This summer, one of my goals was to learn how to shoot film. Manually. I bit the bullet and purchased a Mamiya C220 professional camera that I got on a steal on ebay, bought a light meter and tried to check my anxiety. See, film for me is the final frontier (ironic considering that it’s the old way of shooting). I don’t think I’ll truly ever feel like a photographer unless I get the hang of film. I’ve always been intimidated by it, or by shooting film on manual settings (where I set the shutter speed and aperture.) So this summer as I did various things, hanging out with friends, going to New Hampshire or just shooting around my neighborhood, I brought along my Mima (as I now will call her). As I stood at the lab waiting for the scans a bunch of thoughts ran through my head: that the images were going to be crap, that I was going to get about three usable pictures per roll, that maybe I should just bolt before I embarrass myself. Not very mature or confident, I know, but I couldn’t help it. The funny part is that I don’t feel like this at all when it comes to digital. Maybe it’s the fact that I can see the shot immediately, that I can be confident that I got the image I saw in my head. After getting the pictures back, I was pleasantly surprised. Maybe this film thing isn’t so ellusive after all and maybe I should trust that my light meter knows what it’s doing (The jury is still out on that thing.)
So here is my first true foray into film that also happens to be a tiny glimpse into my summer.
This picture on the right has to be on of my favorites ever. I love my friends.
The right picture is a double exposure of the skyline and the bay. Totally going to make it a canvas.
New Hampshire.
This hammock is my favorite place on earth.
More pictures of my summer travels coming this week.
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