# I want to shoot something **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348 "2017-01-16T22:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/1 "2017-01-16T22:27:39Z")
Pro8mm announced their ‘One Roll Super 8 Film Challenge’, where you’re supposed to shoot a film on one roll of super-8 film. As it happens, I’ve finally found a pan handle for my vintage Arriflex tripod head, and I’ve repaired my old Bogen 3063 tripod head that had a cast piece break off of it some time ago. I’ll be having one of the Aatons fixed soon, and I’m thinking it might be time soon to sell my Bolex-Paillard underwater housing. Plus, we’re halfway through the cold weather and I always seem to thing about filming this time of year. I have a couple of Ultra 16 cameras I haven’t used yet. The thing of it is… Film is expensive. If I’m going to spend the money, I want to shoot something _interesting_. Not much around here, though – unless you like birds. Meh. Anyway, all of my 16 mm stock is B&W. Maybe this Summer I’ll finally get around to shooting my James A. Fitzgerald _Traveltalks_-inspired travelogue of this little holiday community. (That one, I’ll shoot on super-8. Still might cost a couple grand.) _sigh_ L.A. was much more inspiring. (But I’m not moving back!) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/2 "2017-01-17T03:33:25Z")
[Roller Derby](http://ratcityrollergirls.com/) I feel close to them for some strange reason. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/3 "2017-01-17T17:08:20Z")
No road signs where you live? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/4 "2017-01-17T17:54:58Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > No road signs where you live? Ha! Actually, there’s a very nice sign welcoming people to my little seaside holiday community. I’m going to get some footage of it when I do the travelogue. For Ultra 16 mm, I think I’ll shoot 100 feet in the Canon Scoopic, and another 100 feet in the Beaulieu R16. I have some B&W stock that’s been keeping cold for a long time, and needs to be used. I hope I have some Tri-X, because I don’t want to waste whatever Pan-X I have on ‘test/home movie footage’. When I was testing an Aaton, I got a nice ground-level shot looking down the train tracks. (It was 11 mm on the lens.) Maybe I’ll get several seconds of that in B&W, and then set up and wait for a train to go by. Another possibility needs colour film. (I may have some Vision 3.) My office is at the harbor, on the Duwamish River. People fish off of the bridge. I could set up a long shot of people fishing, and then see if they’d mind being filmed closer up. I thought about the super-8 travelogue on the drive to Seattle today. (Oh, the reason I want to do super-8 is because it comes very close to the 1930s look I want. Also, I get to use the 4008. 😉 ) I have many shots I want in my head. I should commit them to paper. Or virtual paper, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/5 "2017-01-17T19:11:58Z")
I have a friend who shoots a lot of BW film. Last year he made the rounds with me one day and of course he was carrying his camera. We stopped at a dog pound, a machine shop, a truck garage and a coffee shop. I never once noticed him taking photos. I was flabbergasted a few days later when I saw the shots he got. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/6 "2017-01-17T19:41:33Z")
For what it’s worth, when I bought my first Pentax K-1000 SLR camera, I bought a field guide of the wildflowers of my state. I then practiced my photography technique by trying to photograph every species of wildflower I could find in my county. I assembled a portfolio of I think about 80 species, and donated them to the county historical museum. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/7 "2017-01-17T20:15:11Z")
Just be clear, I’m talking about motion picture film. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/8 "2017-01-17T21:10:57Z")
I was going to invite you quail hunting with me next weekend. If 2,000 miles is not too far to travel you could partake in 2 ways to shoot one bird… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/9 "2017-01-18T23:11:21Z")
I thought you were in Seattle. Which “holiday community” are you in? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/10 "2017-01-18T23:18:13Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I thought you were in Seattle. Which “holiday community” are you in? Birch Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/11 "2017-01-18T23:35:54Z")
Browsing around on Wikipedia, here are some things in the area that might be interesting to go check out: [Lummi Nation](http://www.lummi-nsn.org/website/index2.html) [Cherry Point Oil Refinery](http://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/what-we-do/refining/cherry-point.html) ETA: Whoops, didn’t mean to hit Submit. Will try to add some more in another post. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/12 "2017-01-18T23:59:43Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Browsing around on Wikipedia, here are some things in the area that might be interesting to go check out: > > [Lummi Nation](http://www.lummi-nsn.org/website/index2.html) > [Cherry Point Oil Refinery](http://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/what-we-do/refining/cherry-point.html) I haven’t been to the Lummi Reservation since before I moved up here. Now that you mention it though, it might be interesting to ride the ferry to the island and get some footage on it. (Edit: That is, footage on the ferry trip over and/or back; not on the island.) I haven’t tried to go into the refinery (no reason to), but security looks pretty tight. . ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/13 "2017-01-19T00:33:53Z")
[Nature’s Path](http://us.naturespath.com/company-info) [Skate park, curling rink, or disc golf coursein Tsawwassen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsawwassen) [Tsawwassen first nation](http://tsawwassenfirstnation.com/) [Wendy Lawrence (Astronaut) looks to live in Ferndale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferndale,_Washington) For any of the businesses/factories, you’d probably have to call and ask if they have a tour of any sort. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-shoot-something/777348/14 "2017-01-27T17:29:36Z")
There’s an elderly, disabled veteran who sits by the railroad tracks. I find people more interesting than panoramas and such. I’m not planning on ‘making a film’. Right now, I just want to capture images on 16 mm. But who knows? I’m still waiting for better weather. I may have to buy some Vision 3 stock instead of shooting on B&W. (Though B&W has strong merits, especially when it comes to poignant subjects.) I may ask ‘Kevin’ if he’ll let me take some pictures. On one hand, he’d be a good subject. On the other hand, it stinks of exploitation – particularly when the footage won’t help relieve the plight of people who must beg to survive.