Humby Valdes

TOWER THEATER

Little Havana

I've been told by multiple family members that this is the theater my Dad first saw a James Bond movie. He loved James Bond movies. I don't think they show regular movies here any longer.

Texas Longhorn looking at me while I eat BBQ for lunch. Kodak Ektar 100 film.

What are you looking at?

DANDELION FLOWER ON FILM

Kodak Vision3 250D

Macro closeup photo of a dandelion on cine film, Kodak Vision3 5207. Nikon F80s with DX 40mm f/2.8G lens.

Closeup photo of a dandelion on movie film, Kodak Vision3 250D as still photograpy. Nikon F80s with the Nikon DX 40mm f/2.8G lens.

Charlie Brown and Snoopy ice sculptures standing next to a Christmas tree at the Gaylord Palms event ICE! a Charlie Brown Christmas.

Snoopy leading the parade around the winter wonderland at ICE! a Charlie Brown Christmas.

Poor Charlie Brown getting help from the 5 cent psychiatric help booth...

Charlie Brown pattern made out of huge ice blocks at ICE! a Charlie Brown Christmas. Kodak Portra 400 film.

Ice cold

Check out these photos of Charlie Brown and Snoopy made out a huge ice block sculptures. I almost didn't think it was real. They are huge, larger-than-life ice sculptures. With color and a Charlie Brown Christmas theme. The temperature was an ice cold 9 degrees, SO cold they handed out jackets to keep you in the room.

Peanuts

ICE! a Charlie Brown Christmas.

Poor Charlie Brown getting help from the 5 cent psychiatric help booth...

Snoopy leading the parade around the winter wonderland at ICE! a Charlie Brown Christmas.

Charlie Brown pattern made out of huge ice blocks.
ICE! a Charlie Brown Christmas at the Gaylord Palms

Neon order sign on Kodak Vision3 250D film.

Your quarter, speak!

Constantin Brancusi gold sculpture in the Chicago Art Institute.

Tom Friedman takeaway running man sculpture at Aventura Mall Miami, Florida on Kodak Vision3 250D movie film.

Elongated Diptych

New Colour film

HARMAN Phoenix 200 Film Review

NEW: Harman Phoenix ISO 200 colour film photo samples.

MVP - from zero to colour

Harman Technologies, known for their production of black and white films under brands like Ilford and Kentmere, has made a color film! How Awesome is that! What’s also exciting is it they went from only having black and white to color film in less than a year, if I understand the story right.

They got together a small team & decided to make a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Much like the startup accelerator Y combinator's software strategy. Create a product quickly, with the least amount of resources, with what you already have. See if early adopters are interested, get feedback and iterate.

No anti-halation on this film. Phoenix 200 film.

My brother Kiki Valdes art studio on the new Harman Phoenix 200 film. Shot with bounce flash. Color pop!

Natural light, coming in from the window, on my brother Kiki Valdes art drawings. Shot on the new Harman Phoenix 200 film.

HP letter light trails on the new Harman Phoenix 200 colour film.

Light trails up down and around on Harman Phoenix 200 film.

Halation on a Fox Neon light on the new Harman Phoenix 200 color film.

Brickell on South Miami Ave looking good on the new Harman Phoenix 200 color film.

Downtown Miami office tower on Phoenix 200 film.

Kiki Valdes late night drive on the new Harman Phoenix 200 colour film.

Harman Phoenix film has a different film base that the others.

Harman Phoenix film base color is yellowish green when you open the canister.

The colors are not perfect but they remind me of the high-contrast aesthetics of 1990s music videos. The visual style of bands like Rancid, Greenday and even Smash Mouth. The film's is punchy and contrast-heavy. Nowadays people are obsessed with dynamic range but back in the 90's dark shadows, heavy grain and bold contrast was what we wanted. This film has that.

Obsessed with dynamic range? - not the cool kids

I ordered a couple rolls and shot a bunch of random stuff. I develop all my film at home using Cinestill's C-41 kit and DSLR scan with my D850 and a film holder. No clue how they would come out developed and scanned at a lab. But scanning does give alot of leeway on color and contrast so try that if you can.

From my YouTube research, I noticed that alot of review photos looked underexposed. I used my Nikon F6 for my first roll so I set the ISO to 125. I might try 50 ISO on my next go. The film has alot of halation when over exposed but I like that look.

Fisheye, Double exposure and a little pink.

This film base is not like the others

HP5Plus

Phoenix

Kodak

Yellowish straight

out of the can

Congrats to the people at Harman. They're bringing
the heat & that’s a good thing for us film lovers!

200 iso is so so

I’m curious to see how Kodak will react to this limited edition film being released. Will they follow suit and release their own special edition film... Maybe Vision3 as native C-41, that would be cool!

Competition is good!

HP - Harman Phoenix Light trails

I captured a cool picture by aiming my camera at a huge shiny Christmas ornament. It was at the mall and bigger than a beach ball. Looks like a fisheye but it was on a 50mm lens.

If I go back I'll bring my fisheye to see what happens.