the friends

I have an amazing friend with amazing kids.   She's also an amazing photographer and meeting her is one of the best things that has happened to me as a result of ever picking up a camera.  Around our house their family is simply called "The Friends."  That's their official title and it's common to hear my daughter ask "Can we play with The Friends today?"  Her baby dolls are all named after them.  

When I asked her if she would like to meet The Friends at a brand new playground at one of our favorite local parks she squealed.  This is the first time I had ever shot Ilford HP5 and I absolutely love the way this film stock looks.  Playgrounds are fun to shoot on black and white film because you lose some of the 'busyness' but you get to play with the interesting lines and shapes created by the playground equipment.  There's something timeless about kids swinging, sliding, and climbing and I think b&w film captures it so well.  

This was a fun day for all of us and this roll is extra special because I was able to have it processed at the FIND Lab thanks to a birthday gift certificate from The Friends.  

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film mama: month 2, portra 400

I am so excited for another month of the film mama blog circle.  There is such soul in these posts and I have been looking forward to clicking through them since our last installment.

This is a long one so thanks in advance for scrolling.  This roll of Portra 400 was the first roll of film I had shot in a while (a few weeks without shooting film is too long!) and I was so joyous about shooting it that I think it came through in my images.  My daughter and I took a trip to a park that had just built this brand new playground a few days prior.  Watching her explore all of these new ways to climb, slide, and run around was just what I needed and the warmth of film was a perfect match for how we were feeling.  I wanted to document all of the details of our evening together, down to the tiny flowers she picked and had me tuck into her pigtails.  I had this developed and scanned at the FIND lab thanks to an amazing friend who gave me the best birthday present--a gift certificate for film processing.

Do your eyes a favor and continue around the circle by clicking here to see the incredible post by Jayme Ford of {the} Paper Deer Photography.

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Up Close

I am very excited to be part of another film blog circle with some extraordinary photographers.  Any project that pushes me to shoot more and better film photography is where I want to be.  This month's theme was "up close" and I decided to share some images of my daughter discovering a little lady bug on a willow tree in our neighborhood.  She thought it was just the cutest thing and I started shooting far away and got closer and closer to capture my girl and this tiny bug.  This is Fuji Superia 800 and shot with my Nikon F100.  Thanks for stopping by and please continue around the circle, first by checking out the amazing Joyce Kang's post here. 

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