I have been dying to get my hands on some film, and I finally did! The process of shooting film instead of digital is incredible–at times, it paralyzed me a little, wanting my images to be absolute perfection. But oh my gosh, you have to see these colors! And the journey of deciding what exactly I wanted to shoot, not just puttering around clicking away at every little thing. It takes the artistry of photography to a completely different and completely wonderful place.

A place that scares me half to death, because I’ve never been one for technicalities, and film requires a lot more precision.

But: if I’m not doing things that scare me, I don’t think I can call myself an artist.

Eventually I’m going to incorporate more and more film into my professional work, but I keep reminding myself I need to slow down–after all, this was my very first roll!

(Geek speak comin atcha now) My only complaint is that I was less than impressed with the way 35 mm performs at the golden hour. It’s got a grainy polaroid feel to it, and while I think it’s beautiful in its own right it’s not the look I’m going for when I want that romantic sun flare. I love that it’s different than anything I’ve ever done, though–isn’t that what personal work is for?

Also using a light meter is hard. So I didn’t. And I just metered with my DSLR–which got the job done quite nicely, for now.

And now I’ll stop talking and show you the beauty that is film. Eeeeek!