Western Holga Photos

My Holga film was finished developing today! A week was a long time to wait, I am impatient.  I have 8 rolls, so it will take me longer to scan, spot, and tone the images. For now, here are a few images that I had time to clean-up a little.

The Badlands National Park at sunrise

Waterfall on Orcas Island

Pier on Orcas Island

Please forgive the scan lines on the photos, especially the one above. I don't have a 120mm film scanner, so I have to get the photos developed and then scan them with an HP flatbed scanner. The quality isn't the best and it isn't very cost-effective. If I have a lot of time, I try to remove the scan lines... but that really can take hours. I have never had that much patience with post-processing.

If anyone knows where I can get a 120mm film scanner, let me know!

A few final photos from my road trip

After this, I am finished posting photos from my road trip... I think. At least until I get my Holga's back!

Montana camp fire. I didn't take many photos in Montana. I think I was getting tired at this point or shooting more with my Holga. It was nice in Montana, we stayed near Missoula, which is a pretty laid-back town. Lots of people watching and lots of very good beer. We had some from Kettlehouse, an amazing ale. Since the mountain biking was pretty epic out there, my plans to mountain bike across the west got thwarted and redirected to beer sampling across the west.  Which was fine by me!

Dan is an expert pancake flipper. One of the best things while camping is breakfasts! My favorite is pancakes with peanut butter and maple syrup. Then you won't have to eat again until dinner.

North Dakota sunset. I never would have thought North Dakota would be so beautiful! I was humming "Home on the Range" for a long time.

This is kind of out of order, but these are the mountains in Wyoming as we were driving out west.

...And I'm back!

After 4,524 miles, one dead raccoon, a belly full of craft beets and  a fist full of photos, I am back after a two-week road trip to the west. It was an awesome, relaxing, adventurous, beautiful, tasty, trip, I think I could have taken 2 more weeks and gone to the other coast! Although a shower was welcome after camping for a week.  I haven't started editing my photos.... that may take awhile, but I will post as I get them done.

 Highway 2 in Eastern Washington

Crazy Mountains in Montana