Well, I finally dropped by KC Color in Tulsa today to see how the film I dropped off a few weeks ago from this project turned out. From my limited research, I think KC Color is about the only place left in Tulsa that still develops and prints film. I love the smell of the place as soon as I walk in there. It reminds me of my high school dark room days, and later my high school job in a 1 hr film lab. Do those still exist anywhere? Anyway, I was disappointed to realize that my film didn't turn out. You can't even make out frames on it, much less the pictures. The pictures I took were awesome. I took that camera everywhere with me, making sure each of the 12 frames mattered. I had some cool stuff: a picture of the downtown Tulsa skyline, a picture of Catoosa's Blue Whale, a picture of the cool old water tower in Adair, and other cool stuff. But none of that matters because none of those photos exist. Hummmph. The moral of this story? Don't trust garage sale film. It was a fun experiment though. 126 film is no longer manufactured, but I think I'll try and get another roll online somewhre and try one more time. Using that little Instamatic is so fun! I did lay the negatives on my scanner, just for fun. That kind of turned out artistic, right?
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