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2 pancakes, 2 eggs and 2 sausage for $6.50? What a deal! You know what makes it even better? This video. Watch it while you eat. Don't just feed your stomach, feed your insatiable hunger for more photography while you're at it.
This little breakfast joint resides in an area of Orange County that's going through some gentrification. I assume it's only a matter of time before they plow this thing down to make way for more high-density apartments. LUXURY apartments. Or perhaps a shiny new industrial building with a blue glass and reclaimed wood exterior.
Whatever may take the place of this building someday, I don't want to miss the opportunity to photograph it now in all its 2019 glory. So I took my Shen-Hao HZX-45IIa 4x5 camera out on a Sunday morning to capture this puppy on film. I was loaded for bear with several sheets of Kodak Portra 160 (and a couple sheets of Fuji Provia 100f). I ended up using my Rodenstock 115mm lens for a composition that I struggled a bit to find.
The building didn't have much in the way of accent lighting, but that turned out okay. With minimal artificial lighting, I was able to capture this charming breakfast cafe while it was asleep - nothing more than a splash of rising sun in its eastward-facing windows. And, if I'm really putting it all out there...I actually went back another day during business hours to photograph it with the lights on. I just couldn't resist the temptation of seeing how it looked with some light. But I found out pretty quick that shooting it when the restaurant was closed certainly was the right call. With all the lights on, it just looked too alive. Plus it was a bit of a zoo dealing with customers' cars, food delivery trucks, and relentless road traffic. This Sunday morning outing gave me the better photos.
I ran into my usual slew of challenges like composing the photo in the dark, factoring in reciprocity failure, and some unexpected lens flare. But hey, at least a big rig didn't park in front of me.
Thanks for watching. Enjoy!
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30 дек 2019
