Coastal Maine on 120 Film
Earlier this summer, at the start of one of yet another stretch of oppressive heat, my best friend and favorite photography companion and I struck out for the Maine coast. He, with his Fuji GFX system, and I, as always, juggling a few different cameras. We hit three different lighthouses during our jaunt up the coast: Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in Bristol, Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, and Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse in Rockland.
My main goal was to take a photos using my Hasselblad medium format (120 film) camera. And, as has been the case with every roll I’ve run through that beast, I’m loving the output. While I’m more comfortable using Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Portra 400, these shots were all taken with Kodak Ektar 100. To be honest, I’m not sure I love the colors of Ektar as much as I do Gold and Portra, but in all fairness, I’m also least familiar with using Ektar. From what I’ve read, it’s far less forgiving with imprecise metering, and I’m definitely still working on dialing in my metering with the Hasselblad. I’m less confident with relying on just the Sunny 16 rule, and I recently bought a handheld meter to use along with the phone meter apps on my phone. But perhaps that’s what I love about photography as my passion—there’s always more to learn and room for growth!
