as soon as it had been processed.

Peter and I both set off in two days and both need to practise the exercise of asking. I wonder who we will meet along the way and what stories they will tell?

Thanks for following

Gary and Peter

 

GETTING READY FOR THE BIG ROAD TRIP

April the 2nd is drawing ever closer and Peter and I have checked off all the major stuff we had to do; flights back, rental car etc.  Now all that's left is the small stuff, but it's the small stuff that's important right?  Like what play list shall we take?  What emergency supplies will we need? The list goes on...

Which brings me to the purpose of this post.  As well as being a vehicle for sharing our stories, photographs and adventures we wanted this to be a dialogue that encourages people to provide input and feedback along the way.  This is my first major road trip, with Peter having done several before me we both wanted to connect to people along the way and gain advice and input.

Apart from the obvious stuff like road food, first aid kits, water, tech stuff, film, cameras and credit cards what else might we take?

What things have you taken on your road trips?  What things did you forget that you wish you'd of had?

We would love to hear from you and please pass along the link to this website and blog.  We know it's not perfect and there's lots to do in terms of making it look and function better, but more than anything we simply wanted it up and running rather than us having nothing...

Thanks for following us on this journey and hopefully more through the years...

Gary