The Koudelka Starter Pack

Your contact sheets are ready.

Twenty rolls. Seven hundred and twenty frames. One horse, very far away.

Run the loupe over any sheet. It will not help.

Roll 01

Horse.

Contact sheet, roll 1: thirty-six frames. Horse.

Roll 02

Same horse. Different day. Possibly the same day.

Contact sheet, roll 2: thirty-six frames. Same horse. Different day. Possibly the same day.

Roll 03

Bracketed the horse, plus and minus one stop. The horse was unchanged.

Contact sheet, roll 3: thirty-six frames. Bracketed the horse, plus and minus one stop. The horse was unchanged.

Roll 04

The horse leaves in frame 31. I stayed for the last five frames.

Contact sheet, roll 4: thirty-six frames. The horse leaves in frame 31. I stayed for the last five frames.

Roll 05

Wind.

Contact sheet, roll 5: thirty-six frames. Wind.

Roll 06

Horse, sky, more sky.

Contact sheet, roll 6: thirty-six frames. Horse, sky, more sky.

Roll 07

Horse, possibly a cow. Group consensus: horse.

Contact sheet, roll 7: thirty-six frames. Horse, possibly a cow. Group consensus: horse.

Roll 08

Tilted the horizon. The horse did not notice.

Contact sheet, roll 8: thirty-six frames. Tilted the horizon. The horse did not notice.

Roll 09

Three stops under. The horse is in there somewhere.

Contact sheet, roll 9: thirty-six frames. Three stops under. The horse is in there somewhere.

Roll 10

Shot from inside the sleeping bag.

Contact sheet, roll 10: thirty-six frames. Shot from inside the sleeping bag.

Roll 11

Horizon studies, continued. Horse studies, continued.

Contact sheet, roll 11: thirty-six frames. Horizon studies, continued. Horse studies, continued.

Roll 12

Down to one Clif bar. The horse looks well fed.

Contact sheet, roll 12: thirty-six frames. Down to one Clif bar. The horse looks well fed.

Roll 13

Lens cap. All thirty-six.

Contact sheet, roll 13: thirty-six frames. Lens cap. All thirty-six.

Roll 14

Recovered. Horse.

Contact sheet, roll 14: thirty-six frames. Recovered. Horse.

Roll 15

Light leak. The back of the camera was open for part of this conversation.

Contact sheet, roll 15: thirty-six frames. Light leak. The back of the camera was open for part of this conversation.

Roll 16

A second horse. Even farther away.

Contact sheet, roll 16: thirty-six frames. A second horse. Even farther away.

Roll 17

The horse walked the length of the roll. I did not.

Contact sheet, roll 17: thirty-six frames. The horse walked the length of the roll. I did not.

Roll 18

Got closer. Frames 13 to 15. Then the horse left for good.

Contact sheet, roll 18: thirty-six frames. Got closer. Frames 13 to 15. Then the horse left for good.

Roll 19

No horse. Photographed where the horse had been.

Contact sheet, roll 19: thirty-six frames. No horse. Photographed where the horse had been.

Roll 20

The keeper is on this roll.

Contact sheet, roll 20: thirty-six frames. The keeper is on this roll.

Portfolio review

I held all twenty rolls up to the sky, one at a time, and nodded at two frames. Roll 18, frame 14. Roll 20, frame 22. It is the same horse. I have never been prouder of anyone.

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