film mama at the beach

First I want to do a little happy dance to celebrate my filmaversary.  July 18 marked one year from the very first roll of film I ever shot.  I was so scared and exhilirated just by pressing that shutter and I was hooked immediately.  I had no idea how much film would bring to my life and how much I would grow as a photographer with every roll I shot.  I feel like I know such a tiny fraction of what there is to know about film photography but I'm excited to keep seeing where this medium takes me.  I've said it before but if you're on the fence about jumping into film:  do it!!  Okay, on to my film mama post this month.

From the moment we decided to go to the beach I was dreaming of the film I would shoot by the ocean.  After our trip we got so immersed in the process of moving (in case you missed it I am based in Northern Virginia now so if you're in NoVA and want me to photograph you just shoot me a message!) that I wasn't able to send in my film rolls from our vacation until a solid month afterward.  I elected to get basic scans from the FINDlab this time around so I could get a solid idea of how good my exposures were.  I had a couple of goals for my film shooting at the beach and I wanted to be able to see if I had met them.  Check my work so to speak.  

When these beauties arrived in my email the other night I was over the moon.  My exposures looked good, the colors were soft and dreamy, and most importantly I felt myself back at the beach watching my daughter play in the sand.  

Thanks for scrolling and please click through to see beautiful film images by Sarah Ermlich here.

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film mama: month 4

For this month's film mama post I chose images from a couple of rolls of film that I shot on a recent visit to Virginia to visit our family.  This was a special visit because my sister in law also needed to be in town for work and brought my baby nephew along.  These three cousins haven't been all together in quite a while so it was really special to see them interact.  As always I find myself so drawn to my black and white film images and I really need to shoot it more often.  These filmstocks are Portra 400 and Neopan 400 respectively.  Developed and scanned by Film Box.  

Next up is the talented Sarah Ermlich!  Visit her blog here.

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film mama: month 3

When I received these scans I was breathless as I clicked through to see each image.  The colors!  The tones!  As a film lover those things tend to jump out at me first.  But then as I looked at them with my mama eyes I fell in love with them even more.  

This roll was shot at my inlaws' home.  Their backyard is one of her very favorite places in the world.  On this day her Grammie had found a little set of containers with magnifying glass tops for her and she immediately wanted to go outside and see what she could find.  

I only brought my F100 out with us and loaded it with film, hoping for some nice colors on an overcast day.  I kept my distance as she collected her "discoveries" as she called them.  Occasionally she would proudly come over to me to show me something she had found.  It was really a perfect childhood afternoon.  I love when I'm able to use a whole roll of film to tell a story from beginning to end, each frame freezing a little moment of a larger experience. 

Please continue around the circle to see the other beautiful film mama work this month.  Start by visiting the super talented Jayme Ford of {the} Paper Deer Photography.

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