Brown Family

As soon as you meet the Browns it is so obvious how much they love each other.  We met at a local park and walked the trail, stopping every once in a while.  They were up for absolutely anything, including schlepping over rocks to get to a patch of light I spied in the woods.  It was hot and it was buggy but no one, not even the littlest one, let out a complaint.  I'm so happy I was able to photograph this family and capture the unique relationships between them.  Enjoy!

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First Roll Tri-X

This is the other roll of film I had processed and scanned at Film Box Lab.  This is Tri-X 400 black and white film and although this isn't the first roll of it I've shot, this is the first that I've seen the results of.   The first (ruined) roll has a sad story about an employee at a drugstore lab who didn't know that they couldn't process B&W film.  I wanted to keep it simple in terms of lighting so I shot these all at once.  I also wanted a bit of a documentary feel as I just captured whatever she was doing for the time we were outside playing I feel like my exposure was pretty decent but I think next time I want to expose for my shadows a little bit more.  I just love the way black and white film looks, the grain, the different tones, and there is just something special about it that I can't put my finger on.  I have another roll of this film in my camera right now--half shot--and I am so excited to see how I do this time.  Thanks for letting me share this all with you!

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Second Roll

This is Portra 400 just like my first roll, but with these I tried to challenge myself a bit more and shoot in different lighting conditions and also see how I did with it indoors.  I had these processed and scanned by Film Box Lab in Nashville and they did an incredible job.  I just love the colors and the depth I'm able to achieve with film, even as a complete newbie.  I really feel myself slowing down, thinking, and connecting to my camera and to the image I'm trying to create.  I feel like I got my exposure down a little bit better here than I did the first go-round and I'm getting more used to how my in-camera meter works in different situations.  I desaturated a couple of these because I felt black and white worked better for the image but other than that the colors and tones are unchanged.  I especially love the portraits of my daughter and how her skin and features look on film.  Thanks so much for looking!

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