"Ah, he was the Dean of Martins"

It's about to get pretty photography heavy around here.

This is Ryan. We've been friends since we were about 14.

Canon Elan 7n
50mm 1.4
Kodak BW400CN

Film!

I've been slowly trying to get back into photography. I think I lost some interest in it when it seemed everyone had become a "photographer" and it just felt kind of meaningless to go out and try and do something where either a) other people who I saw as much more talented made my work seem infinitely inferior or b) other work which I saw as mediocre was being bought up like candy. Crappy candy. Like Smarties. And then I realized I was just being a pretentious douche. So I decided to pull out my cameras and starting taking pictures of whatever because it's fun and it makes me happy. There. And I just got a ton of film so it should be good time - 50 rolls of Kodak BW400CN and 50 rolls of Fuji NPZ 800 (both lots expired - awesome!), 5 rolls of Fuji Neopan 400 and 5 rolls of the new Kodak Portra. I'm excited.

I should also mention that I stumbled on some music by the Portland band Typhoon and me gusta.

Typhoon: Starting Over - Hunger and Thirst