Father Pitt

Tag: Film Photography

  • Ohio Valley Trust Company, Coraopolis

    As seen by a Kodak Pony 135 camera with Efke KB 25 film. The film expired years ago—or rather the printed expiration date was years ago, but the film lives on. Once this roll (which started at 30.5 meters) is gone, however, there is no more. The creaky old Efke factory in Croatia closed down in 2012 on account of “a fatal breakdown in machinery.” The current incarnation of ADOX picked up the formula for Efke’s ISO 100 film, but not this slower film. It’s a pity, because this film produced negatives with fine grain and a wide range of tones, and it was also cheap.

    We also have pictures of the Ohio Valley Trust Company building in color.

  • Some Details of the Church of the Ascension, Shadyside

    Side entrance to the Church of the Ascension
    Entrance
    Lantern
    Another side entrance
    Construction debris

    Construction of the new addition was still finishing up when old Pa Pitt last visited. Here is a pile of stones.

    Niche
    Canon PowerShot SX150 IS; Kodak Retinette with Kentmere Pan 100 film.

    More pictures of the Church of the Ascension, and some pictures of the church in 2013, when it still wore a coat of black.

  • Weber Apartments, Dormont

    Weber Apartments
    Kodak Retinette with Kentmere Pan 100 film.

    The striking patterned brickwork of an apartment building in Dormont captured in glorious monochrome.

    We also have color pictures of this building and its neighbors.

  • Potomac Station, Dormont

    Potomac Station on the Red Line
    Kodak Retinette with Kentmere Pan 100 film.

    Potomac gives Red Line riders easy access to the Dormont business district, which is full of odd little shops and restaurants that make it well worth a visit. Some of the houses in streets nearby are architecturally significant, and a walk through the back streets of Dormont is always pleasant.

  • Neville House, Oakland, in Black and White

    Port cochere of the Neville House apartments

    We saw Neville House in color earlier. These three monochrome pictures were taken with a Kodak Retinette made in the middle 1950s. Above, the exit from the porte cochere under the building. Below, the main entrance, including the porte cochere and the patio in front of it.

    Entrance to Neville House
    Entrance to Neville House
    Kodak Retinette with Kentmere Pan 100 film.

    Thanks to Bodega Film Lab for developing the film and making it worth taking the Retinette out for a walk.

  • Kodachrome

    Father Pitt seldom has much to say about things outside Pittsburgh, and he will say very little now. He has only this to say: the world is not quite as beautiful without Kodachrome as it was with Kodachrome.