Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like you've got that brewing technique down pat! Makes me thirsty. Thanks, David. I'll probably just keep at it, for inexplicable reasons. Best, Daniel On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:31 PM, David Rodgers <drodgers at casefarms.com> wrote: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlridings/sets/72157625906417789/ >>> >>> All with a Rolleiflex that Phil Swango gave me, as long as I used it. >>> >>> Daniel >>> > > Daniel, > > Every time I see your Rollei images it inspires me to use my TLR. Last > week I decided to document my homebrewing procedures. A friend > introduced me the world of home brewing a year ago. In some ways it's > like working in a darkroom, only instead of ending up with pictures you > end up with beer -- and with the right attention to detail (i.e. times > and temps) really good beer. > > My film photos from last week's brewing session didn't turn out. I'd > like to blame old film and outdated developer. But really it was rusty > technique. If I go months without shooting film I seem to lose sight of > the small things that it takes to make decent film images. Shooting > digital doesn't keep my film processing skills sharp. > > I have plenty of digital images, but they don't capture the essence of > the whole home brewing process -- which in my case is archaic. Just like > in photography, the process is more important than the equipment used. > > Digital images like the one linked below are too sterile looking. > That's appropriate here, though, because the slants in the background > that I made for propagating yeast are indeed sterile. :-) > > http://www.daverodgers.net/brewing/paleale.jpg > > Keep the great TLR images coming. Again, they are an inspiration. > Shooting film always reminds me of just how much I've forgotten. > > Dave R > > > > This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >