Pushing Myself to Get Out

I felt like going out with my camera today... but I kind of didn’t, too.

There were a number of things that pushed me to get out, namely a desire to add one more roll of film to the two that I had ready for developing. And I just wanted to go for a walk.

But the weather is still hot, albeit cloudier and somewhat cooler than the 100+ degree temps we’ve had this week. Maybe it was the heat or maybe it was the fact that I wasn’t feeling 100% inspired to be photographing things, but I was just in kind of a foul mood as I walked around today. It’s not the best way to wander around with a camera.

I stopped into a few shops while I was in town today. But I didn’t really see any shots in most of those shops, in all honesty.

I’m trying to look for subject matter that I haven’t shot yet—I’m getting tired of taking the same shots over and over again—and I succeeded to a certain degree today.

The best shot I took was one that I think demonstrates the beautiful range of greytones I get from Ilford FP4 Plus:

On a positive note, I did get stopped by a gentleman who noticed my Nikon F. It turns out he was a military news photographer and owned several Nikons over the years. We chatted cameras for a bit. I do like it when I can engage with people like that. The encounter made the trip out today worth it.

After a while, though, I felt like I wasn’t having a good day, and I wandered home.