Off they go… my final four rolls of Kodachrome…

Here they are.  Four rolls of Kodachrome film.  A 25, a 40, and two 64s.

First thing Monday morning – after digging out a gigantic amount of snow to find a 2005 Saturn Ion buried underneath – I put these final four cartridges – containing 144 undeveloped photos – into a FedEx mailer.  This stuff has to get to Parsons, Kansas by the 30th of December – no excuses.  According to FedEx, it should arrive in Kansas by Tuesday night – snowstorms mean nothing to FedEx.

If you look carefully at the picture, you can see that I hand-dated each roll with a Sharpie pen.  The Kodachrome 25 cartridge (far right) contains photos from December 23rd; the Kodachrome 40 cartridge next to it has photos from Christmas Eve.  And I do mean “eve.”  There are some night shots on that roll, which I hope will benefit from the film’s tungsten-blue shift.  One roll of Kodachrome 64 contains photos taken on Christmas Day; while the other roll – at far left – contains my final 36 photos ever taken.  I wrote on the cartridge, if you can read it, a thank-you to both Kodak and to Dwayne’s Photo.

It’s been a fun year working with Kodachrome.  A year ago, I wouldn’t have known Kodachrome from a Paul Simon song.  Now I’ve used it for a year and I’ve had lots of fun with it.  I’ve taken great shots, I’ve taken “bum-shots,” and I wouldn’t trade my experience for anything.

Two rolls are already at Dwayne’s – they’re two rolls of fireworks pictures, one set from the Capitol tree lighting; another set taken after Albany’s Last Run.  I’ll post those when they arrive.  And I’ll post results from these final four rolls once they come back – most likely, as I’ve heard Dwayne’s has been processing over 700 rolls a day – it might be a few weeks before my final four rolls come back.

But once they arrive back, I’ll share the photographs with all of you.  Hopefully you’ll enjoy them.

And although I can’t take any more Kodachrome photos, there’s always the possibility that these pictures might find some exposure at upcoming photography competitions and fairs.  Not to mention the possibility of another Blurb-created art book.  We shall see.

UPDATE: As of 5:00 a.m. today, the package has arrived at FedEx’s Tulsa sorting facility, which is about 120 miles from the final destination in Parsons, Kansas.

UPDATE: The package arrived at Dwayne’s Photo at 8:39 a.m. central time.  My photos made it.  Now I wait for development and return.