Oklahoma on Film - Cogar
Just beyond the edge of OKC lies the remains of Cogar. Now an incorporated farming community the service station is its only remnant of its bygone history. Every year photographers across Oklahoma make an unspoken pilgrimage to this iconic location to put their creative spin on it while it still stands.
This small town has very little history written about it, founded in 1902 and dissolved in 1954 it was a short-lived small town on Oklahoma’s back highways. The name of the town is said to be derived from the last name of the man who founded the town, “Cougar”. Drop the ‘U’ and you’ve got Cogar, strange but not out of the realm for Oklahoma.
In 1989 the town made a brief appearance on the silver screen in the film Rainman, starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman.
Other than that the town has little recorded history, yet it still stands as a photographic icon just West of Oklahoma City limits.
Gallery
All of the images here were scanned with a Fuji X-H2 and converted in the FilmLab application only exposure and white balances were made.
Kodak Gold 200 & CineStill 50D - Fuji GW 690
The Fuji really did its thing here, again. The three rolls of Kodak Gold 200 all rendered beautiful results. Gold 200 is generally said to be the warmer toned more contrasty sibling of Kodaks line up, and regarded more of a consumer level film. I think that when metered correctly it punches well above a “consumer level” film. Whatever that means. The roll of Cinestill 50D (the last 8 images) however had less exciting results. For me CineStill films have been a love hate relationship. As in, I want to love their film stocks. But every time I give them a shot I am beyond disappointed. Much like when I pre-ordered 44 rolls of 400D and had yet to take a photo with it that I can say I love. Generally 50D has been OK for me but this roll was a let down.
Kodak Portra 160 - Toyo 45A II - Shen Hao 617 Rollback - Fujinon 135mm W F/5.6
It rarely happens that the first frame is the best, but I mean come on. Just look it.
Frames 1 and 4 were also pretty good and what I had pre-visualized before going to Cogar, but some times spontaneity is the way to go.
Frame 3… Well, we don’t need to talk about Frame 3.
