Our short family vacation took us to Porto de Galinhas beach, in Brazil, about 8º south of the Equator.
As a certified film addict, I just had to take a film camera. Because of the nasty tropical marine environment (sand, wind, salt and hot weather), the better ones were out of the question. In the end I took my old Nettar 515/16 with Novar lens and Pronto shutter. Took just one roll of HP5+ and burned it in half an hour, on the beach. Time of day was noon, fortunately there were clouds coming and going all the time.
A general view with throngs of people coming into the beach.
Jangadeiros took people to the nearby reef, a nice short sail. The small jangadas take six passengers.
There are plenty of sellers on the beach, mostly for food and beach clothes. Coconut water is a popular refreshment; sugarcane juice is also available, because this area is a giant sugarcane producer. And of course Brazilians are excellent at cooling beer.
All frames were exposed at 1/200 in f/16. Developed the roll in home-made D-76 1:1 for 9.5 minutes at 20 C. The pull helped to get reasonably good midtones in the harsh light.
This is a middle-class tourist place, mostly for Brazilians. Almost all the tourists were taking pictures with cell phones, both in the beach and the city. The point and shoot cameras are definitely going the way of the dinosaurs.
