For a period of time I made several trips over to Cedar Key just to photograph the locally famous ‘Honeymoon Shack’ or ‘Honeymoon Cottage’, as some of the locals call it. The stilt house was built in 1959 by Henry Taylor for Phillip and Margaret Thomas of Gainesville. The house was severely damaged in 1985 from Hurricane Elena. Ever since then the house was abandoned and it slowly deteriorated until it finally collapsed, leaving only stilts.
Image No. 118
I have several versions of the little ruined guest house, the one above is in the gallery and the most popular of the ones that I have. It was shot on Provia 100F slide film, as this type of film is more forgiving for long exposures.
Image No. 157
The image above was taken in 2010 not long after a storm had passed through. This shot was produced on Velvia 100 slide film using my medium format film camera, Mamiya RZ67 Pro II.
Image No. 119
I had experimented with some black and white film I had on hand, and wanted to see how it would turn out with long exposures. This one, turned out a little grainy. When using film, you have to compensate for reciprocity failure, which means when shooting long exposures you have to allow more time because the film isn’t as sensitive in lower light. The image that you see has been enhanced through post processing. The film used here was the Ilford Delta 100.
Image No. 177
This image was taken a little earlier than the previous one.
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All images are film captures taken on Mamiya RZ67 Pro II
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