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.
Ronnie xo
These are all wonderful
And I know exactly what you mean about the first roll coming out less than perfect (ohhh, do I know!)
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.
i recently got a pentax k1000 and have dived into film – gosh, i worry each and every time that the roll will come back blank! but, i am slowly learning.
(love the top two images!)
Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing your journey with film.