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The two big categories for my life: the days before the beauty of dandelions was pointed out to me on a daily basis, and the days since.

The time, right before bed, when we talk about our favorite part of the day. Our long walk was mine. “When you told me I could give all my dinosaurs water” was hers today.

I was kind of second-guessing my decision to shoot those fire dancers on black and white film, but I love the result.

My comfort zone consists of late-day sun and f2. Hooray for easy pretty! Occasionally, though, circumstances require something a little more than that, and I’m really, really hoping and working to get better with that. Here’s to bigger comfort zones!

Marley & Andrew, married last weekend, on The Day That The Sun Did Not Appear. Not Once.

She decides what she wears these day.

Morning conversations while I make breakfast.

My old new friends

Last weekend’s yard sale highlight: an old Mamiya and a brand new film scanner! Can you believe the luck? I ran a roll of cheap B&W film through it and these are a few of the images. I love the imperfection of film. Also my freebie film scanner rocks and left me with zero editing.

All of this is while I very impatiently wait for Tri-X scans from a weekend shooting with my new-to-me Miranda G, courtesy of my uncle (thanks Uncle Michael!). The waist level viewfinder is so fun. I’m really excited to see the images from that camera.

Until then, back to my old new friend, Mamiya:

Antietam

A January morning spent wandering the battlefields and graveyards of Antietam. Icy blue skies and absolute silence.

Vibrant Fall on black and white film.

Cleaning out files and I came across these Tri-X scans from October. I thought it would be interesting to photograph a vivid Autumn day on black and white film. I remember not really liking them, and I still really don’t, but there’s something incredibly serene about the images to me. Maybe it’s just nostalgia. You can be nostalgic for one month ago, right?