Michelle

I finally took my 4x5 camera out for a test shoot.  I only shot these first two images with it, the other two are 35mm.  I bought all color film but I was not liking the colors at all on any of the film I shot that day, so I switched them to black and white.  Which is a bit frustrating considering the color film is more expensive to buy and develop.  Well, what can you do?

(still some dust, got a bit lazy)

Federal Way

Best gal pal Michelle Irwin lives 45 minutes away from me in Federal Way.  Very different from Seattle, not quite as pretty which makes it just a bit more interesting to me as far as photographing goes.  I went to visit her this weekend and we took a walk around the neighborhood, I brought along the Polaroid 600SE. These are the scanned in negatives (I still can't decide if I like the polaroids better, I may end up posting those later as well).  The negatives take some time to dry so some of these got a little messed up since we were out walking around.

Practice Roll

I bought a cheap roll of film at Walgreens and also had it developed there to practice shooting on my new 35mm film camera.  I was also testing out my wide angle lens, and I wanted to make sure the camera worked, and it looks like it does!

A sign of Things to Come

Whoo, a lot has happened since I last updated. Namely, I finished my website (SO excited to show you all, just waiting for it to get published), I upgraded my Canon 50D to a Canon 5D (mark I), and I bought 3 new film cameras. I spent about $30 on an old timey 35 mm camera, and I also bought a Polaroid 600SE and a 4x5 Large format camera (all of it costing less than most new digital cameras).

Putting together my website, and looking through all of the photos I've shot over the last 4 years, I've been doing a lot of reflection and sort of realized what I've been missing, and that is film, not holgas or little toy cameras, but good quality well exposed film. So from now on, I'm going to try to do tons more film, I know it will cost more, and it will be a bit more frustrating, but I feel like my images will turn out so much better. Who knows maybe I'll sell my digital and become a %100 film shooter, we'll have to see where things go. Either way, I'm so excited to start shooting with my other cameras again. What's gotten me especially excited about it is reading Jonathan Canlas's Guide to Film, which I definitely recommend! (buy the book here).

This week I'll be testing out all of my new camera friends and I have a shoot planned with Seth, here's a little hint of what's to come!

Shot using the Polaroid 600SE on Fuji Instant Color film

Chalkboard

It's been really nice getting to know Nicole & Tony, we haven't lived in Seattle long, and all of our friends live at least a half hour away. These two live just one neighborhood over in Queen Anne, which is just a stone's throw away from us (is that a phrase?). They had a chalkboard theme for their wedding back in August, so this shoot was just perfect for these two lovebirds.

For the first part of the shoot, I had them write down a bunch of words that described them as a couple, places they've been or they're favorite food, ect. I put all the words on this chalkboard Seth and I painted and the rest is history.

You're a star

I took pictures of Preston a while back in Idaho. During our trip to Utah for Thanksgiving Preston contacted me about doing another shoot. This time we did it in a studio (and by studio I mean Preston's dad's garage...thanks Preston's dad) under the stars.

Preston is currently working on a new album, check out his promotion here.