It had been awhile since I had picked up the camera and it felt like forever since I had put an actual roll of film through my SLR. I had been working my butt off to be able to afford a Konica-Minolta 7d and yet I knew I was out of practice. I had moved and not even re-setup my darkroom I worked so hard to collect equipment for.

I knew that before I departed the country I would need to get back into the habit of taking some pictures so I asked my good friend Jeremy if he would like to go for a long walk through Minneapolis and snap some pictures of anything we happened to find photo-worthy along the way. One of my favorite things to do!

For a sunny fall day in late October, it was positively ass-kicker cold. The temperature was right around freezing but the wind was the real killer. We made pathetic little whimpering sounds crossing the Stone Arch Bridge only to be passed by a bunch of clucky older rotund women walking in sweats. If you heard them and saw with what nonchalance they cut through the wind you would have sworn they were enjoying a stroll on a nice summer day. Minnesotans are a tough stock.

All the leaves were peaked along the Mississippi. I took this shot, auto-metered on Provia 400 using my Minolta 9 with my Minolta 50mm lens which actually looks wide to me now. Damn, I hate that digital SLR cropping factor.

Apologies for the quality of the scan. I had this quicky scanned from a local camera store and their quality isn't the greatest. The highlights on the buildings in the background are blown on the scan, but fine on the film. One day, I'll do the scanning.

I am still waiting for the right moment to pickup a good quality 35mm/120 dual-format scanner. I am sure one will be able to pick them up for nothing in about another 9 months. Anybody got one they want to get rid of?