I found a set of Kodachromes at the local Goodwill. The above is a photograph of monument circle as it was seen in 1963. None of the stores you see in the photo above exist but the skyline has changed quite a bit since then. Here are some more photographs from that set of slides. You will notice that some of the buildings like the K of P building and the Claypool Hotel have been razed since then to make way for newer more moderns structures.
I interviewed Zionsville, IN based photographer and portraitist Tom Casalini a few days ago. In Part 2 of my conversation with him he talks about going digital, advantages of working in a studio instead of on-location, working with families, and selecting the final images and presenting them to the client.
Crown Hill Cemetery is an Indianapolis landmark, and the final resting place for many prominent and not so prominent denizens of Indiana. They say death is a great equalizer, however we humans still try to be different even in death. Some chose elaborate memorials while others simple tomb stones. A few graves have statues of angels watching over them. I have always found them fascinating. I never tried to photograph them for some reason but was inspired to do so recently. Part of the inspiration came from a recently acquired Kodak Kodet Duaflex II Camera and the rest from a recent trip to Savannah, GA, home of the St. Bonaventure Cemetery. The Kodak camera has a 75mm fixed focal length lens with a f/15 aperture and a shutter speed of 1/30 sec. So I had to go with a slow film and I chose the Ilford FP4 Plus B&W Film for this project. I also used a Tiffen #25 Red filter as it was partly cloudy that day and I wanted to take advantage of the weather conditions. The camera takes 620 format film which is not manufactured anymore. I used a 120 film roll by modifying it to fit in the film chamber of the camera. Even then I was only able to get 11 exposures out of a possible 12. I don’t know why that happened and will definitely investigate further. I developed the film in Kodak HC110 for 9 minutes using Dilution B at 68ºF. I started with a 30 second agitation followed by a 10 second agitation every minute. Only 6 negatives were useable. I ruined the first two exposures because I forgot to reset the switch back to the single exposure (I) mode from the bulb (B) mode. The other 4 were out of focus because I was closer than the recommended closest distance for the lens.
Another version of the “Ghosts” theme that I wrote about the other day. I do not remember the exposure information. Film used was Fuji Neopan 400, developed in Kodak HC110 for 11 minutes at 68ºF. I use a Epson Coolscan 8000 to scan the negative and do post-processing in Lightroom and Photoshop CS3.
I took this photograph of a group entering the Park of Laments at the IMA 100 Acres Park. As you can tell it was one of those slow shutter speed deals. The long expsoure makes these folks look like ghosts passing into the afterlife through a long dark tunnel. Exposure is unknown. Film used is Fuji Neopan 400, developed in Kodak HC110 Developer (Dilution H at 68ºF) for 11 minutes.
You will find this installation at the newly opened 100 Acres Park located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The above was captured on Fuji Neopan 400 film using a Olympus XA Rangefinder (1/125 sec at f/16). Film was developed for 11 minutes in Kodak HC110 Developer (Dilution H at 68ºF). Scanned and edited in Photoshop CS3.
Oringinal Scan 
PK loves photography. This blog is a record of his photographic adventures and projects. If you like what you see congratulations - you have a good taste in photography. If you want to commission me for a portrait or just to hang out drop me an email at pk [at] photoindica [dot] com.
