Florida Sunset

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In mid December, my husband and I flew to South Florida to visit his family, and amid the family time, I was able to see the water twice. These images were taken in the vicinity of Naples, during a beautiful sunset. My second trip to the beach was for power walking, so my camera stayed home. 

To be honest, these photos need to be reprocessed because the colors aren't up to my standards, but this season has been anything but slow at the lab, so my own work ends up getting repeatedly postponed. I still have a countless rolls that need rescans, or images that were scanned but never processed. And staying late to work on my own photos after staring at someone else's for hours is about the least appealing way to spend my free time, especially when there are walks to take, meals to make and books to read. 

Mamiya 645 Pro // Portra 400

Tulip Festival

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After over two springs in Portland, I finally checked out the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, at the tail end of tulip season, or so it seemed. The tulips had been in bloom for a few weeks, some had already been deadheaded but it was still quite the sight to see. The sun and clouds kept competing for our attention, and I had to wait a few minutes to get the shot, but it was all worth the wait. That said, I'm not sure I need to go back next year, or the year after that. I'll get my dose of tulips in a different way (smaller flower farm, maybe?)

 All made on a Mamiya C220 with either Portra film (160 or 400)

Winter

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This has been winter so far. That and rain.

 Also making an appearance, a light leak in my Mamiya 645 back because I'm lazy and always forget to put my dark slides back. Learned my lesson this time, though. 

Fall with a Hasselblad

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A quick walk to test a Hasselblad's film back this morning was all I needed to be reconciled with a season that arrived too late and was already underway when I came back from a too short vacation. Fall, we're cool. 

Also: all of these were shot before 11am, developed two hours later, scanned a few minutes after that. Don't hate me.