RICHMOND + THE ZOO ON FILM

This roll of film went with me to the zoo, when my dad was visiting last month, and then to Richmond for a day, with Douglas and I, celebrating our anniversary early. It was a fun roll. My favorite photos are from the Melody Inn Motel. We passed it driving back to Norfolk, and Douglas made a u-turn for me so I could snap these.

I lied. My favorite photo from this roll is the fifth one down, the one I took of Douglas mid-laugh. That picture is Douglas. I miss him. 

And if i'm saying that this roll is at all representative of the past few weeks in my life, I have to include these shots. Because they document the moment we found Soda Shaq. We love Shaq. We were psyched. This is us.

PARIS ON FILM PART I

Our trip to Florence and Paris this past May was the first big trip I took my little film camera on. And I am so happy that I had it. The five rolls of film I took are my favorite photos from this trip. I know that it's the charm of film, but it was so awesome to snap a photo and not immediately sit there and analyze/delete it. Here are a few of my favorites from Paris.

BEACH DAY ON FILM

We went to Chic's Beach on Memorial Day back in May, and I took these on the end of a roll on my little Slim Angel camera. Every time I get another roll developed, I love this camera more because I wouldn't have taken 90% (or more) of these photos with my phone or my DSLR - or I would've looked and deleted them. It's more fun this way.

In that next to last picture of Douglas, he's showing off his Model Magic creations. Yeah, we brought Model Magic clay to the beach, and he made a little crab, fries, and a hamburger. I made a ball. He wins at beach sculpting.

NORFOLK + ATHENS ON FILM

I developed my first roll of film from my White Slim Angel. Half of the roll I shot in Norfolk, the other half during my last minute trip home to Athens. I don't really love any of these - but it's cool to see the different ways they came out. And it's good to have something to work on getting better at. This is the first film I've shot in a long time.