Volume No.6 -- Post No. 6 -- Long Exposure of Pu'u'Ohulu

P.S.: Are you vacationing in Hawaii anytime soon and in need of family photography?  Visit Jennifer's website www.jenniferbrotchie.com.  Tell her Aloha Dave sent you.  Don't forget to follow me on Instagram @aloha_dave.

Volume No.6 -- Post No. 5 -- Ilford HP5 Plus Pushed 3 Stops

I'm developing my own black and white film.  I took the film developing workshop at treehouse.  Mahalo to Bobby for making it possible, and mahalo to Chris for sharing his know-how!

So far, I've mostly developed Ilford HP5Plus 400.  The scans below are HP5Plus pushed to 3 stops (rated in camera at 3200 ISO).  I love the contrast and how much easier it is to shoot in low light situations.

Oahu Photographer

Oahu Photographer

P.S.: Are you visiting Oahu, Hawaii anytime soon and in need of family photography?  Visit www.jenniferbrotchie.com and get in touch with Jennifer. You will have a lot of fun with her, she loves photographing vacationing families. See for yourself: HERE Tell her Aloha Dave sent you.  Don't forget to follow me on Instagram @aloha_dave.

Volume No.6 -- Post No. 4 -- Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park

Jennifer and I were out scouting the Northshore around Haleiwa looking for buildings to shoot for my architectural photography project.  I'll blog those photos another time.  I did want to share the peaceful beach scene below.  I love the blue sky and palm trees in Hawaii.

Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park

Oahu Photographer

P.S.: Are you staying at a hotel in Ko Olina and in need of family beach photography while here? Visit www.jenniferbrotchie.com and contact Jennifer. Tell her Aloha Dave sent you. Also, check out my Instagram feed @aloha_dave.

Volume No.6 -- Post No. 3 -- Marmar

Oahu Photographer

P.S.: Are you planning a Hawaiian vacation and looking for family sunset photography?  Visit www.jenniferbrotchie.com and contact Jennifer. Tell her Aloha Dave sent you.  Alos, follow me on Instagram, @aloha_dave.

Volume No.6 -- Post No. 2 -- Pali

Volume No.6 -- Post No. 1 -- Lualualei

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 12 -- Makaha Sun #FILM

Mamiya 645 AFD - Ektar

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 11 -- Pumpkin Patch

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 10 -- Recovering Negatives from Fuji FP-100C Polaroids

Jennifer has a Polaroid Land Camera that takes "Pack" film.  This is the older Polaroid that you pull from the camera after and then peel the backing off to reveal the instant photo.  Jennifer told me that you can recover the negative.  Basically you use bleach to wipe the black backing off the film being careful not to remove the emulsion side that captured the image.  The photos of Jensen (red shirt) and his friend is my first successful recover. The color image is the actual Polaroid Print. The color shift of the negative was so bad, I decided to scan the negative in black & white.

This Polaroid image of Bella was photographed and recovered by Jennifer.

We learned the technique watching Michael Raso of the Film Photography Project youtube video below.  He and his crew are super entertaining.  Catch their podcast at http://filmphotographyproject.com/podcast.

Mike Raso of the Film Photography Project----------->

Check out my Instagram! Here's our film collection waiting to be used!

We are ready to shoot!! #filmisnotdead

A photo posted by David Brotchie (@aloha_dave) on Aug 24, 2015 at 11:50pm PDT

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 9 -- Three Tables Turtle

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 8 -- Waimanalo Beach House

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 7 -- Chasing Convicts, Three Tables, North Shore, Oahu

Volume No.5 -- Post No. 6 -- Aiea Loop Trail #Film