11.21.14 Chris, Audrey, Brea, Julie and Me. The Sugar Shack.

“A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.” – Charles Darwin

Verronica Divine. LA. 2014. Leica M6 165.

(Styled by: Julie)

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HI! I like your blog! Nice work, nice camera ;) would love to use a leica once! Greets, Jeroen

Thank you so much. You look like you’re doing lots of great work with the equipment you have. Most people think Leica’s are really expensive but if you hunt eBay you can usually find one for the price of a decent digital camera.

Not a question, but I’ve come across your blog in the past, and you say in that one post, I just scrolled on by..Well I saw it today again and I’ve taken the time to go through it. You’re a huge inspiration. Today marks the day I begin my own 365. Thank you and keep up the good work! You and your woman look happy!

Sorry I missed this one a while back but I hope your 365 project is going well. I know they are hard to get started but as you build momentum it gets much easier I assure you.

Im currently trying to kick start a second one and finish this one and both seem very daunting.

What lab do you use and how much do they charge for developing and scanning? I live in LA and have tried a few places but am always curious as to whether there are better options

$14 developed and scanned. The lab is Kodak Image Center or Glendale Photo, I think they are changing names.

The owner is named Mike and is a great guy.

11.20.14 St. Joseph’s Oratory.

Hi, love the blog! Do you have any tips for packing film for long trips and flights? I know putting it in carry on luggage is very important. I would buy it at my destination but the only nearby photo store charges 3x what I can get it for domestically.

Good question. I always put my film in a plastic ziplock that I will see when I’m taking my computer out of my carry on. Then I hand the security guard the film to “hand check.” Xray machines shouldn’t hurt film under 600 ISO, but it will fuck up, to some extent, polaroids, Instax and other instant film. So I always ask them to hand check all my film; just incase. Its time consuming, and international travel and hand checks can get very time consuming, but its the only sure fire way to have your film be unfucked by X-ray.

How often do you usually go to the lab?

At least once a week if not twice a week.

Do you edit your film photos?

Yes I do. I have my lab scan them in very flat because I don’t like scanners to do editing. I then for the most part really only edit them back to the proper color space.

11.19.14 Me. Montreal.