Bill Smith's Photography

There's something about Kodachrome's colour palette that can't quite be replaced. Camera: Nikon F3HP, Nikkor Ais 50 f1.8 lens. Film: Kodachrome 64

I'm going back a decade or so and taking a look at some of my old work and I came across some Kodachrome slides from a late August/early September 11 years ago. Back then Dwaynes was the only place on Earth where you could get your Kodachrome processed, there was a long lead time involved, and it took a couple of months to get the slides back. Yes, it was a pain in the ass, but damn, the colours. I seriously regret not shooting Kodachrome more especially with family photos just because of the archival properties of the film alone. Camera: Nikon F3HP, Nikkor Ais 50 f1.8 lens. Film: Kodak Kodachrome 64

I've been going through old work lately, in particular stuff I shot on Kodachrome 64. I really wish I used more of this back when it was still available. I shot this back in Fall 2006 a year after my dad passed. I was still dealing with his death and nothing was going quite right, I gave up my first attempt at online dating (in hindsight maybe not the best time while dealing with the loss of a parent but I was lonely, so there) and I was between jobs at the time. I needed to get out of the house and do some photography, I left early one weekday morning with one camera, one lens and one roll of Kodachrome and drove up into Caledon exploring the countryside during the week. I needed time alone to clear my head and explore. Yes, Kodak Alaris has made noises about exploring the possibility of bringing Kodachrome back, I really want to believe that will happen, it sadly most likely won't. Here's why, Kodachrome was one of the oldest colour films on the market and had insanely...