Film

One of my Spring Goals was to shoot two rolls of film. Well that was easy! I had two others sitting around my house, so I got four rolls developed and ouch my wallet. Now I remember why I let this hobby go. Nonetheless it was totally worth it because I got some really great shots! Here are some of my favorite from my day with Barry. Shot with my minolta on expired film.

35mm Black and White Dogs

A long time ago I picked up a Minolta camera from a thrift store, just because I liked the vintage strap. Little did I know that I’d fall in love with it, and end up using it for a photography class later. I let it collect dust for two or three years though because the battery died, but last month I finally remembered to pick one up from Dodd Camera and I was back in business. Oh how I love this camera, I don’t know why I didn’t get a battery sooner! I had film left over in it from said photography class so I didn’t know how it would turn out because it was most likely expired film. I took it out shooting for a family excursion when Sonny came home!
Sonny is Charmin(the family dog)’s son! Mom “pimped him out” as she likes to say haha, and found him a nice lady lab on the internet. One thing led to another of course and just in time for the christmas season a litter was born! Mom opted for pick of the litter of course, because Charmin is such a wonderful dog they wanted his next of kin, and Sonny(named because he is Charmin’s son, and his color is sunny) was the lucky guy.
It was one of those nice sunny warm December days, and we all went for a walk out on my uncle’s land which is basically in the middle of nowhere. I brought my camera along and quickly powered though the whole reel. 

These are my favorite shots:

Film

I finally got around to developing some film I've had sitting in my holga for nearly two years... I'm not sure what happened. Shooting with film used to be one of my favorite hobbies, I think I just gave it up because it got to be too expensive when I was saving up to get my car. Either way I missed it and I'm glad to have found some more film and have started shooting again. 

The black and white's didn't turn out great, and yet I'm kinda smitten with the ones that did. They're from Rusty and Addie's wedding, which was in 2013(as you can tell by my lack of hair C:). It was a roll of b&w Sophie had given me, so it's possible it had expired before she gave it to me, but I'm not sure. For some reason the numbers that reflect on the outside of the film(it shows through a little hole so you can tell what photo you're on/what's left) imprinted onto the photos themselves, but again... I kinda like it.

The colored film is from that disastrous day on the river, where the dogs tipped the canoe and we lost many things... the camera itself got dunked into the water and ended up with some interesting results. A few photos I didn't scan had some spots, and one was crazy looking. Overall I'm excited about them and I'm ready to shoot more.

The main bummer, is that I'm not sure where to develop my film in the future. I used to develop it at Wal*Mart who sent it to fujifilm(which was risky because they lost important film of mine once...), because the price was unbeatable! $3 for a roll or 120 film! I just got these developed and it was $15.99 or something per roll. Agh. I'm going to have to shop around. I know my Mom pulled up a website for me at one point which I will probably use, but I will keep you all posted on that when I shoot my next roll.

Through Diana's Mini Eye

I got some more film developed last week! It spans out from our trip to Yellowstone last year into this spring. Hehe, I space my film out quite a bit.

Some handsome fella hanging out by some hot holes. Love those light leaks!

A hot hole!

Double exposure, Lauren and Madi in Chi-ca-go!

Chicago! I can't wait to go back :)

Adorable niece and nephew :D

A snake friend I found with Bufford!

Bufford in the cemetery :)

Conorrrr!

Film Continued

So here is the rest of that roll of film. I have the day off and I am desperately trying to pick out a new template for my blog. I want it to look nice, but I don't want to pay a lot of money. I have tomorrow off as well so hopefully I can come up with some more posts and by the time my pre-week weekend is up I will have a lovely new layout :)

Woodland Cemetery!

Lynne in Columbus before Fall Out Boy.

I hope the flowers the bloom in Cincinnati are even half as magnificent as the ones in South Park. Its almost spring now.

When we explored the wild west last summer. Jared in Yellowstone National Park.

Film: Diana Mini

It's been too long since I've used film. Its easy to forget about it with an iphone in your pocket, ready to take photos you know will turn out how you want. But what's the fun in that?! I love film, especially when shooting with my unpredictable cameras with their light leaks and aged shades. I need to start using my cameras more and developing the film in a more timely manner. I got this roll developed yesterday, and the time frame spans from Spring to late Summer. They were shot with my Diana Mini. Enjoy!

Jared taking his sister, Alanah, out on the lake.

Bufford had near death experiences a few times that day. I would consider this one of them.

Goofy guys.

We dyed Seth's hair bright purple.