Frankly I don’t know anyone who is making a better use of their recovery time, thank you for the injury ? I’m kidding I hope you are better soon ! Congratulations for the wonderful new jobs ….
Thank you, Laurence! Idle hands are the devil's workshop, or something like that, so an idle mind must work the same. Trying to keep busy to stay positive. :)
Hoping for a quick recovery, bud. As you know, I’m well aware of the sitch you are in and making the best of a bad situation is all you can do. Right now I’m working through a roll of Lucky 200 and focused on recording some of the winter light we still have in my local downtown.
What helped you in the end? How did you manage the pain? Do you still have falirups? I haven’t tried that film stock, but I am looking forward to seeing the results. Winter light is starting to recede over here as well; days are growing longer.
Lots of physio/acupuncture and keeping up with strengthening exercises, that’s the key. Yes, I do have flare ups but it’s not often that they completely immobilize me, that said, that does happen, often out of nowhere. For me it’s just how I was built unfortunately, so I do my best to strengthen.
I haven’t taken as much advantage of the winter as I’d have liked but I can only do so much wind chill haha.
Thank you for sharing. I’m currently doing physical therapy, and it doesn’t seem to help that much right now. The pain threshold is still so high that it is hard to do many things.
Sorry to hear it, Matthew. I’ve been there and can say that with time and physio it’ll get better. It’s the maintenance afterward that’s critical to staying well.
I can only reflect Perfectlight's best wishes and hopes for your future, Matt.
Working from home during Covid's restrictions was a novelty at first and, better still, I avoided 3 hours of commuting. However, the lack of in-person human interaction took its toll on me in other ways.
Photography has been a useful crutch to lean on and I have a few projects in early stages. The most demanding is scanning and converting several hundred rolls of 35mm and 120 film and then converting / post-processing them.
Spring is just about here, so I'm hoping to shake off the winter blues, improve my physical conditioning and get out and about more - to work on the other projects I have started and want to progress with.
How are you going about scanning your negatives? I plan to eventually invest in a camera-scanning system to rescan all my negatives from a particular early project of mine, for which the lab scans aren’t good enough, so I would be curious to hear about your process. I am very much looking forward to spring, to hopefully be able to try walking outside again.
Hi Matthew. I have the Valoi Easy 35 and Easy 120 kit. I bought the Easy 35 model before I knew the 120 version was going to be a thing. The 120 version is larger and will do everything (negs and slides) from half frame to 6" x 9" via 35mm (and XPan) with the correct holders. Here's a link to their website: https://valoi.co/en-gb/collections/easy35
I've only tried out the Easy 35 version as yet (and there's now a v2 on the way). However, once set up, you can "scan" a roll of 36 to RAW / DNG files in under 5 minutes. It really is at least 10 times faster than a flatbed and you don't need copy stands, light sources or worry about getting the camera sensor absolutely square to the holder, etc.
It's not a cheap option but, for me, it's a "once and done" set up I can use with the legacy of my negs and those I shoot in future.
Frankly I don’t know anyone who is making a better use of their recovery time, thank you for the injury ? I’m kidding I hope you are better soon ! Congratulations for the wonderful new jobs ….
Thank you, Laurence! Idle hands are the devil's workshop, or something like that, so an idle mind must work the same. Trying to keep busy to stay positive. :)
You're certainly making the best of this enforced restriction Matt, the website looks great - here's hoping you make a full recovery very soon!😊
Thank you, Lin! I appreciate you checking out the website!
I love the last, moody, rainy image so much!
Thank you, Manuela!
What a great idea, Matt! I hope you continue to heal quickly.
Thank you!
Hoping for a quick recovery, bud. As you know, I’m well aware of the sitch you are in and making the best of a bad situation is all you can do. Right now I’m working through a roll of Lucky 200 and focused on recording some of the winter light we still have in my local downtown.
What helped you in the end? How did you manage the pain? Do you still have falirups? I haven’t tried that film stock, but I am looking forward to seeing the results. Winter light is starting to recede over here as well; days are growing longer.
Lots of physio/acupuncture and keeping up with strengthening exercises, that’s the key. Yes, I do have flare ups but it’s not often that they completely immobilize me, that said, that does happen, often out of nowhere. For me it’s just how I was built unfortunately, so I do my best to strengthen.
I haven’t taken as much advantage of the winter as I’d have liked but I can only do so much wind chill haha.
Thank you for sharing. I’m currently doing physical therapy, and it doesn’t seem to help that much right now. The pain threshold is still so high that it is hard to do many things.
Sorry to hear it, Matthew. I’ve been there and can say that with time and physio it’ll get better. It’s the maintenance afterward that’s critical to staying well.
Yeah, something I will really need to work on. Thanks again!
I can only reflect Perfectlight's best wishes and hopes for your future, Matt.
Working from home during Covid's restrictions was a novelty at first and, better still, I avoided 3 hours of commuting. However, the lack of in-person human interaction took its toll on me in other ways.
Photography has been a useful crutch to lean on and I have a few projects in early stages. The most demanding is scanning and converting several hundred rolls of 35mm and 120 film and then converting / post-processing them.
Spring is just about here, so I'm hoping to shake off the winter blues, improve my physical conditioning and get out and about more - to work on the other projects I have started and want to progress with.
How are you going about scanning your negatives? I plan to eventually invest in a camera-scanning system to rescan all my negatives from a particular early project of mine, for which the lab scans aren’t good enough, so I would be curious to hear about your process. I am very much looking forward to spring, to hopefully be able to try walking outside again.
Hi Matthew. I have the Valoi Easy 35 and Easy 120 kit. I bought the Easy 35 model before I knew the 120 version was going to be a thing. The 120 version is larger and will do everything (negs and slides) from half frame to 6" x 9" via 35mm (and XPan) with the correct holders. Here's a link to their website: https://valoi.co/en-gb/collections/easy35
I've only tried out the Easy 35 version as yet (and there's now a v2 on the way). However, once set up, you can "scan" a roll of 36 to RAW / DNG files in under 5 minutes. It really is at least 10 times faster than a flatbed and you don't need copy stands, light sources or worry about getting the camera sensor absolutely square to the holder, etc.
It's not a cheap option but, for me, it's a "once and done" set up I can use with the legacy of my negs and those I shoot in future.
That is the kind of set-up I would go for, thank you for sharing Paul!
best wishes, hope you're getting better and the temporary movement restriction will help you with that
Thank you!