This roll is super random. It’s Kodak Gold 200 and its only 24 exposures. Honestly I’m not a big fan of the colors. I exposed it at 160 just to get a little more light and some photos look overexposed. I also got them developed in some random camera store in NYC so that might have a lot to do with my results. Maybe ill get them rescanned. I’m glad there aren’t any important photos shot on this roll. I mainly rushed through this roll just to see how I like the film stock. My buddy Nico gave me another roll so I’ll definitely try it again I just don’t know what application ill use it for.

These next few photos are from the tea garden in San Antonio

These were taken on my birthday. We had wine and Burger Boy.

This guy at the wine bar recognized my camera and told me he used to use a Leica. So I asked him to take a picture of our group. It was really dark but he didnt nail focus at all.

This was taken while waiting for the train to NYC

Trent GarciaNovember 10, 2019Comment

My Third Roll Of Film 1 01119

Okay so I don’t know if I’m going to keep this naming scheme up but I’ve been exclusively shooting film lately so it works. So this roll is Kodak Ektar 100. After looking at these I freaking love this film stock. I metered at box speed… I think. I honestly cant remember. I just know I love the colors of this stock. The only downside is its 100 speed so I can only really shoot this film outside. Also the skin tones end up looking a little red. But its the perfect landscape film stock so that’s exactly what I tried to shoot on this roll.

This one was simply taken to clear out the first few exposed frames.

Lauren and her old coworkers and boss from Rackspace.

Angus and his ride. A friendly face from the coffee truck.

Lauren in front of the bathrooms hahaha!

2nd trip to enchanted rock. I had to go back.

What’s weird is I didn’t even notice the spider until I looked at the scans.

I like this one. Perfect mix of foreground and background.

Pretty high up at this point. Hi Lauren!

Nathan took this one. Just admiring the vast view.

Buzzards. Also I’m pretty sure I had a bunch of sweat on my lens!

After the sun set I took a few long exposure shots since I have a shutter release cable now. Also could have exposed way longer.

Some great shots of Liam playing in the water. Being a kid.

Lauren took this one of me before rehearsal.

These are a mix of photos taken by Nathan and I of the guys at Theory. David and Gavin

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My second Roll of Film 092519

So at this point before loading my second roll into my camera I’ve already got my first roll back and have a better understanding of how Fuji Superia 400 looks when you expose it at box speed. This film stock likes a lot of light so I end up metering for the shadows/mid tones in most photos and setting my light meter to 200 instead of 400. Overexposing by 1 stop really made a difference. I’m very proud of this roll and the way the colors turned out.

One of my favorite ones from this roll. Taken at some random hotel while visiting my friend Abe at work.

Some pics from The Pearl. I noticed the little first came into the frame at the last second so I shot another one.

I always liked these kinds of driveways. Meeting up with Lauren at Common Wealth Coffee shop.

Remember that underexposed photo from my first roll? This is what it was supposed to look like.

Took this while sitting at a stop light downtown. Clouds were looking really nice.

Took this on a Sunday after work. You probably cant tell but there is a plane in the sky.

Sat there for a while waiting for that bird to fly away but it didn’t move.

Had some Burgers at Burgerteca. I’d never been down here before.

Travis and Lauren Gray in front of their new house. The following pictures are from their house warming party.

Liam playing in the Gray’s backyard. Yes its out of focus. But this little guy moves faster than I can focus.

Dinner at the Gray’s. Probably too dark for a photo but I tried. Shutter speed was way low so its a little blurry.

Nathan and his first film camera. This was his first photo which I will include at the end of this blog post.

Nathan at Theory. He just finished shooting his first roll.

My other favorite photo from this roll. Perfect timing.

One of those photos I have no idea how I got. It was so dark. Laurens birthday party with all our friends.

The wall above our driveway at our apartment

Willow hanging out at the dog park. In need of a haircut for sure.

Took The Goose to the coffee shop. She’s such a good dog.

Accident hit the camera while taking this so its a little blurry but this is Jason. He makes really good coffee and has his own shop. Gold Coffee.

So I didn’t take these last few photos. My buddy Nathan did. But I’m including them because I’m almost always the one behind the camera. Thanks Nathan.

This was that photo I mentioned earlier. Nathan’s first photo even though the previous one actually turned out pretty cool.

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My First Roll of Film 091819

So I shot my first roll of film. I’m actually surprised they turned out the way they did. I guess all those years of shooting digital actually makes a difference. Although shooting film is way different than digital I’ve shot close to 10 rolls at the time of writing this. So I’ve got a pretty good handle on my specific camera and I do a lot of research before using a new film stock. But before I show you my work I’d like to talk a little bit about my camera and share a story. First of all the camera is great! My Leica M4 is mint condition and is such a joy to shoot. There’s this feeling when I hit the shutter button. At first I would kind of hold my breathe and hit the button and then feel this very satisfied feeling of relief even though I had no idea if the picture turned out. Kind of like a feeling of peace like “it is what it is”.

Now onto the story

This guy stopped me at HEB asking about my camera. He said “you don’t see many Leica cameras with a Sony strap!” I told him I just got it and didn’t want to drop it. (The sony strap was the only strap I had.) We got to talking for a little while in the hot parking lot. John was a professional photographer for 50 years. He asked me what kind of film I was shooting. I told him Fuji superior 400. He asked if I ever heard the song Kodachrome by Simon & Garfunkel. He told me he remembers shooting Kodachrome and how the colors were so accurate and lifelike. Then Fuji came around and said “accurate colors? Fuck that!” He asked me all sorts of questions about how I’m metering. Suggested I get a Luma pro light meter because they are dead accurate. Asked me if I was bracketing. I shook his hand and we parted ways. Only to realize I should have took a portrait of this guy. Rookie mistake.

Anyways onto the pictures. Ill include a short description for some but not all.

The first picture. My buddy Alex took this one of me in his coffee shop. I didn’t even get to take the first picture. The next few photos are all from the basement coffee shop.

My first long exposure. I used the bulb mode and had to hold the shutter down for I think 8 seconds without moving the camera. I since have acquired a shutter release cable. I set my tripod up on my balcony at the apartment.

Theory Coffee. This is my hangout. Also that painting in the window was done by my friend Gavin. You’ll see him in a different roll of film.

Out wondering while Lauren goes shopping on her birthday.

The Goose. (Lucy) This is my favorite photo from this roll. Fun fact my other dog Willow was supposed to be in this picture but wouldn’t stay put.

High Street Wine. Closing out Lauren’s birthday.

These next photos are all from my first trip up to enchanted rock with my buddies Abe and Coke.

No better way to end a roll than with a sunset.

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A regular Saturday 090819

Today was a bit of an uneventful Saturday. Nothing crazy. Woke up, ate a bagel and got an americano at Press Coffee with Lauren. We don’t normally go there. The coffee was mostly subpar. The first picture below is of Lauren outside of the coffee shop smizing. After that I headed into work for a rehearsal/run through for our new run of show. That took up most of the day. My buddy Daniel hit me up while I was working and asked if I wanted to go climbing later. I’m always down to go climb with friends so I agreed! The climbing gym is called Armadillo Boulders and today happened to be the 1 year anniversary of them opening. So they had a bunch of live music and food and a lot of people there. I met up with Daniel, met his Brother Chris and his sister Elizabeth and climbed for a little while. Since it was the 1 year anniversary of the gym they held a climbing competition so I stayed and got a couple photos of that. After that I met up with my best friend Nathan and his girlfriend Kayla at my favorite wine bar Little Death. I’m sure I’ll post many more photos of this place in the future because I really enjoy drinking wine there with friends. That was my Saturday. Now I have to get some rest because Sunday means a 5am wake up and a 6am call time for work.

Trent GarciaSeptember 8, 2019

My First Blog Post 090619

Hey. My name is Trent Garcia. The idea behind this blog is to document all the pictures that don’t end up on my instagram feed. Hopefully i will take the time to write a little about these photos and the experiences that go along with them. It seams somewhat appropriate to post a portrait of myself to put a face to the name. These photographs were taken earlier today on my Sony A7III with my new Leica Summicron 50mm F2 all manual lens. I normally shoot with the Sony G Master 16-35mm F2.8 and honestly most of the photos i post will be with that setup. But today i purchased the Leica 50mm because after months and multiple outbid Ebay auctions i finally bought a mint condition Leica M4 film camera. So as the anticipation starts to kick in i realize in about a week i will receive said camera and wont have a lens to use it with. So I begin to do some digging on the internet on what lens to buy. Somewhat overwhelmed i decide to call up my local camera store (The Camera Exchange) to see what they have. Turns out they have a few options so i quickly head out with only 45 minutes to spare before they close. Fast forward about 30 minutes after the store closes iv decided on the Leica 50mm. Its in really good condition despite how old it looks (made in 1953 based on the serial number) not to mention it ended up being a little cheaper than all the other lenses i was considering coming in at $449.95. Excited to try this new lens of mine i decide to buy an adapter for my Sony camera to get me through the week along with a few rolls of some Fujifilm Superia 400. That way as soon as i get my M4 i can start shooting. So i leave the camera store and head home just in time to catch the sunset. I somehow convinced Lauren (my wife) to walk over to my favorite sunset spot at The Pearl to try this lens out. Turns out manual focusing is pretty hard! I don’t know how many shots i took but only ended up with a few usable ones that were correctly in focus. I’ll get better at focusing i promise but these were the photos i ended up with.

Trent GarciaSeptember 6, 2019 Comment