So Last week we had a little Bar-B-Q at the Hillside School in Boulder. My youngest went there for a few years and I can't say enough good things about it. Anyway, while I was following the kids around the grounds I had my TLR with me. I was shooting some Kodak Portra NC in this beautiful light as the evening sun went down and I was blown away with how every shot came out fantastic straight out of the camera. I mean I didn't have to do a thing to the images on the roll. I love this stuff! I mean, compared to shooting chrome this stuff is fool proof. Anyone can shoot this film and have fantastic images without have to do any post processing.

It got me wondering, since when did having to do post processing become a must? I mean, Formula 1 drivers don't work on the cars, they leave that to the professionals. There is nothing wrong with wanting to do post processing on your images. If you enjoy it great, but I shoot a lot and I can't imagine having to spend tons of time working on an image after I shoot it that I could have gotten right in camera and not spent any time at all on it. After all these were only meant to be snap shots, and they look awesome without any work.

So, my challenge to you if you are a photo enthusiast or pro is to see how close you can get to your final image in camera. Good luck.

Yashica 12 TLR, 1/500th @ F3.5, Kodak Portra NC 160