The Strange Long Grueling Drive to Hampi

2010-06-20, Sunday, 07:45

The Maruti 800, an incredibly uncomfortable
place to sit for 21 hours.

We left Chennai early this morning to drive to Hampi in Karnataka state, 380km (240 miles) away.

Google will tell you that it is a 10 hour drive.  No doubt this was the extent of Karthik's research as he regurgitated this factoid to me, assuring me that it was a reasonable amount of time to spend stuffed back into the Maruti.

Cosmic Visitors to San Francisco

City Hall from Afar

From time to time I lose track of film, find it again, process and scan.

This really doesn't bother me - I enjoy the surprise.

In my latest discovery, I found a roll of film that I shot on a photo trip with Karthik back in September 2010.

A Kodachrome Day

Canon A1, Kodachrome 64 film

Before I took these shots in April 2009, I'd spent the weekend in and around Monterrey with a camera in hand.  When it came time to leave, my A1 was still loaded with Kodachrome.

I often wish I shot in a format that let me swap film on a frame by frame basis.  Since I shoot 35mm, however, it often means my camera is loaded with the film that was appropriate for my previous shoot but not necessarily for the current one.

On my drive home, this was on my mind as I cruised through the dull, hazy, overcast, drizzly conditions with a camera full of low-speed Kodachrome slide film.  I almost didn't bother shooting but something egged me on.