Color Photography

I have recently developed my first roll of color film. Now that I have experienced the process of mixing the developer, blix, and stabilizer chemicals, I feel more confident that the next roll will have improved results. For now, I am very happy with the outcome. I use "Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400 Color Negative Film" and the "Ultrafine Unicolor C-41 Powder 35mm / 120 Film Home Developer Kit". Both can be found on Amazon. Enjoy!

The photos below were taken using Kodak Colorplus 200 Film. Some photos from these rolls show the use of my new (to me) and working flash. I also did some experimentation with movement as well. As shown in photos taken of one of my desk lamps, I move the camera during long shutter exposure to produce unsettling smears of form and color. This photo set also contains my first attempt at self-portrait photos with the use of a flash, a tripod, and a shutter release cable. In these photos, you can see an unintentional filter of blue over the image that no doubt occurred during development. The accidental blue creates a vivid contrast to my hair and shirt.

Below are photos that were taken while at my Grandparent's farm during Christmas 2022. The chicken coop, the barn, my grandpa's workshop, and the basement hold a warm and familiar place in my memory. It reminds me of a time in my life when I had few cares and I envy the small girl that lived these memories. However, like my feet when I took these photos, these photos will freeze these memories in time.

Below are photos taken during the final days of 2022. These photos are then contrasted by photos of my talented and handsome boyfriend, Tanner, officiating Wrestling. His dynamic movements for observation were fascinating to watch and capture on film. Until meeting Tanner, I often forgot about referees. They always seemed to be the invisible judges; essential to the end of the game but easily forgotten. When going to sporting events, I notice I now watch the referee almost as much as I watch the athletes. There is a whole new world of movement, knowledge, and skill packed into an Offical's mind.

The change in theme, from wrestling to the outdoors, is marked by a stubbornness in me to not want to develop just one role of color film. I loaded my camera bag and drove down the road to Normandale Park where I trudged through the snow to find pleasant angles. Some were found, and some remain a mystery. Regardless, I filled the role of the film somehow. Note my desperate attempt when I started to catalog the visuals of what it looks like to drive into our neighborhood. However, from this role came one of my favorite detail photos I have taken with this camera thus far; the close-up of the eye-like shape of a knot in a Birch tree.