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This roll is interesting… It dates back to like February, before pandemic/shelter-in-place. The first half of the roll I shot through a Pentax K1000 I found in my dad’s old camera bag. Me and my housemate made a little video on it that I never really felt “finished” with so I put it on the backburner. I wanted to make a video where I developed that film and showed the results but when Covid hit, it put a curveball in everything and the roll sat in my fridge. We also ran out of developer at the house, and then the messiness of the house made me indecisive unto how we would film that portion of the video.

Ultimately, I made a bunch of excuses for the video but eventually developed the roll and got the scans back to confirm I should keep using this camera. The K1000 works great, and the roll switches over to my M6 around the frames of the Poppies. You almost can’t tell, as the K1000 and its 28mm f/2.8 prime lens is very sharp. Its focusing mechanism and exposure meter took some getting used to and I find both more helpful but also more intrusive to the experience compared to the M6’s rangefinder shooting experience. Overall it was fun and easy to use and I now use it as a carry-around that I don’t mind it banging around or if (knock on wood) something were to happen to it.

The K1000 frames were made in Petaluma, CA and the M6 frames were made in Santa Rosa, CA.
Some of the clips from the video and frames from this roll are in this video.

Peace!

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Some conversations simply strike a different chord inside. They elevate your awareness by occurring just at the right time and connecting you deeper to what’s already been weighing on your mind.

It takes a particular person and energy to bring both of you to this place. The same person and energy won’t always bring you to the same place, but life never ceases to take you where you need to go. Some things really take time, then they become unforgettable.

You can’t force your self-understanding. You can only encourage it, pray for it, manifest it. It will come, but it can’t be forced or rushed. Yours will never be true for others, either. You each walk away from the same conversation with different versions of clarity and understanding. It’s one cog in a big ass wheel of life.

You won’t always notice truth when it comes. And you won’t always accept it once you notice it. But your truth will reveal itself, and furthermore, prove over time why it couldn’t be any other way.