Film is not Dead: Topsail Island 2013

So we bought a house.
More on that later...
A few months before that we made plans with some dear friends to rent a beach house at Topsail Beach.
As I was packing up our house I rediscovered a ziploc bag full of film that I've had for who knows how long.  I decided to only take film on our trip and challenge myself.  Every time I took a picture I would look on the back of the camera to "see it"!  I've been spoiled by my digital camera for too long.  But doing this project has reminded me of my LOVE of film.  I am in love with these images.  And I think it added to the memories of the trip.
Ok, I'll stop so you can enjoy...

PS  All of these are straight from my camera.  They have not been edited.

Film is not Dead...

If I looked hard enough, somewhere in this house is the first picture I ever took. When I was about 8 years old a family friend gave me a CHEAP plastic camera that didn't have numbers on the lens but pictures of clouds, a sun, and a bulb. I had no idea what I was doing but I saw a beautiful pine tree with snow on it and I knew I NEEDED to capture it. I needed some way to put that tree in my back pocket, so I took the picture. That started my obsession with cameras, pictures, and film.

My fascination with film was tabled a few years ago when I purchased my first digital camera and while I love it, it doesn't hold the magic that film does for me.
So I decided to get back to my roots. Thanks to some advice from my friend, Jackie H., I purchased an eBook from the insanely talented Jonathan Canlas, dug out my old film SLRs, bought me some film and went to town.

The following pictures are straight from the camera. They have not been post-edited. Period!

Sick, right!

I love film! Always have and now, I always will!

**Post Edit: For you Jackie, The film is Portra 160 35mm. The camera is a mix between Minolta and a Cannon. And, get ready for this, I got them developed at TARGET! (((Newbie)))