bric-a-brac: colorplus, vision 3 250D, something something.
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
New point and shoot here! Got my hands on an Olympus AF-1 (purchased from an old Kodak employee, so that’s cool too…thank you for your service, sir). She is exactly the kind of low maintenance, not have to overthink it, daily carry that one needs in their life.
spires.
Things are functioning, more later with that camera.
For now, just a few random bits I’ve been able to take a look and finally put together with more Colorplus, Portra 400 I think, and some Fujifilm? I’m very, very, very selective, so I try to go back and pick out ones I wouldn’t have necessary selected the first time around and well, that takes time. I haven’t been the best at logging things though lately either and have been slowly getting through it all, so here is just a bit of color bric-a-brac.
I’ll have the black and white bits coming shortly. In the meantime, if you would like to support my analog photography, you can do so here. Cheers!
motion pictures: nation photo 250 D (kodak vision 3)
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
What a deal! The local film lab respools motion picture film and sells it nice and cheap, so I was able to get my hands on some. I really like the feel of it, but I’m very excited for the new 200T they just released. If you have no idea what any of that means, no worries! It just means more means to get some nice shots. Mmm…pure butter, baby.
Yo dawg. I like taking these film images and sharing them with you, but one has to pay for this all somehow, no? Take a peak here and let me know if you can help out in anyway. Ain’t got money, ain’t got crypto? Maybe your old analog film camera is sitting in a closet doing nothing but collecting dust. Send it over here! Muchas gracias to all of those who have helped out so far, muchas gracias to all the amigos who can help out in the future. Cheers everybody!
untitled april: portra 400 / colorplus
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
A small collection of bits.
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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.
show me your duds: mira 800 T (with 85b filter)
Rick Alarcon is a US photographer in Paris , France, specializing in portraits, events, and artistic photography.
Shooting on analog, with all of its quirks and limitations, can lead to spectacular failure. I’m not some magician that shoots pure gold everytime I use a camera. As much as photography is work, it is also a kind of play, allowing me to try and experiment, in order to reach new ideas an try new techniques. Sometimes those moments of play lead to brilliance, other times to failure. Failure, sometimes, is needed.
Here is a roll of failure: technical problems, poor choices, bad timing, time lost working, money and energy down the drain. Here is what went wrong, unedited.
Red line static electricity. I thought this was interesting when I first encountered the problem. To review, it’s being caused by me, and not on purpose. When I wind the camera to the next photo, I’m doing it so fast or hard that it is creating a static charge. I’m basically too quick, or too overenthusiastic, or too caffeinated. These type of high iso, tungsten films (cinestill or mira 800T) have a tendency to also produce this effect, as well as red halation, so this is not helping.
The first shot of all of my rolls are usually black anyway, as it allows for a bit of safety when shooting. Technically, this is half correct. But the correct part of things, what makes it a good or bad image, would only be good to someone as high as a coconut. Then, the disasters happened.
Cool, until it is not. 100% excitement leading to 100% user error. In some, I don’t even remember what or why I thought it was interesting to shoot, as there are some weird frames there that not even I can explain. It gets better.
I pass by this seagull almost everyday. He’s great. I grew up with lots of seagulls and the ocean. He reminds me of that place, with its docks and salty air and waves and clouds on the horizon. He is the reminder that not every trip out to sea will yield the best catch, that there’s no luck in fishing here.
This is just one of many failed rolls. But failure is needed to create. To try once, twice, a hundred times to bring about the one time where it does work. A hundred trips out to sea.
Unfortunately, this experimentation takes a bit of money and support to make happen. Please consider supporting my analog photography work and practice, which you can learn more about here. Providing assistance for the materials and processes of this type of work can only exist with your help. Thank you to those who have supported, very much appreciated.
Next time, the good catch!