the rain mood

Rain Shelter by Brian Q. Webb


Photographer: Brian Quentin Webb
Age: 34

Residence:
I was born-and-raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles but have been living and working in Taipei, Taiwan for the last 9 years. I am a primary school teacher and teach primarily English but also some cultural classes. I try and get back to LA at about once a year to visit family and friends.

The Story:
I don't remember when I "got into" street photography, but I do know that I've always been shooting people. I got my first SLR (a pentax k1000) when I was twelve and the first thing I did was load it with Kodachrome and walk around randomly taking pictures of people doing stuff. When I was in High School I was introduced to the darkroom and started loving b&w, although I still shot color as part of the yearbook staff. Actually, I never took a class in photography but I used my position on the yearbook staff to gain entry into the darkroom and figure out how to do it myself. It took a couple of rolls before I even knew that you couldn't expose film to red light. :D
In college I became the youngest photo editor of the newspaper (I went to college when I was 17 and the previous editor graduated in mid-year) and so I had another excuse to use the darkroom and keep shooting.

After college a need for work and money forced me to give up photography and sell my kit. After I moved to Taiwan I started feeling the need to take pictures again. Being so immersed in a culture so different then the one I was raised in helped spur on what I had been repressing since I sold my cameras and the day after Y2K I went to a local shop and picked up a very used Nikon FG and 50mm lens. I've been shooting continuously ever since, mostly street photos in B&W.

The Photo:
About the photo itself, I love rainy days and tri-x. Nothing beats that combination for pure mood (see link). Crosswalks make it easier as you know which direction people are going to go and they must walk within a specific area on the way.

The Camera:
Currently I use a Voigtlander Bessa R2 and R2A. I have a variety of lenses, but primarily stick to a CV 35/1.4 Nokton Classic SC and CV 28/1.9 Ultron. For 35mm I like Tri-X and PanF the most and do most of my development in Kodak HC-110.

Where to find:
DeviantART
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