Spring is in swing

January 13th, 2010 • chatter, education
Tags: college, education

For school at least; we’re still in winter weather-wise. I’m taking general education courses this semester, mostly because I feel don’t feel like writing a paper. However, now I have to suffer through Weather & Climate and World Geography surrounded by 18 year olds who still think college is high school + 1. Taking these low level classes will allow me to focus on other things which should be good. I’ve still got to get my old Shadow VLX taken down to the mechanic to get the carbs cleaned and put back on the bike so I can get her running again. I’ve also got to de-rust and de-scale its gas tank, which will probably happen at the same time.

Yesterday we received our new (to us) Mamiya 645 Pro TL medium format camera. We got it for a steal at $500 plus shipping and handling. Each piece priced out ends up costing nearly $1000 so we’re definitely glad to have this. Since it’s medium format and takes 120 film, we haven’t used it yet except with the Polaroid “land camera” film back that came with it which had three exposures left in it. Only one of the three even worked and it came out blurry and darker than expected. We should be getting some film next week so we can test it out. I will also be purchasing some regular 35mm film and possibly some 126 film to go along with a Kodak Instamatic my girlfriend received over our Christmas break. I have no idea what 126 is or what it looks like but it’s not heavily used these days and is fairly expensive, comparatively.

I’m working on different themes for my photography project so if you have any ideas, please let me know via comment or email!