Let’s Do it Again | Indianapolis Children’s Photographer

Posted on March 26, 2011

Repeat customers are the BEST! I absolutely love to have repeat sessions. We literally pick up from where we left off. This was the case with my session last weekend. I got a chance to spend some time with the “S” family, again! The last time I took pictures of this family, little Miss Nautica was very shy and her baby brother wasn’t born yet. Nautica didn’t want anything to do with my camera and held on to her mommy and daddy for dear life. This year…progress has been made. Nautica actually let me hold her, but not for long. She still isn’t sure about my camera!
I’m believing that next year, I will at least get a couple of smiles from her. As for the newest addition, Ray Ray, he isn’t so sure either, but I did manage to get a smile from him.

Here are 2 pictures for now… I’ll have the rest of your gallery soon!

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Indianapolis Film Photographer | Film on Friday

Posted on March 25, 2011

Well, I had big hopes for this blog post. I had hopes that this post would grace you with beautiful images of NIcholas taken with my Pentax K1000. But, as life would have it, that’s not the case. It’s not because I didn’t have time. It’s not because NIcholas wouldn’t cooperate, (that may have a little to do with it!!). It’s not because I didn’t have the equipment. No, none of those things prevented me from my vision. The truth of the matter is I went out on Sunday all ready to get some pictures, but as I have learned photography is a journey. It just doesn’t happen over night. It’s trail and error. And shooting with a film camera is so different then shooting with my digital camera. Honestly, I bombed! There was only a couple, a few, okay two pictures that turned out. Well, turned out a little as I anticipated. But that’s okay. I am going to pick up my camera next week and keep trying. This will NOT set me back. I WILL press on.

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Indianapolis Film Photographer | Film on Friday!

Posted on March 18, 2011

Melvin always says it is hard buying me a gift, even though I give him a list of ideas! Last Christmas that wasn’t the case. He asked what I wanted for Christmas and I told him. Nothing! But, being Melvin he would not take that for an answer. He always feels as though he has to get me something. He doesn’t. Nevertheless, I gave him a list of about 50 things…j/k, sorta of!! I told him if he must buy me a gift, then I wanted a vintage camera. I had plans to put a shelf in my office and place vintage cameras on it!

On Christmas morning as everyone is opening presents, I opened mine and found that I got a camera. A vintage camera! But, not the vintage camera I was expecting. Again, I was going to place these cameras I was collecting on a shelf in my office. The camera I received was a Pentax K1000 35mm film camera. Okay! So, now what! Well, at that point I decided I was going to learn to shoot with this camera.

The first roll was terrible. I don’t think I got one shot in focus, or the picture was way underexposed. But I didn’t stop there. I got another roll of film and took Tre as my model! I still need more practice, but this was better than the first. I forgot how much I loved the color you get with film…so much different from digital! Another thing I miss with film is the grain. You know, just like wrinkles are to linen, grain is to film. It character!

Here are a few pictures from Tre’s session!