Impossible Project PX600 BlackFrame PP - St. Theodosius

This is a pair of shots that I took yesterday afternoon after work. I've been meaning to shoot this church on instant film for a while, I even stopped there once to do so, only to find out that I had already shot the last frame from the only pack of film I was carrying with me at the time. I guess it's for the best, because I'm quite happy with how these turned out and pair together.


For those who don't know, this is St Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral. It's located on the westside of Cleveland in a little neighborhood called Tremont. It was built in 1912 and is another of Cleveland's historic buildings. If it looks familiar and you've never been to Cleveland, it's probably because this cathedral is best known for it's appearance in the 1978 film The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.

Photograph Info:

Location: Tremont, Cleveland Ohio

Camera: Polaroid SX70 Sonar

Film: Impossible Project PX600 SS Black Frame PoorPod

Traveling

One good thing about starting this blog is that I tend to carry a camera a lot more and really look for things to shoot where I normally wouldn't... despite the fact that probably only three or so people actually look at the photos posted here.

For this, I had about two hours of wait time before boarding my flight back to Ohio, and while people watching in the airport is quite entertaining, I saw this scene out the window and really wanted to shoot it. I wasn't really sure what the regulations were on shooting in the airport so I ended up debating for quite a while whether or not to get out my camera. Eventually I just asked one of the police officers standing around if it was alright.

I ended taking this series of photos about two minutes before boarding, when the ground crew had finally cleared out of view. This is once again a panoramic, made from five total images. The full resolution file is actually 10,000 pixels wide, and as a side note, my computer really doesn't like working on a file that large.

Because of the dimensions and the details in burning and dodging, the final image took about 3.5 hours to edit. Maybe one day I'll get it printed large enough to take up an entire wall.

Photograph Info:
Location: PBI Airport, Florida
Camera: Canon Rebel XTI
Lens: 18-55mm
PostProcess: Curves adjustment/burn and dodge/Sharpen/Color Correction/Cloud Composite