semana santa ensalada: portra 400/ilford hp5/colorplus
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
Went down to Spain for Semana Santa, ate too much fried fish (there is never really too much). Airport scanners decided to cook my film, so unfortunately this is all that remains for public consumption of 3 rolls. Well, the ones I think are good enough. Want to see more outtakes? Nah, didn’t think so, me neither. But to be honest, I don’t mind so much. That’s why I decided to shoot my day-to-day work on film, for the chaos. Makes what remains feel more special.
Next up, client-supported rolls! Thanks to the kindness of others, I was able to obtain a few more rolls and they are already being shot, including some cinema film (exciting!). Should be good now that the sun is shining a lot more and my cameras have been cleaned, tuned up and the fridge is full of fresh rolls. Thank you to all who have given support and make it possible. Besos y abrazos a todos!
Find out how you can help support my work, more info about it about here. Cheers and see you next time.
methods many: portraits - kodak portra 400 + tri-x 400 + ilford delta 400 + digital
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
Got the chance to do a test shoot with Nicolas (@nicolas_sacroug) on a few different rolls. An excellent experience working with him, trying different things on different formats, and I think we were able to create some great portraits together. Great energy (despite the freezing temperatures) made for an excellent session. Thank you Nicolas.
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seesaws: november 2025 - kodak portra 400 + tri-x 400
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
Just wanted to get a few more of these out there. Not really into Portra for color, it just feels like too rosy for my taste, plus you don’t need to spend that much to have good color and in some cases, better color. I’ll mess around more with Portra 160, I guess, just cause apparently it’s what pros use, blah blah blah. I shot the Tri-x on my junk plastic point and shoot and honestly liked the experience more than anything else, from shooting to the final results.
I have a bit more coming from these rolls, but here’s a few from each for now. Also, haven’t heard about how to help support me and my analog film work? Really? No, really? Well, click here to learn more! I’ll put in a good word to Santa.
* The first image (“grounded.“) isn’t some kind of Photoshop trickery. Looks like something happened during shooting or development, but I like the effect, so we’ll go with it.
nevermind the darkness - Ilford fp4
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
Few things, real quick:
Going to shoot more black and white than I thought. Winter is a bit yuck for color sometimes and it just opens up more chances to shoot. Thoughts lately feels now good for some Lomo-type stuff though, so I’ll try to work that in too, but only if it’s good enough. The wacky colors of the holidays could be interesting on wacky rolls.
Shooting film feels a bit more seasonal (besides being circumstantial) than I gave it credit. I’ll put that in better words someday.
And speaking of seasonal!…Did you know you can help support me this holiday season to create more film photography? Visit here to learn more!
Can’t support financially? That’s alright, sharing is free! Cheers.
