One photo per day. No skipping days. The photo is usually taken that day, but not always – today it was processed.

I developed a few rolls of film I shot this week. I had space for one more in the container, so I grabbed one from the pile of found film — rolls I discovered while cataloging the cameras a few months back. This was a C-41 black-and-white roll. No idea what was on it, I only knew it was mine, some belongings to people who donated cameras.

Turns out it’s from 2021. This frame 5A was taken exactly five years ago today, May 22, 2021, during my trip to Iceland. The rest of the roll over the week-long trip. I have no memory of taking a film camera on that trip. I’m not even sure what camera these were taken with – my guess would be a Canon AE-1. I must have opened the camera and exposed the roll before it was done.

I only have 10 frames, then I ruined the negatives. Judging by the frame numbers and my memory of the trip, frame 5A was taken after midnight – 20 hours of daylight this time of year. I camped at that spot after my hike to the plane frames 3A and 4A. I have a color version of the waterfall taken with the Nikon hanging in my living room, called Skógafoss at Midnight. This might be my favorite photo I have taken of Skógafoss. I think I will print it tomorrow.

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