You may have noticed my blog posts slowing a bit right now. I apologize! I have been super crazy lately shooting tons of wicked fun weddings while buttoning up all the last minute details for my own wedding! I am scheduling lots of fun blog posts for when I am away but until then enjoy these black and whites from Miami a couple weeks ago. You are probably thinking, “who brings black and white film to Miami?”. I brought 1 roll because I ran out of color just before I left and had planned on picking some up down there, but didn’t want to be completely empty-handed. Do you know what does not exist on South Beach? A camera store that sells 120 film, that’s what. It’s ok though, I really love these. They are a bit eerie, don’t you think? I shot these on Kodak t-max 100 bringing me back to high school developing days, on my new Mamiya 645 afdII that I convinced myself to buy for our honeymoon in Alaska. As it turns out I’ve been shooting a lot with it at weddings and my couples are loving it!

About a month or so ago, I took a few days off mid-week to visit some family I had not seen in years. It was a gift trip to myself to celebrate going full-time. I hadn’t visited this part of my family since before my mother passed away, and before I left I was actually a little nervous to hang with them without mum and I have no idea why. We had *the best* time! I’ve already booked tickets to see them again in a couple weeks (It’s SO cheap from Boston!) which will be sort of a “shower/bachelorette party/pre-wedding celebration” (we don’t have a wedding party and therefore I planned my own weekend getaway before our wedding!). Miami has some *sick* trees and awesome graffiti walls. Enjoy!

All images are on Kodak Portra 400.

Time out of the usual programming here. My blogging schedule has been a little out of wack where I’ve been shooting so much and having a blast doing it! I wanted to share some of these Oregon photographs with you today on this dreary Saturday in Boston. A while back, I decided that I wanted to get back into shooting film, the stuff that got me into photography in the first place when I was about 14 years old. Although I don’t have the equiptment that I had then to develop my own and now have to send rolls of film out to have them processed, it is insanely fun nonetheless. It really makes me slow down and concentrate more on composition. I don’t get to look on the back of the camera to make sure my images are coming out correctly, then adjust and keep shooting. With film, you have to get it right the first time or you’ve wasted a snap! When I got my scans back from Richard Photo Lab yesterday I was blown away. Out of the 3 rolls of film, there was one image that didn’t come out and that is because it was an accidental fire. So my lesson learned is slow down. After I picked up film again I have noticed myself taking fewer snaps and putting much more thought into every image. You can see a few wedding images on film on my facebook page. For those of you out there who never learned on film I encourage you to try it out, you won’t be displeased.

A few weeks ago, Danny, my dad and I went to Oregon to visit our wedding venue, which we hadn’t seen before. My dad had never been to Oregon and I loved seeing him soak it all in. It really is one of the most beautiful places in the world. I like to compare it to New Zealand at times, which held that badge of honor for me before I went to Oregon for the first time a few years ago. All of these images were shot with my Nikon F5 on Kodak Portra film (there is a mix of 160NC, 160VC, and 400) Enjoy!

I love this one! Dad and Danny are so little.

I’ve been in love with instant photography since I was little. I have had a little collection of Polaroid cameras that I have been adding to for about 15 years now! I currently have 11 different ones, and most of them take different types of film. I used my very last pack of SX-70 film a few months ago and I ordered some PX-70 film from the Impossible Project to try out in my SX-70. I’ve loved and supported the Impossible Project since well before they had a website with anything other than “this is what we want to do.” written on the homepage. Now they have created their own film for Polaroid cameras in an effort to not allow instant photography to die. It is the combination of nostalgia that I get with their old timey colors, the instant gratification, and the fact that I love seeing “Cambridge, Mass.” on everything is what I love about Polaroids. Driving on Edwin Land Bldv. everyday in Cambridge even makes me smile a little every time.

Here are a couple of images that came out using the Impossible Project’s PX-70 film. They say the colors will get brighter and richer after 24 hours, so I wanted to scan them in immediately, then do another scan tomorrow.

Update: Here is what the PX-70 shots look like 21 hours after printed, what a total difference!