A lovely Brownie

I was going through a lot of old boxes this past weekend and came across a lovely surprise - one of my dad's belongings.
An old Kodak Brownie No. 2.

I have yet to photograph mine, but it looks pretty close to this, with a few slight variations.



I've spent over 2 hours cleaning it, examining it and just fawning over it. It's a beautiful little...box, and I'm quite giddy at the potential that lies within it it.


I've already bought some 120 b&w film on ebay.



- 5 rolls of Ilford Hp5 400
- 5 rolls of Kodak Tmax 400.


Can anyone suggest a great and cheap lab?


Anyway to clean the glass myself?


Any other recommendations or suggestions?


Any way to do self-portraits with it?


I've heard that Ansel Adams' first camera was a brownie.
Just... fyi randomness.





Mmm. More film goodness.

I believe it was taken with a Mamiya, but I have no idea of the film.


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Lucian Schmit.

Summer Adventures - Portland

Started out with Portland, OR. I stayed at Lucian Schmit's for most of the trip. Lucian has such a fabulous way of capturing people at their most emotive. He was gracious enough to show me a bit of his city, and show me some of the people in it. Like Trevor Levin.

Next year, Burning Man. ...Next year.






He has two darling children and a fabulous wife, who was also an artistic nude model. He showed me around Portland, and I do believe I fell in love with that city. I'll be back there again soon, I hope.






For future reference, hardly any of my posts will be in a consecutive order and will mostly just outline one photographer at a time.

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Lucian Schmit.

Bagby Hot Springs

Love love love these. There will be more to come later, of course.

Love Oregon.

Love San Francisco too.



There's a lot of love. Just wish I had my love with me.



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Lucian Schmit.