The Quickest of Exposures

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Just like Saturday, Sunday was cold. Unlike Saturday, I did not have the luxury of staying indoors. We needed things for dinner (we were trying that viral peanut sauce dumpling bake) and a few items at the drug store.

When Kathleen and I were getting prepared to leave (dressing as if we were preparing to visit a few penguins), we saw that the temperature was -25C with a wind chill of -36C, and required a little more emotional preparation. Maybe even a bit of self-convincing. Unlike Saturday, it was also sunny, so we had at least a plausible narrative at the ready.

All of this culminated in significant motivation: (a) the make photos; (b) to do our errands quickly; and (c) to make those photos while we were running our errands quickly.

As I wrote on social media after we got home:

I will be developing a roll today that will be very much imprinted with the conditions in which it was exposed: “photos quickly made in very cold but beautifully sunny conditions by a woman who is herself very cold and has Raynaud’s.”

I certainly think the results show it. Don’t you?


Camera
Lens
Film
Developer
Scanner
Location
Date(s)
Filing

Nikon F80
Nikon Nikkor AF 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5
Kodak Gold 200
Flic Film C-41 Pro Kit
Plustek 8200i / SilverFast 9
Ottawa, Ontario
February 8, 2026
Series 7, Roll 019