Mostly Porsches - Strays from the XE

I had given The Spawn my sometimes buggy Minolta XG camera with a standard zoom lens. Ultimately this was not the right camera for them, and my pal Steve was super generous and shipped said Spawn a more modern (and less buggy) Canon Rebel film camera to learn with. 

So The Spawn had fired off a few exposures of expired film. I just wound it back and loaded it into my trusty (and lovely) Minolta XE + 45mm lens. to kill the roll off at the July Pre-Stage Gathering. Since I did not know just how expired the film was, I had The Darkroom push +2 when developing. Pretty impressed with the results overall - not a bad shot in the batch. Firstly, a Ford:

And onto my all-time favorite marque, Porsche. The organizers featured 930s this month and had reserved parking up front for them. 

I was more into focusing on details of the cars instead of the cars overall. Well, other than the first shot. Here goes. 

Shelter Cove On Film

Some photos from the Thanksgiving outing to Shelter Cove, CA. For those unaware, Shelter Cove is a remote outpost on the Lost Coast of California, a 45 min winding road over a mountain range from the 101 in Humboldt County.

Color photos were snapped with a late-1970s Minolta XD. Arguably the best manual focus camera that Minolta ever made.

And some black and white captured with a Minolta SRT-Super, the Japanese domestic market version of the tank known as the SRT-201. 

Obligatory #firstoftheroll

Yeah, I was a little smitten by the 1957 Cessna 182 anchored to the apron adjacent to the airstrip.

Russian River kayaking with the XD

Brought one of my favorite film cameras out to one of my favorite paddling spots to snap some shots and take in the sights. Minolta XD on the Russian River at Monte Rio, CA. 

Riverside scenes

And back to the beach. I am a sucker for most any patterns.