I think this was one of my most productive rolls of film. Not everything was portfolio worthy, but I got some really fun shots of various parts of Yerevan and Tbilisi during summer and the early transition into autumn. With the changing weather that became a bit more stormy as the heat mixed with the cooler evenings, to the old decaying buildings of the Old Tbilisi district. It was a really fun roll of film due to that. Usually I'll have a half roll that I just don't really care for. I won't even bother exporting them into anything, just leaving them as their tiff format. No editing. No sharing, just left in the file. Sometimes it's due to exposure mistakes or just poor compositions.
This one I took mostly for fun, it shows the diversity of Armenian culture. Some kids waving around a random Armenian flag with all their patriotic might. A large bunch of wool drying out in the sun to be turned into yarn for the old women to use to knit something going into the colder months. And of course, the classic Soviet/Armenian carpet laying out above the garages to dry after being cleaned. I found the composition itself nothing special, but the context itself says a lot of the varying types of people and styles that are found within Yerevan and Armenia. It's always an interesting sight for me. Where the culture remains quite evident once you step out of the more busy parts of Yerevan.
I forgot I had this image for the post yesterday, where I mentioned the decaying buildings of Old Tbilisi. The cracks forming in the facades of old buildings, but their charm still remaining. I had no idea this image would flare like it did. Shot on the 28mm, I took it mostly for fun. To get back into photography after such a hiatus from it. To warm up, so to speak. But here you see the cracked texture of the building, with many around it in far worse condition. Some of which are being fixed over time, others I'm not sure they'll make it long enough to finally be noticed.
This last one I wanted to do something more fun with, but I think the potential lacked a bit, I loved the look of the older buildings, the old balconies and the light that was hitting through going into sunset. But I think it came out a bit rough in the end. Probably from the settings I dialed in. Perhaps even just from me assuming a certain area of the image would in fact be the main appeal, leading to something generally less interesting. Though that happens, especially with film where you can't see how the final result will actually turn out. You just sort of guess and figure things out from there. And that's of course also the fun of it!
