Lab Drama

Choosing to still do editorial assignments while on the road full-time may seem folly on our part... but who can resist shooting?! We ask for a month's notice being that at any given time we don't know where we'll be and are already forgetting what state we're in. Since we only use film, sending our negatives off via FedEx was by far the most difficult thing we've done since we set off on our journey. We constantly see FedEx trucks pass us on interstates and used that to comfort our worries that it will get to our lab safely and on time.

In the past two years we've gone through three photo labs. Working closely with someone at a lab who chooses to lab-hop puts us in a precarious situation. Not knowing who is developing your negatives is a problem. Not having ever stepped foot in that lab is a bigger problem. Since we've created a relationship with this individual for over two years now, we put our faith entirely in their hands, hoping they finally chose a great lab to root themselves in. Nerve-racking... but at the end of the day it all worked out well. Along with the help of dear friend Michael Kwiecinski (amazing fellow photographer) who gets truck loads of love from us!

We haven't touched the negatives and probably won't see them for weeks, even months later. Though right now are working in shifts with final scans just so we have our hand in part of its final stages. While one is asleep, the other works through the night. Pretty amazing how many things one can accomplish in their vehicle while on the road....