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Concrete Sessions

​more photos from the two rolls of Ilford HP5+ that I just developed. these are shots from the b-boy cyphers I went to, to help promote an event.  Pictured are members of Rock So Fresh, Cypher City Kings, Epic Styles Crew, and Dead Breaks Society.

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Street Level

I just developed two rolls of Ilford HP5+ 400, and I have alot of good shots from it.  I will be posting them gradually in categories.  I'm still new to black and white photography, but I feel like I'm getting the hang of it.  This is my collection of street photos from these two rolls.

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Color or Monochrome?

the past month i've been having a big inner debate with myself about whether i should continue shooting color, or if i should pick up black and white.  the reason this question was ever raised, is because i will be starting to develop my own film very very soon.  i hear that color is a pain to develop yourself, but i'm willing to go through the trials because i love color.

one of my favorite artists preaches that there are so many colors that we have available to us, and it'd be a horrible waste not to use them all.

i will be starting to shoot b&w film very soon....but until then, here are some shots from a recent roll of Fuji Provia 400x processed in E-6.

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