Film. Kodak Portra 400.
A few more captures from my girls weekend in Puerto Rico. Love this place.
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Film. Kodak Portra 400. Each year, I get together with my girlfriends from college. Usually, we gather in someone’s home and stay up really late, laugh really loud, and way eat too much food. This year we decided to be adventurous – we booked tickets to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Yes, in the middle of winter. And yes, totally worth it. So much planning for a quick trip. But oh my, we had so much fun. And it was just what this mama needed – a few days away to renew my spirit. Should I mention that I packed more cameras than clothes? And how I love these girls who have been through so many stages of life with me…. A few more images to come. lovely images, sounds like wonderful fun gorgeous photos and it sounds like a great weekend away! what a blessing to have been able to get away to such a beautiful place and to have such a group of girlfriends! [...] few more captures from my girls weekend in Puerto Rico. Love this [...]
Film. Fuji Superia 400. Thanks so much for your kind words on my last post. A few images from around the house this winter. A pretty warm one, at that. More soon, I’m off for a brief trip! lovely details! Have fun on your trip! lovely images Beautiful vignettes.. i LOVE these. wonderful, sweet light. hope you had, or are having a great trip. lovely images. I adore winter. we’re having some surprisingly cool summer weather at the moment and I’m really enjoying it, pity it’s not going to last long.
Film. Kodak Ektar 100. I should have mentioned this sooner… But one thing leads to another, and it slipped my mind. It’s been in the works for over a year now. And a few of you have already noticed – 5 of my images were selected by Ikea for a postcard set. Included in the set are: collect your thoughts, keep looking, music, the journey, and urban vintage. Each of these images bring back such sweet memories for me. They were all taken in 2009, and in many ways – my photography and style have changed. I received these in the mail from my publisher, but I have yet to actually see them in the store. A few more trips to Ikea are in my near future! And yes, this these images are from the same roll of film as this. Finally, I participated in Lindsay’s Photography Month series by sharing a few film photography tips. Thanks, Lindsay! Oh wow, that is incredible! Congratulations! Gabrielle, that is so amazing! And those are such beautiful photos as well. That must be quite exciting for you – I shall look out for them here in Sydney as well! Oh my, how exciting! There’s something so very special about being published…whatever the form. Next time I go to Ikea, I’ll look for these. Whow! That’s great! I’ll make sure to buy them next time I visit Ikea! I absolutely love your photos! congratulations, they are wonderful! How exciting! Congrats! Ahh – that’s SO exciting!!! Congratulations! Oh my goodness! That’s huge and awesome!! Congratulations. Oh, awesome! I wish I had an Ikea nearby so I could pick them up. Congrats! How nice! Hope they’ll bring them to Romania, too! wow! congratulations, they’re gorgeous Oh my, congrats!! I’ll look for them next trip to Ikea!! How fun!! Always a fun thing to see your images in print! On store shelves will be even better! beautiful and congratulations! Cant wait to get my hands on a set. Wow, that is amazing! Congratulations! Wow! Congratulations so much! Congratulations. I’ll definitely look for them next time i’m in Ikea. I’ve been following you photos on flickr and just came to your blog. Your work is absolutely beautiful. I picked up a pack last week when I was shopping there. It was kind of cool to think I’ve been following your work for some time now and here it is on the shelves of Ikea! Well done you! Wow that is wonderful!!! [...] and I went frantically through all their offer, because I was looking for something in particular: postcards by Gabrielle Kai. And I found [...] [...] to thank those of you who have emailed, shared pictures, and sent such kind words when finding my postcards in [...] [...] now, I’ve only copies of my IKEA postcards sent to me by my publisher. I knew that I needed to go to the store and see them [...]
Polaroid 600 film The first two images from my last pack of polaroid film….. I’m not quite sure why I held on to this pack for so long. Maybe I was waiting on a grand trip to someplace special? I’ve decided to devote it to capturing my everyday. I don’t need a special occasion, right? I’m working on two photography projects that I’d like to share with you. Currently, a visual journal is a little place where I collect images I take on my iphone. These are images that I post on instagram, but I wanted a better place to view them online. You can see the original polaroid above here. Secondly, I have decided to do a 365 project once again this year. I have titled it, the seemingly mundane - everyday captures of my life that may seem mundane to most, but are little captures of beauty in my day to day life. I plan to use a variety of different mediums for this project to keep my creativity flowing – instant film, 35mm, but the majority of images in this project are digital. I happen to like the variety. Daily updates will probably not happen, but I will upload my daily pictures as my schedule permits. And finally, I’m enjoying Maegan and Corinne’s new collaboration – Thoughtfully Irrelevant. Please feel free to share any projects that you are working on, or any creative projects that you are enjoying right now – I’d love to know. I am in love with your site. Every photo is beautiful I absolutely *love* these images – so dreamy! Adding your iPhone journal to my reader – I’ve set up something similar, too. I’m taking so many more shots using my iPhone than my Big Girl Camera And love, love your 365 images! Perfection, in my eyes. I love both of those projects, Azzari! They will both become regular stops on my online journeys! And thank you so much for the nod to Corinne and my new collaboration! We’re so glad you like it!
Film. Ilford HP5 400. My heart is full after a long holiday weekend. I thought that I would explain to my daughter the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Little did I know that she would blow me away with her understanding of issues and ideas that I thought were way to complicated for a 5 year old little girl. And I think she put it best by simply stating…. “Mommy, because of Dr. King, we can all be friends.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. ohh, that warmed my heart. so sweet : ) and i love these photos The first photo is so exquisite. I love your detail and the contrast. Beautiful. these are beautiful! i just bought that same film and i knew i could find images on your site to see how they should turn out.
Film. Ilford HP 400. Loving this black and white film. Images I captured in December, and just got around to developing. More soon…. I love the first one! Also love the new simple layout of your blog Ciao, I love the softness of these, beautiful. Lovely shots. Especially the fire place and the little girl with the water can. Love the fireplace wood!
Film. Fuji Superia 400. I’ve never been much of a coffee person until recently. Now, I need a cup to get through my day. All I need is this moment. 5 minutes, actually. Preferably with a cookie. And a bit of peace of quiet. To recharge, refresh, and renew my spirit. I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but that chocolate chip cookie looks delicious Yum, looks good. So glad you try to grab those moments just for you. It must be hard to get but certainly cherished and important. I too have been drinking coffee more often when we are out and about. One thing I’m yet to learn, is where the term “cup of joe” came from?? Is that an American thing? Hope you are well lovely. Looks amazing!!! I would love to sit down with that coffee and cookie! it looks like a lovely moment. Looks just perfect – I like my cup of tea with a cookie too… been eating too many lately, actually.
Film. Kodak Ektar 100. Something happened when my film was processed, and those two red lines appeared on every shot from this roll…. Just another lesson that with film, you never know. You never know what you will get. It’s an element of surprise, really. But sometimes you have to embrace things that are less than perfect. Isn’t that just what life is all about? The same thing happened to me with a roll of film from my honeymoon, there were two thin red lines very similar to yours. Kind of annoying but it also gives it some character Your pictures are beautiful even with the red lines. The elements in your photos are so nice that I hardly noticed the lines. I truly enjoy your work. Call me weird, but I kind of like those two lines Red lines? What red lines? LOL! I agree – film shooting is all about the surprise. I still like the shos with the lines & good for you for giving film the time of day; once the “diggy” age arrived, I never looked back These are so pretty! Still, it’s pretty annoying to find that you spent all that time and the roll didn’t turn out like you expected. A gamble it is… These are beautiful. [...] And yes, this these images are from the same roll of film as this. [...] If these were processed in a photolab at a convenience store such as CVS or Walgreens, the lines are from their photomachine and not your actual film. I work in a photolab and we have that problem a lot. It is something to do with the chemicals not being balanced properly.
Sometimes, I love my kitchen even better when it is lit by candlelight. There is something about winter and candles – they somehow go together perfectly.
Agreed! I light some candles as soon as I get home from work. Your picture looks so inviting and cozy… What a lovely shot. Truly warm & inviting. I always keep candles going in the winter, especially in the kitchen while cooking. Otherwise, little tea lights sprinkled here & there while the snow is raging outside gives a warm, safe feeling so true, tonight we ate a candelit dinner in front of the television for no other reason than It is freezing outside. I am so in love with this website. All your images are alive. A year ago, I bought a Pentax 35mm film camera on ebay that was older than I am. Little did I know how much I would fall in love with film photography. Learning is a process though. Imagine my reaction when I went to pick up my first roll of film, in which I am carefully composed each shot, and it came out completely blank. I was crushed. But I didn’t let that stop me. In fact, it motivated me to truly learn my craft.
Looking back at these photos from my first few rolls, I am reminded of how far I have come. How unsure of myself I was a year ago, and how more confident I am now. I still have a lot to learn in this new year, and new directions I would like to take my work. I’d like to share with you some of my favorite film images from this past year….
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for visiting this little space of mine over the past year. Your emails and comments (I read each and every one) mean the world to me. Happy New Year, my friends. It has been a joy to watch you grow and experiment in this craft at which you are so inevitably gifted! Film found you just as much as you found it! Happy New Year to you, Azzari! Beautiful depth in all the photos. I love the one with the floral curtain. simply beautiful, happy new year ★ So many great photos! Wishing you all the best for the new year! Can’t wait to see what pics you take in the new year these are gorgeous. I hope your 2012 is full of wonderful things I have admire your talent since I stumbled across your blog when you were first starting out, and I’ve been coming back, daily. You are SO, SO talented & have inspired me to keep pushing on w/my photography. Thank you for sharing your beautiful life thru the lens – here’s to a great 2012!! These pictures are just lovely I can’t decide which is my favorite. Happy new year. Such beautiful images. I am rediscovering film too, after abandoning it for a couple of years. The conviniece of digital was what sold it to me, but the results of film cannot be replaced it seems! happy new year! You are wonderful. I can’t wait to see what you come up with in 2012! Wow, I can’t believe you only started so recently. These photos are beautiful, the light is wonderful. Have a great 2012! x These are oh so very beautiful. You have inspired me to buy my very own Pentax and to start learning film…. thank you for sharing these precious photos. And hope you’ve made a wonderful start to the new year. These are all wonderful Happy new year! just found your blog through flickr. You really have a way of seeing the light and I love your detail photos! Such an inspirational post! You’ve picked up film photography in such a short space of time and take such beautiful shots. And you really know your film. I’ve just started to get into film using an old Olympus SLR. Had my first disaster loading ISO 100 for (mainly) low light conditions. The majority of shots failed but I learned more from this experience than any digital experience so far. I realised I need to really get to know this camera, it’s settings, what film it ‘likes’ – yep, i should have gone with 400 in this case. Oh, and I adore your daughters dress in the previous post. Your blog is so gorgeous all are so beautiful. Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing your journey with film.
Scenes from our table this morning….. (and the first from a party last night) Merry Christmas to you! Lovely shots. And that first picture is adorable. love the warm hue of the morning photos and that first one is precious! These are just beautiful as always! merry Christmas to you too! these are gorgeous & I love the red dress/gold shoes hope you all had a lovely christmas Love the first pic! How cute!
Film. Fuji Superia 400. Shadows and light – the best light in my opinion~ the magic of everyday Beautiful! How true and beautifully captured here. Love the coffee tones too. indeed, beautiful! Very pretty light, and the hardwood floor looks amazing, too. So beautiful and so very inspiring. I would love to take photos like these… Lovely light, indeed. I could see myself curled up in that chair with a stack of books/magazines. The floors look great, too. I love and long for hard wood floors. Gorgeous light in these..and nothing beats good ol’ fashioned film! definitely!
Film. Fuji Superia 400. “She will take a picture of anything……” If it were just that simple. Just that easy. Anything? To you, it may be nothing. But for me – there will never be another moment like this one. Another time when the light is exactly how it is now. Every moment is unique, special, and is part of the story of my life. My family’s life. And so, I’ll keep my camera close. Photographing and documenting the simple times. The ordinary, the little details of my life. I think it’s these little details that make life so rich. Every one of these shots is beautiful and poignant. Beautiful i soooo understand you! theses are really beautiful. the light is so soft! Wow, these are beautiful, the light and the soft pink colours are just so pretty. I love shots of the “ordinary”! YES! So well said, and simply beautiful shots. I know just what you mean! These are beautiful! And thank you for sharing those moments with us. You catch the light beautifully. These are absolutely beautiful & amazing. I love your blog and love your style of capturing the ordinary and making it look beautiful and i am so gad SHE/ my friend does. i happen to love Her photos. ; ) your blog is so lovely, the light is gorgeous and the mood is so calm! so beautiful i love this post because i do the exact same thing, when i find good light, i want to take a photo of every thing. your photos are amazing and you capture light so beautifully. thanks for sharing.
Film. Fuji Superia 800. The tree is up. The house smells wonderful. Lights hung above the fireplace and in the kitchen. Little feet are covered in socks. Warm fires every night. I’m starting to hear the infamous question, “How many days….” It’s that time of year again. It’s been a while since I’ve looked forward to the holidays. This year, I can’t wait.
Very festive! Love your description. It’s a fun time of year when you have little ones. A lovely photo and enjoy your Christmas time together A delightful festive post! I can feel the excitement building and we can’t wait either |
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Beautiful colours in that first photo! So happy you have had an energising girls weekend!
What a wonderful place to relax. I went when I was about 5 years old and still have great memories of the yummy coladas and beautiful towns.
That first shot is my favorite! I LOVE the ocean. I’m slightly green w/envy @ your getaway, but thanks for sharing!
Lucent – thank you!
Mary – yes, it was extremely relaxing~
Thanks, Tracey!