the coldwater files

  so yeah. that happened. i recently took my yearly trip to shetland, to visit with my partner's family and enjoy the vast, glorious landscapes and beautiful beaches. excited, i took my trusty Nikon EM SLR and so many rolls of film, all different. i envisioned wonderful results - rolling hills, clear water; dark, moody black and white images of derelict croft houses and wacky colour shifted fields of purple and skies of green. well, i did get those, but with a pretty obvious side effect. light leaks! all film cameras are designed to be perfectly dark once you close the back. photo film works by exposing light to the film - depending on the camera, you as the photographer get to decide how much light you let in via shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. in order for your photo to be taken, you need a perfect pitch dark environment for your film so that when you press the shutter the right amount of light gets in. unbeknownst to me, my trusty camera's light seals had degraded since th...