Old Neon

This is a scan of a 4"x5" sheet of Kodak Tri-X Pan 320.  I rated the film at 400 iso and gave it N+1 development.  This is a contrast increase of 1 stop.  The film was developed on my Jobo Processor in PMK developer.  Development was for 16:40 minutes at 20C.  I ran this one, along with 19 other sheets, in two batches of ten, on May 19th of this year.

Chris and I were staying in Macklin in the spring of 2025 visiting a few old hotels for the Beer Parlour Project.  On this day we were out scouting around, and found this sign in Wilkie.  Later in the day we would end up at the Unity Hotel for an impromptu Beer Parlour Project session, number BP25.0.

I took this photograph on May 8th 2025 at around 6:00PM.  I used my Ebony SV45TE view camera and a Fujinon 400mm lens, with no filter.  The exposure was for 1/125 second at F20.0.

For many years I have been drawn to old neon signs, and whenever I find one, I document it.  I now have a collection of images that must number something around twenty or more.  Maybe someday I'll put together a portfolio of some sort?  Many of the ones that I photographed early on no longer exist.  This one looks like it is not long for this world.