It’s Friday! If you missed last week’s post about Film Friday, here it is. And if you are too lazy to read that… I know I would be, here is a short explination.

Film Friday is all about getting back to the basics. Each photo posted on Friday will be taken on film. No digital here. I really like the straight out of the camera look of film, so I won’t be doing any retouching/ color enhancing unless otherwise noted.

Stefanie and I photographed Zander and his family this week. Here is a sneak peek from the session. I shot one test roll at the session, and here it is:

Want to get in on the fun? Participate in Film Fridays!

1. Take out your film camera or buy one on ebay!

2. Take a roll of film.

3. Have it processed at your local pro camera store. I take mine to Colonial Photo and Hobby.

4. Tell the lab  to process the film and scan it to CD. I don’t get prints back. I get a lovely CD that has the photos on it sized at 2000 pixels on each side.  Each roll of film for me costs about $9. It’s really not so expensive.

5. Post the finished photos on your blog!

6. Link back to www.heatherahrens.com/blog with your post, and comment below saying you are participating in Film Fridays.

7. I will post a list of people participating each week along with my post.

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FILM! Why?

I just got a super cool vintage medium format camera. For all you photo nerds out there it is a Mamiya C330 TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) with a 135mm lens. I have been toying around with the idea of owning this camera for several years now. I first played with a TLR my freshman year at Pratt when my photography professer lent me his camera over Christmas break. Looking through the flipped viewfinder for the first time challenged my thinking. I saw things differently, literally, by the flipped viewfinder and the square format. Composing each shot takes time and effort, you don’t want to mess up.  Each roll of 120 film comes with 12 frames. Each of those 12 frames must count.

After coming home from Kiwi Camera I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. I couldn’t wait to get out and photograph. I took my recently aquired medium format camera around the neighborhood, and this is what I got:

I took my roll of film to a lab here in Orlando that process and scans film. I got back a cd with 12 images perfectly ready to put online. The only thing I did in photoshop was resize and add my logo to the image. It was that easy!

Dave got a motorcycle this week. It is super pretty.

So what is the deal with the title – Film Friday?

Exactly that! Each friday post will consist of photos shot on film. No digital here! I find that shooting with film occasionally helps me to slow down and to really focus on what I am taking a photo of.

Please join me for Film Fridays! Post your link below with your own film friday blog entry. Each week I will post a link to other Film Friday participants.

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