Left Field Jeans

[pepper davies]

oof, that is some heavy stuff! I've shot some stuff on my parent's old FM3 with a 50mm 1.8, my film favorites were tri-x and that kodak 200 stuff. Typical CVS stuff, but it's fun. I'd love to get a modern film camera if the opportunity ever presents itself.

 

Also, Left Field related, I just saw a guy wearing Chelseas in my college cafeteria. I've also seen a guy wearing that tweed fill stuff from a few years back.

 

Before my time - but my guess is from when LF sold to Need Supply.  It's always cool to see an order come in from Richmond since I always thought no one had any idea about Superfuture stuff.

 

Since there's some camera talk going on - felt like I needed to post a picture of my camera bag from about a year ago.  

 

[Noctilux]

I have the AIS version. Don't tell me you actually own a Noctilux too...

I wish, lol. But my other username is right since I do own a Grandagon. 

 

Before my time - but my guess is from when LF sold to Need Supply.  It's always cool to see an order come in from Richmond since I always thought no one had any idea about Superfuture stuff.

 

Since there's some camera talk going on - felt like I needed to post a picture of my camera bag from about a year ago.  

 

Noice. I always liked the Mamiya 7 but ended up going with the GF670 since it's more portable.  Also nice Sebenza.

 

Here's two of my current go to film cameras I posted awhile back on r/rawdenim.

 

 

Edited March 28, 2014 by Noctilux

[altoclefchris]

Before my time - but my guess is from when LF sold to Need Supply.  It's always cool to see an order come in from Richmond since I always thought no one had any idea about Superfuture stuff.

 

Since there's some camera talk going on - felt like I needed to post a picture of my camera bag from about a year ago.  

 

 

I had no idea that LF had ever sold to Need! It's not so surprising, though, I remember the first time I went in there they had stacks of vintage label Momotaro, among other things I'm sure.

 

I'd sure like to give medium or large format a try at some point. My dad used to have a large format view camera, but claims that he lost it. I'm not sure how exactly one loses a camera so large, but I digress.

[guthriegking]

if you squat and work them legs then most def.!

Never skip leg day. Also definitely will wear the sweats every time I squat for the remainder of the contest.

[Formula Pfaff]

Part 1

Last weekend mfarmtown, jortslife, and I had a little sweatpants meetup in Chicago. I shot a couple rolls of film to document the adventures. Sadly Calumet, the only good quality 1 hour photo place in chicago, decided to go bankrupt over the weekend so I had to relinquish my film to the hellish place called Walgreens "Photo Center." As expected, the crops are kinda off and the IQ isn't that great, but whatever. Okay, enough complaining from me. On to the adventure.

mfarmtown and I took the train from Rogers Park to meet up with jortslife in Lakeview.


 

Jortslife had picked out this coffee shop called Bad Wolf Coffee, where we got some...well, coffee. Obviously. Pretty enjoyable in my opinion.

 

The place is very bare bones, with no chairs and only a long table to stand around. We did just that, and talked about denim stuff and left field things for quite a while.



Jortslife's flight jacket lying on the table



We eventually realized that we were all pretty starved and went on a search for some food in the area. 



We stumbled upon a Chipotle on the way to the train and enjoyed the nice chairs for sitting. After admiring mfarmtown's shoe fades, I dug into my carnitas tacos and tried my best not to spill all over my sweats. 



Obligatory shot of jortslife's wonderful new tattoo. 



Once we finished eating, we went outside in search of a place to do some fit pics for jortslife. We found a nice big grey wall around the corner with a random mural on it, so I decided it was good enough.

I'll stop here. Next post will be of jortslife's sweatpants "photoshoot"

[Formula Pfaff]

Part 2

Jortslife's "photoshoot" 







Butt shots are extra points, right?







jortslife's 90's rap game is on point









Photoshoot concluded.  Okay, I apologize for spamming all of the photos, but bear with me. More cool sweats shots to come. 

 

[Formula Pfaff]

Part 3

After jortslife's photoshoot, I loaded in another roll of film (Fuji Superia X-tra 800) and walked up to the train platform to head downtown.



I couldn't help but notice the awesome texture on the sweats while we were sitting in the train. 



We got off the train in downtown Chicago and went to the Levi's store to meet up with a redditor we know who works there. We had never met in real life, so when we all walked in at the same time and he recognized us, his reaction was pretty hilarious. He showed us around, trying his best to act like he was still working. After we decided to stop bothering him, we headed to the Barbour store.



I tried on a barbour international that I've wanted for a long time, but they didn't have the green ones, so I passed on that one.



After that, we headed to Independence and hung out there for a while.



They were preparing for some event party while we were there so we got out of their hair and went outside.



jortslife and mfarmtown eventually realized that I wouldn't be in any of the photos since I was taking all the photos, so we got clever and used the mirrored sides of a building to get in a nice group photo. 



mfarmtown likes to take photos of cool buildings around the city, so the John Hancock was a must. 





Our first attempt at getting into the signature lounge at the top of the John Hancock was unsuccessful. There was a typically huge line right before sunset, so we waited it out in jamba juice below. 



STAY STRONG. We're almost through this...

[Formula Pfaff]

Part 4

While we killed time in jamba juice underneath the John Hancock tower, jortslife took a look at his indigo dyed vans that mfarmtown had just given to him. 



He seemed pretty pleased with them.



Here's a cool shot of mfarmtown's toe fades and of course a sweet texture/detail shot of mfarmtown's sweats she tapered herself.



One more texture shot, this time comparing the sweats to mfarmtown's denim tote. The sweats are just beautiful.





Waiting in line to get up into the 95th floor Signature Lounge.

Jortslife turned the tables on me so we had a little photo battle while waiting in line.



ALMOST on the elevator. Group shoe shot.



Okay folks, you're so close to the end.

BREATHE. 

Please refrain from sharpening those pitchforks. Only one more of these and you'll be rid of me for a while. Thank you for bearing with me. 

[Formula Pfaff]

Part 5

We rode the elevator all the way up to the 95th floor and navigated our way through the candlelit Signature Lounge. We sat down, ordered drinks, and relaxed, enjoying our infiltration of the Signature Lounge while all wearing our plebeian lower half attire. 









Super selfie, 95 floors up. The view is pretty spectacular. 





When we eventually decided to leave, we took the elevator back down into nighttime downtown chicago. There's mfarmtown capturing the intense green haze coming off the lights from the building. It was pretty spectacular. 



This concludes our adventure. With my last shot of film, I managed to grab one shot of mfarmtown and jortslife walking through nighttime downtown. We were all pretty tired from the long day of walking and exploring so we parted ways and headed home.



Thank you all for surviving my posts. I hope y'all aren't offended by the massive posts and I hope you enjoyed my photos and recounting of our sweatpants adventures in Chicago.

[bradl]

Wish I had friends like that IRL ;(

[pepper davies]

Wow.  That's a serious update.  Awesome.

[shoreman]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm. I'd probably have a "real life" attraction to this girl.

Very cute and a nice fitting pair of jeans.

[Formula Pfaff]

@bradl I'd totally be friends with you IRL. IDK about the whole canada thing though...

[altoclefchris]

Hahahahaha that minivan made my day. And isn't that always the problem with being the designated photographer? At the end of the day, there's a bunch of great photos of everyone having a great time but you.

 

Anyway, the sweats are turning out to be super interesting, there's nothing like a photo bomb to really show you what something looks like (failing actually having it)

[EmperorSelassieEye]

Great pictures @Formula Pfaff! Looks like you guys had a great time.

 

@jortslife definitely gets extra points for the booty shot and minivian shot. That picture needs to be on an album cover.

[satchelbmoore]

Great pictures @Formula Pfaff! Looks like you guys had a great time.

 

@jortslife definitely gets extra points for the booty shot and minivian shot. That picture needs to be on an album cover.

 

agreed.

 

 

Hmmm. I'd probably have a "real life" attraction to this girl.

Very cute and a nice fitting pair of jeans.

 

she's a junior angel because she's 17. sorry boys.

[shoreman]

omg.

Sorry!

Edited March 28, 2014 by TresUnCool

[altoclefchris]

agreed.

 

 

 

she's a junior angel because she's 17. sorry boys.

 

 

I had just never considered that the chelsea would work on some girls. Unfortunately not for my girlfriend, she'd need a 26 or 27 and doesn't like high rise pants.

[zenrunner]

Great photo set guys.  Looks like you had a fun time.  @jortslife looks like a fun dude! #nohomo

 

Still trying to decide whether I want to hem or not.  My problem is they feel larger on me than they really are.  Any ideas?

 

[Formula Pfaff]

Great photo set guys.  Looks like you had a fun time.  @jortslife looks like a fun dude! #nohomo

 

Still trying to decide whether I want to hem or not.  My problem is they feel larger on me than they really are.  Any ideas?

 

Can confirm, jortslife is indeed a fun dude.

Also, in regards to hemming I decided to leave it longer because more stacks mean more places to fade in my mind. However, mine would definitely look more clean with less stacking. That was my whole thought process for mine at least. For you, I think they look cool as is, but if you want to try to rock sweats that don't look like sweats, then hemming would get you closer to that look. Your stacks do look cool as is though. 

[FLDenim211]

I wish my friends and I actually had camera's to take pictures like that.  

[jortslife]

Thanks for uploading all the photos formulapfaff. It was indeed a fun day and I'll cherish that minivan photo for the rest of my life. It couldn't have turned out better.

[ecp12]

Thanks for uploading all the photos formulapfaff. It was indeed a fun day and I'll cherish that minivan photo for the rest of my life. It couldn't have turned out better.

Really, the only thing that could have made it better was if you were flexing that sweet hot dog tat. 

[altoclefchris]

If I might ask, why a hot dog?

[altoclefchris]

I wish my friends and I actually had camera's to take pictures like that.  

 

You can get roughly the same aesthetic from any 35mm camera. Ebay is littered with them, look for something with a 50mm 1.8 and you're set.

[Noctilux]

If I might ask, why a hot dog?

Gotta rep the Chicago hotdog.

[Formula Pfaff]

I wish my friends and I actually had camera's to take pictures like that.  

You could buy a Nikon N2020 on ebay in great condition for 15$ and then get a Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens from keh for 69$ in lightly used condition. You could have made very similar shots with that equipment. Film photography is so easy to get into price wise, it just can add up in price if you shoot a ton.

[jortslife]

If I might ask, why a hot dog?

 

I've lived in Chicago for about 3 years, but am moving back to CA. I wanted to get something remember my time here. Couldn't really think of anything else and I thought it was kinda fun. And then yeah it's a Chicago dog, so not just any ol hot dog.

[altoclefchris]

I've lived in Chicago for about 3 years, but am moving back to CA. I wanted to get something remember my time here. Couldn't really think of anything else and I thought it was kinda fun. And then yeah it's a Chicago dog, so not just any ol hot dog.

 

Ah, ok. It's cool regardless!

[altoclefchris]

You could buy a Nikon N2020 on ebay in great condition for 15$ and then get a Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens from keh for 69$ in lightly used condition. You could have made very similar shots with that equipment. Film photography is so easy to get into price wise, it just can add up in price if you shoot a ton.

 

Yeah, it's all about a nikon!