In late November and December, through mid-February, the sun sets behind the Olympic Mountains as seen from Port Townsend. This view looks over the city marina, home of most of the boatbuilding activity in town (one of the larger employer groups … but no single employer comes close to the number of employees of Port Townsend Paper.
Port Townsend Paper is the largest employer in the town, so it is usually just referred to as “the mill”. In this image you can see the northeast corner of the Olympic Mountains in the background.
This is back to digital imaging and shows “rush hour” on Water Street in downtown Port Townsend. It is busy in the summertime and on weekends the rest of the year … but gets really quiet during the week.
I like it that way.
In the distance, you can see the sun setting behind the Northeast corner of the Olympic Mountains.
These are images taken on 620 Tri-X at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend on the Kodak Brownie Flash Six-20. (and I remembered to wind the film between shots this time)
The images are “soft” … but that is typical of cameras of this design … using a single lens element.
This was the first roll of film that I shot with this camera and I was taking images as I walked around Fort Worden State Park … trying to get the 8 shots taken so I could send the roll in to be developed. I no longer process my own images … finding it much more convenient to use commercial labs who process and provide you with scans. I use “The Darkroom” in California … and find they are wonderful to work with.
In a previous blog I referred to the camera I was given by a friend: a Kodak Brownie Flash Six-20. One of the features of this camera is that there is a locking mechanism on the shuttle release that you need to rotate to allow the shuttle to operate. It doesn’t automatically reset, though, you have to rotate the shutter lock back in order to protect from double exposures. Of course, that is not the way of modern cameras … so as I was getting used to it, I forgot to wind the film before taking the next image (once or twice). So, these were unintentional … I like #1 though. #2, not so much.
