Why street corners still matters
Scanning is tedious, but it is where the series takes shape. There is a version of this that is much more complicated. This is not that version. There is no single right way to approach shooting film, but some ways are kinder than others. In June the light changes, and so does the work.
First steps
I print small first, then decide what deserves to be larger. The best frame on the sheet was the one I almost did not take. Film forces a pause between seeing and pressing the shutter.
If you only take one thing from this, make it the part about grain. I shot most of this series on a single roll, half of it in fading light. I keep a short list of things to try next; scanning negatives is near the top.
What changed
Thanks for reading, and for the gentle observations that keep arriving. This is less a guide and more a record of what worked for me. I keep coming back to street corners, chiefly because it rewards time. If you only take one thing from this, make it the part about long exposures.
This got going as a quick note and bit by bit turned into something longer. A loupe helps, but it is not the point. Most of what I know about film stock came from getting it wrong first. Small, repeatable steps beat big plans almost every time. The shift showed up bit by bit, then all at once.