Damien Jurado in SLC - FUJI FP-3000B

Last night, I was in a dream.

This dream consisted of me, my good friend Ryan Tanner, and Damien Jurado and his wife Sarah. In the dream, I got to see Damien play an in store concert for free @ Slowtrain in downtown Salt Lake City. And after that set, my dream had me in an alley way with my FUJI GF670 and 10 rolls of Ilford HP5 from my friend Ricci's. I remembered in my dream to push the film to 3200 to get the grain I wanted. After our photo session, Ryan, me, Damien and his amazing wife Sarah headed over to Whole Foods. This is where I know I must be dreaming, because the last place I'd eat dinner is Whole Foods. We then continue to have the most amazing conversation of analog vs digital in the realm of music, and the conversation was started by Damien. We talk of being artists with families, our constant drive to create, and the delicate balancing act of being a husband, father and a creative. After what seemed to be the best dinner conversation I've ever had in my life, we head over to the Urban Lounge to hear him play with a full band and then solo singing some of the most amazing new music off his new album Saint Bartlett.

I woke up this morning and with this stack of negs from my Polaroid 600SE shot on FUJI FP-3000B, I realized, that was no dream. Quite honestly, one of the best nights of my life.

If you don't know who Damien Jurado is, go watch this first, and then dive head first into his music. His music is completely responsible for various bodies of work I've created and is definitely an inspiration behind the Lehi body of work I'm working on right now.

The film gets sent off to Richard Photo Lab tomorrow and I'll have it back soon enough...and that will be a completely different post.

Diane & Andrew - 5.9.2010 - Arcadia CA

You can view the whole event and order prints HERE.

Richard Photo Lab

I've had a lot of people ask me now that they are shooting film, where they can send it to to get not only reliable results, but the best results. That answer is Richard Photo Lab in Los Angeles. I know what you might be thinking, "are you crazy? I'm not shipping my film in the mail!". Don't fret. It is safe and as long as you have a simple tracking number, it always get there. But more importantly, the results you get back from them are out of this world. Perfect color and no post production. They make shooting film so easy. You shoot, they develop and scan and then you download your scans from their FTP and you are done. The other great thing about them is no matter who you are, they want to start a dialogue with you about dialing in exactly the look you want. They are willing to work with you to get you the images you want and expect. I can not say enough good things about these guys. I'll be posting a wedding very soon I shot out in Montauk NY developed and scanned by them and show you exactly what I am talking about.

Now this recommendation comes from a guy (ME) who has his own set up. I have my own Fuji Frontier scanner and a Noritsu developer with FujiHunt conversion. So, why in the world would I send them weddings if I could do it in house for pennies on the dollar? Free time. Every penny paid to them is worth the time I don't have to spend having the film developed, scanned, sleeved, cleaned for dust, color corrected etc. And in the summer months when wedding season is in full swing, they provide me with something invaluable, time with my family. And folks, I'd pay 4x what I pay to have that. It's that important.

So, if you shoot film, and are serious about having perfect color/density and actually want a life where you are not sitting in front of a computer fixing your images, you have to give Richard Photo Lab a try. Thank me later, seriously.

Mckinzie Family

They lived next door to us and just moved out to Telluride CO. Their son Andrew, was Isaac's best friend. Good luck out there in CO guys, we miss you.