I’m a professional photographer, and I know I use my Canon 5d Mark ii to create my art at this point, but when I go on vacation, I shoot FILM with a simple Canon 35mm camera and a 50 1.8 lens.
I have a few reasons for this… first, I love SEEING and FEELING my photos and not being tempted for them to live forever on a hard drive… or rather slowly dying (possibly more true!). I love having an instant photo album after getting them developed and scanned at the local Walgreens and picking up a cute 5$ album.
Second, film requires no post production… the color emulsion is built into the film, so it’s as simple as choosing the emulsion you prefer. I love Fuji 400H:) With the amount of WORK I’m always buried in, I’m afraid I would never get to it!
Third, there’s a timeless charm about film. I can’t even place my finger on it, but when I look back at the photos… I think they look like FOREVER. I like that.
St. Pete in December was not only balmy and beautiful every day, but the people are so friendly, we found a restaurant in town that might be a new all time favorite, and it was a week where we shut our phones off, snuggled a lot and recharged for the year ahead. Here’s just a few random memories we made…:)
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Kina! These pictures are amazing. You are so beautiful and your husband is so handsome! I love this idea of shooting film when on vacation. I bring my 5D but I always bring along a few cameras from my film collection too, I have a lot of lomography cameras. My vacation pictures are usually the only pictures I can find any more because everything else sits on my computer as I never get around to ordering them. Very lovely
Thank you for sharing!
LOVE these! And love the new look of your blog too:)