Film Photography
Right when the world started opening back up after Covid, I went on a cross-country road trip and brought along a cheap disposable film camera. To my surprise, the photos from that camera ended up being some of my favorites from the whole trip. They felt more like memories than what you’d get from an iPhone.
At the time, I was a little burnt out from work and excited to get back out into the world after lockdown. Cameras became a great excuse to leave the house and explore.
Most of the photos I take are candid shots from my life with Jess and our dogs. I don’t really think of myself as a photographer, and I’m not trying to be one. I just enjoy documenting my life through this medium, and every once in a while I get lucky and take a photo I feel pretty good about.
The Very Large Array - Magdalena, NM | Disposable cameraDevils Tower National Monument - Wyoming | Disposable camera
Processing & Scanning Film at Home
Eventually, I got into film photography enough that I started developing and scanning my own film at home. It is slow, expensive, error-prone, and inconsistent, but I kind of love that about it.
Film labs are expensive too, and the results are not always great, so doing it myself felt like the next step. Mostly, I just enjoy learning the process and jumping through all the weird little hoops that come with the hobbies I pick up.