Recent content by Paul Taylor

I have had this set of chemicals sitting around for quite some time, and thought I would try them out. I loaded some Tri-X 400 in the Canon F-1 w/ Canon 50mmF1.8. I made the mistake of overdeveloping the film. I mistakenly glanced at the spec sheet and developed the film for 6 mins. Turns out...

Thanks Gary! Luckily here in town (Well, in Mesa) we have Falcon Field and they have a branch of the Commemorative Air Force and they have a B-17 (Sentimental Journey,) B-25 (Maid in the Shade,) and SNJ, C-47, and assorted other warbirds that hang out. You can purchase flights on them during...

While I was sitting near Canyon lake - a bush had the attention of a few butterflies. These were shot with my Lumix G9 & PanaLeica 100-400 @ 400mm (800mm equivalent.) P1004097 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr P1004099 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

I do like the Bad Flashes Youtube channel - he can be a bit much sometimes, but I enjoy the content. He often takes road trips with another YouTube content creator / Photographer called GrainyDays - who is a more sedate/dead-pan humor type. They both seem to be on a mission to photograph every...

My newest digital camera is Lumix G9, and I have a pretty nice set of lenses for it. It is a great camera, and every time I use it I laugh cause it probably thinks I am a moron as I only use a fraction of it's features, and there are parts of it's menus I probably haven't ever explored...

I drove out to Canyon Lake today - it is a little outside Phoenix and is a great driving road - and there being a couple lakes usually can make for some good photos. I pulled off the road to take some pics of the paddleboarders that were floating around and I heard something odd. I recognized...

I have a D800 that I usually use in conjunction with my Nikon F4s film camera. I have a few lenses for it (Nikon 20-35mmF2.8 , Nikon 50mmF1.4 , Nikon 35-105F3.5 , Nikon 105mmF2.8 Macro , Nikon 80-200F2.8 , Nikon 80-400F4.5) All old enough to have the manual aperture rings so they work with all...

This is a great shot.

I don't much care for DPR's forum structure - so I don't ever pay attention to it. Photography wasn't offered during my scholastic years, as the town I grew up in was very small and "backwater." It is a unfathomable miracle that a very motivated and extraordinary technology teacher somehow...

Negative lab pro. I noticed with the FPP chems it seems to go a bit crazy with red/brown tones - so I need to make a profile for that. I may try my Epson V550 scanner to see what it does. This would eliminate if it was the chemistry or the software.

And for comparison - here is the Nikon F4s. This was also Kodak UltraMax 400 and mostly used with my Nikon 80-400mm. Amazing how now matter how far you go - you can't escape sh*tty people. Nikon F4S -Ultramax400 - 9-4-25 - FPPCS41 - D800-2366 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Bridge / Dam Nikon F4S...

So here are some film shots. I developed this with a new-to-me developer - Film Photography Project's C41 kit. And here are some shots from the new-to-me Canon F-1. Needless to say, it appears to be working correctly. This was some Kodak UltraMax 400. Lens was either the TTartisan 75mmF.15 with...

After last week's debacle of batteries with the F4s - I decided to go back to Arlington, and take some more shots. Since we had a heavy rain last night - the temps were nice so I wondered around a bit more on the hunt to channel my inner "Grainydays" (youtube photographer who loves...

I don't mind constructive criticism or suggestion - however I would prefer my images be left as I present them unless I grant permission for someone to mess with them. I wouldn't presume to re-write sections of someone's short story, grab a brush and add a color to a painting, or add a few...

Thanks Beth! I am going to try to head out there this week and shoot the film I originally planned to.