one | april 2015

Somehow, it’s the end of April and spring is finally happening around here in Chicago! It snowed before we left for spring break, when we came back, it was sunny and everything was just starting to green up and bloom. Yay!

I shot a bunch of rolls of film when we were down in Florida and finally got my scans back! As usual, they’re imperfect, grainy, and have a faded and funky color vibe that makes these pictures look like I took them in the ’70s and just recently found them. I kind of love that about film. It’s timeless, a little rough around the edges, and unpredictable. Lots of imperfections. It just cannot be replicated with digital – which is almost too perfect, too sharp, too much detail, right down to the last pixel.

And for those photography buffs out there – perhaps the thing I love most about film is the highlight retention. I don’t shy away from shooting in full sun, or harsh lighting situations with high contrast. Film can render highlights without losing detail like nobody’s business. I shoot in lighting situations with film that I wouldn’t dare with my digital cameras. Or when I do, I buy myself a lot of editing time which is no fun.

So here’s one from early April, shot on film:

Now please follow me to Texas to see what my talented buddy Adele has been up to in April! And then click through to continue around our small circle.