Humby Valdes

Yellow flowers on film

Posted 2022-04-21 11:36:30 | Views: 3,339

FLOWERS ON FILM

Kodak Portra 400

Food taste better with neon

Posted 2022-04-20 10:50:30 | Views: 4,128

Andy's Frozen Custard

Prospect, Illinois

Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
Lexington, Kentucky

Food taste Better with Neon

Cinestill 50d Review

Posted 2022-04-19 11:46:41 | Views: 3,672

My 3rd roll of Cinestill 50D

The first roll I shot I pulled an amateur move and opened my Paterson tank when developing it. I accidentally flashed it with light.

The second roll I lost on the Simpsons Ride at Universal Orlando.

My Third roll is where my bad luck ended and I was amazed. 50D is awesome!

I’ve had a lot of random luck with 50D before my 3rd roll.

The range of colors is real smooth. Look at the shadows under the pier and smooth blues of the water and the amazing clouds and sky.

I used my Nikon F6 with a 40mm f/2.8G DX lens for this somewhat marco shot. Even though its a DX lens it works great on the F6. It has a bit of vignetting but its hard to see.

Film grain is super super super fine!

I can't even see it. Can you?

Cinestill 50D even looks good in lower light situations. Almost seeing a bit of halation on the highlights. (Thinking of you Cinestill 800t).

In conclusion: Cinestill 50D is a go!

Shot through car window glare.

In the shade

Posted 2022-04-18 13:33:14 | Views: 3,842

Fancy hotel in Miami Beach

Portra 400 - Nikon F6 - 50mm f/5.6 1/1500

What is the meaning of life?

Posted 2022-04-17 08:03:54 | Views: 2,939

Is life about being happy?

I know of a man who’s really good. A really good guy. He’s honest. The kind of guy who the second you ask for his help he is right there to help you. Even I now trust him with my life. When I say he’s good I mean the absolute best, perfect.

The thing is if you look at his life its hard to say his life here is HAPPY HAPPY. He was arrested and found guilty of a crime he didn’t commit. The judge knew he was innocent. His best friends denied knowing him. I’m no better, even I did. They beat him up in jail and made fun of him. He was sentenced to death!

They killed him, but the good news is he rose from the dead on the 3rd day.

The meaning of life… Honestly seek to know who Jesus Christ is. What did he say about himself and what did he do for you, your family and the world.

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Impressive Sunset

Posted 2022-04-16 00:56:00 | Views: 3,789

Sunset over Dadeland

Golden hour sunset sky on Kodak Pro Image 100 looks amazing.

Amazing view of the horizon sky with golden light.

Kodak Pro Image 100 - Nikon FM2n

I was driving by Dadeland mall and noticed nice colors forming in the clouds. I parked and took the elevator to the top floor of the parking garage. Then saw the most impressive unreal Miami sunsets straight out of the 1980's

Remington - Portra 400

Posted 2022-04-15 09:01:10 | Views: 4,057

Remington Indiana 2021

Abuela Mami Coffee Neon Sign

Posted 2022-04-14 15:25:15 | Views: 3,320

Abuela Mami Coffee -Neon

The backout paint over-brush is a real example of the imperfect human touch of neon.

Film is the best medium to photograph neon. Digital photos can't compete here.

One of the coolest things I can think of is a neon sign. I’ve always wanted a neon sign. We had a custom neon sign made for my company, Abuela Mami Coffee, it was very exciting.

What’s cool about neon, even more so in the digital age, is that it’s completely manual. You need a skilled craftsman. You can’t just pull up a website and make one.

Our Neon sign is portable and battery powered. We bring it to coffee events and it's always a hit.

Atlanta downtown skyline

Posted 2022-04-13 15:29:48 | Views: 3,655

Atlanta

Jackson Street

Bridge

Shooting Cinestill BW Double-X film at a Cattle Show

Posted 2022-04-12 17:16:01 | Views: 3,479

2022 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE, HORSE AND CATTLE SHOW

Cinestill B/W Double-X film

DOUBLE-X FILM

I thought it would be fun to photograph a cattle show with the same 35mm film stock used for the movie Raging Bull.

I think this bull won something, They were waiting to take a photo.

My brother Kiki Valdes wearing our late grandfather's (Abuelo Papi) open road Stetson hat.

Francisco. How do I know? It's written on his leg.

The way this film renders grays are awesome. The grain is very fine.

Dancing Mexican ladies.

Miami-Dade Police Tank Truck!

SHOOTING ON MY NIKON F6 WITH

Spiders in Miami

Posted 2022-04-11 11:54:33 | Views: 4,307

Spiny Orb Weaver.

Mabel Orchard Orb-weaver or a Black Widow, I'm not sure.

Spiders
I’ve seen in
My-Am-E.

Can a bee feel or sense vibration reduction on a lens?

Posted 2022-04-10 12:38:02 | Views: 3,613

Vibration reduction

Not in this photo but one time a bee was floating around and drinking water from a hose. I had a vibration reduction lens and I got closer to take a shot. When I half pressed the trigger to focus the vibration reduction turned on and the bee immediately reacted and started to fly away.

I backed up, waited for the bee to settle and it went back to drinking water. I moved in again, half press the trigger. Vibration reduction turned on and the bee freaked out again, started buzzing around and moving away. I did that a couple more times and then that’s when I realized maybe they can sense the vibration.

Cinestill 800t Halation

Posted 2022-04-09 11:57:29 | Views: 4,630

Oh the Halation!

I love shooting film at night. Cinestill 800t is a really fun film to do this. It’s marked as 800 ASA/ISO film and what I really like about it is the halations. Halations happen because light bounces back into the film and bleeds outward on highlights. (It has something to do with Kodak movie film, ask a dork or checkout cinestill’s website for a better explanation.) The halation creates this halo effect around bright lights and it’s really cool.

Cool & Interesting

What I think makes halations cool and interesting is that when you take a photograph you never really know what you’re getting until you develop the film. The halations adds to that mystery. It adds another element of excitement. Was the exposure right, did I miss focus because I shot in the dark, did I shake the camera… Now I get to also wonder how the halation will look.

Each element changes or improves the look of a photo. Some people shoot photos for the experience of shooting. Other shoot for the final photograph. I enjoy shooting film for both of these.

Wrigley field, Chicago

Chicago

Cinestill 800t at night

The glow of halation at night