Every year Stefanie sets sail up to Chattanooga TN and bases her 4 day adventure up and down highway 127 for The Worlds Longest Yard Sale. It starts at the southern most tip of Michigan & Runs all the way down to Gadsden AL. I usually tag along and look for old film cameras, good conversations and people watching. Heres the sale through my eyes in 2023.
What can I say? What a great weekend with some of my oldest and most rowdiest friends on earth, got to watch Bobby & Alaina get married in Beautiful Joshua Tree Ca. Can’t thank Doug enough for putting me up and giving me an insane rocket to ride out there, you’re the best man! These photos are just for fun, no rhyme or reason just my friends looking cool and staying rad. Enjoy.
par·ty
/ˈpärdē/
noun
1.
a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.
"an engagement party"
HWY 82-Columbus MS-HWY 82-Starkville MS-HWY 45-Carrollton AL.
I have had the pleasure of meeting some pretty great people through photography but Peter & Javier are really up there. Javier’s lady Amy introduced us back in October of 2020, she told me her boyfriend and his brother were opening a film lab down in Miami and they were in search of some cameras and darkroom equipment. They had the plan of having a storefront selling cameras, books and other film related things up front, a full film processing lab and a community darkroom to go along with it. They flew up here, rented a van, came to our house and spent countless hours looking through cameras I had for sale and taking all the darkroom equipment I could give them. Here we are in September of 2021 and Palm Film Lab has been in full swing for a while now. They have an absolute beautiful operation down there, they take film processing, scanning and customer service to the next level. So when they decided to come out with their own film, to say I was excited was an understatement. They started with a Panchromatic 100 and 400 in both 35mm and 120mm. Here’s what they have to say about them.
Palm 100
A private label, 100 ISO black & white panchromatic 35mm film based in Miami, FL
Yields high contrast and medium grain with our recommended developers
Non-DX Coded (100 ISO recommended for point & shoots as default ISO
Palm 400
A private label, 400 ISO black & white panchromatic 35mm film based in Miami, FL
Yields high contrast and medium grain with our recommended developers
Non-DX Coded (100 ISO recommended for point & shoots as default ISO)
Im excited to say i’ve put a few rolls of the 100 iso & 400 iso 35mm through a few different cameras I have around the house. I processed all these rolls by hand in diafine, 80 degrees for 5 mins in solution A, 5 mins in solution B, a water stop and then a fix for 7 mins. These were all scanned using my Epson V600. Im really thrilled about the results and I probably won’t be picking up any other Black And White film for a very long time. Thanks again Peter & Javier.
Make sure to visit https://www.palmfilmlab.com or click the buttons below for direct links to the film!
Palm Panchromatic 100 ISO With Olympus Stylus 3.5
Palm Panchromatic 100 ISO With Canon EOS 1N & 40mm 2.8
Palm Panchromatic 400 ISO With Canon Elan 7e & 40mm 2.8
Palm Panchromatic 400 ISO With Canon EOS 1N & Nifty Fifty
On the 4th of July I decided to spend my day in a hot 100 degree blacktop parking lot outside of a fireworks trailer. My goal was to see what type of Americans here in small town Alabama were celebrating their heritage. This is a collection of images I made of proud Americans in Hueytoiwn Alabama.
My friend Warren is an amazing author and wrote a novella titled “No Birds In Yesterday”. Its a perfect read for someone like myself who can’t sit still for more than an hour. I was fortunate enough for him to trust me with filming some clips for a promo video he did and also shot some photos along with it. Anyways I highly recommend his book and you can get your copy here
Also check out the rest of his website, hire him to write for you or correct your grammar. He’s probably wishing he could correct mine while he’s reading this. But too bad…
“ The 127 Yard Sale is commonly referred to as “The World's Longest Yard Sale”. That’s because it really is the longest yard sale in the world. To be exact, it’s 690 miles long and the route travels through 6 states; Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. The majority of the route follows Highway 127 from Addison, MI in the north to Chattanooga, TN in the south. From Lookout Mountain, GA to Gadsden, AL the route switches to Lookout Mountain Parkway. Both are scenic drives allowing you to appreciate the beautiful countryside of these states all while enjoying the fun and excitement of The World’s Longest Yard Sale.”- Insert taken from the website. Visit the website here.
