cosa fai stanotte? misuri la citta' in una passeggiata, con una vecchia macchina fotografica tra le mani e una pellicola veloce; non e' esattamente quella che un paio di amici definirebbero una pellicola veloce, solo un fedele rullino di Ilford HP5 400 e tutto quello di cui hai bisogno e' una presa solida e qualche volta un muro o un palo su cui fare affidamento se la luce e' *davvero* troppo poca. Piombino e' una citta' quasi deserta, e conti i passi per lasciar passare il tempo, pensando che non ci sia nulla da fotografare quando all'improvviso noti una macchina che si avvicina alla rotatoria; e' questione di secondi, devi mettere a fuoco, esporre, inquadrare ed essere pronto a far fuoco nel momento esatto in cui la macchina entra nell'inquadratura. Puoi avere una pellicola veloce, ma non c'e' pellicola che possa aiutare *te* ad essere piu' rapido. E' solo azione. Smetti di pensare che stai sprecando fotogrammi preziosi, spenderesti quello che risparmi per bere una birra in piu'. Scatta, maledizione! Ecco perche' io ho la foto e forse qualcun'altro avrebbe avuto semplicemente una birra in piu'.
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what d'ya do tonight? you just pace a nonsense stroll along the town, an old camera in your hands and some fast film; that's not exactly what a couple of friends would call a fast film, just a faithful roll of HP5 400 Ilford film and everything you need is a firm grip and sometimes a wall or a signpost to rely if the light is *really* low. Piombino is quite a desert town, and you're counting the steps to spend time, thinking there's nothing to shoot while you suddenly see a car approaching the roundabout; it's matter of seconds, you have to focus, expose, frame and get ready to fire in the exact moment the car enters the frame. You can have fast film, but there isn't any film which can help *you* to be faster. It's just action. Stop thinking you're wasting precious frames, you'd be spending savings to drink one more beer. Fire, goddamnya! This is why I got the photograph and maybe another one would have just gotten one more beer.
Shot with a rat Yashica FX-3 on Ilford HP5 400 film
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what d'ya do tonight? you just pace a nonsense stroll along the town, an old camera in your hands and some fast film; that's not exactly what a couple of friends would call a fast film, just a faithful roll of HP5 400 Ilford film and everything you need is a firm grip and sometimes a wall or a signpost to rely if the light is *really* low. Piombino is quite a desert town, and you're counting the steps to spend time, thinking there's nothing to shoot while you suddenly see a car approaching the roundabout; it's matter of seconds, you have to focus, expose, frame and get ready to fire in the exact moment the car enters the frame. You can have fast film, but there isn't any film which can help *you* to be faster. It's just action. Stop thinking you're wasting precious frames, you'd be spending savings to drink one more beer. Fire, goddamnya! This is why I got the photograph and maybe another one would have just gotten one more beer.
Shot with a rat Yashica FX-3 on Ilford HP5 400 film
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