welcome back everyone! our last trip was at old fisherman’s wharf. we will begin here with the view from the parking lot. like I mentioned before, the reason for the bright yellows and greens in these photos is because certain film has to be processed in the right chemicals. the film I used can actually be processed in two types of chemicals: the “correct” chemicals would have made these photos normal looking (ie. the sky and water would be blue), the “other” chemicals have made these photos yellow and green. I chose the latter because it’s fun to experiment with film.
these colors are just so odd and bright and really do make me love analogue photography more. do the structures below remind anyone else of that scene in Deathly Hollows where Harry and Dumbledore went into the cave where Voldemort hid the horcrux locket?
another cool thing about shooting film is its ability to never be the same. below are two images of the same beach. though they captured slightly different angles, you can see how much more blue and natural looking they are compared to those above.
still at the parking lot, I got some nice shots of nature, art, and a memorial statue.
I think I enjoy taking pictures of flowers more than anything else. architecture is a close second, but there is something about flowers (or just flora in general) on film that make them so immortal and magical. it’s so easy to walk by a rose bush. but when you stop and take the time to notice each and every angle of that same rose bush, it transforms it into something more.
more info here on the Sardine Products Co.
the sidewalks are small and the shops were already packed. the main reason we (my mom, sister, and myself) came here was for ghirardelli's hot chocolate, the sardine shop, and the beef jerky shop (jerkyville usa, which I highly recommend). however, once we got to ghirardelli it was completely swarmed with about 30 tourists from one of those huge tourist buses. nope nope nope. my stomach can wait for next time to drink that hot chocolate; it is not at all worth the wait.
there usually is a sardine shop near the other little shops. but since it was no longer there, we didn't have the energy to walk through the crowds and see if it relocated or closed completely. but, fortunately, jerkyville was still there and we got some very delicious and very very spicy jerky.
I'm not sure when monterey became so so popular with the tourists, but if you want to truly enjoy everything it has to offer go during the week early in the morning. you won't be shoulder to shoulder with anyone and you can relax and take your time looking in all the shops.
I have a bunch more photos I want to share but it will have to wait until next week. substack has let me know twice that I’m getting too close to making this post too long for email.
until next time,
mere