The French interlude is over but I have not quite landed yet. I find that with the years, jet lag gets harder to combat and I spend most days very sleepy and comatose the first week home. Regardless, I have to stay awake and re-acclimate to the American rhythm of life and the responsibility of parenting. In two restful weeks I dropped five years off my face but put on a good 4 pounds eating cream cakes and baguettes... Maybe I'll keep them on, they make me look happy.
While visiting, my mother's companion let me borrow and take home his Mamiya C220, a medium format film camera from the seventies. The pictures you see here are the results of my first two rolls of film. I had them processed and scanned yesterday.
They did not turn out all perfectly but I have learned enough to keep going. Whether you like that sort of atmosphere in photography like I do or not, it is undeniable that they look nothing like a digital shot. I have a long way to go in learning how to become a proper film photographer but it is a bit of a siren song if you see what I mean...
Another below and the rest on Flickr.
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You did good! Glad you made it back safe and sound. Drink lots of water and get some fresh air with the boy. I hope you two had a great time at the movies.
Posted by: Lisa | March 20, 2014 at 12:58 AM
love your pictures, keep going! :-)
Posted by: Krisztina | March 20, 2014 at 01:21 AM