Well, I was happier with the earlier batch (from the previous year’s reunion)…
The Neopan 400 was not my best idea, and I paid for it with a whole roll of flat drabness, if you ask me. (Note to self: no more Neopan 400 in poorly-lit local clubhouses.) On a few of these I made some attempt to beef them up with cropping, but then it occurred to me:
Isn’t that flat drabness, that familiar ordinariness, that “three variations of potato salad” comaraderie sort of the point?
I’ll bet nearly all of us can dig up an old snapshot of a relative taking a picture of a relative taking a picture.
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My Second Tharp Reunion, c. 2012
Fujifilm Neopan 400
I’m not quite satisfied with that film either, it is not nearly as good as Neopan Acros 100, that film is truly beautiful!
But it just may be as you say, the opportunity…… =D
Marie
I’ve had some luck the 400 here and there, but I agree, it doesn’t have the grace of Acros (or Neopan SS), nor the muscle of the late (lamented!) Neopan 1600.
I don’t really care what film you used. These pictures are fabulous. They truly show a family reunion. Young ones and old ones. You never know if you will get to see all the same faces at the next family reunion.
This is true. Some of the attendees are in their 90s now. And it is fun to see how everyone changes from year to year.
I think you nailed it, what with the three potato salads and the drabness. I like the way you didn’t crop out the drabness in some of the shots. sort of how a reunion goes, huh?
Right? It’s fun when you walk in the door, but after you’ve caught up with everyone, what else is there to do? I do commend my in-law family, however, in that they don’t make us all play games.