car wash and swimming - mount forest photographer

So I have upgraded my film camera bag with a medium format camera thanks to my wonderful husband! I Love this camera but darn manual focus on a toddler is ridiculous lol. Anyway, I finally got around to developing some more of the negatives and thought I would share some of our family fun. Poor old daddy got more help than he really needed with the car wash lol but it was fun for everyone else...followed by a swim in the river on a ridiculously hot day, but hey, it beats four feet of snow :)

part two - free spirits - mount forest photographer

whew, alright, a little longer than I thought it was going to be but without further ramblings here are a few of my favorites from miss D's session :)

Divine Maternity - mount forest photographer

I had the great pleasure of capturing this wonderful couple and beautiful momma to be. Hopefully all goes well for you guys and you get to meet your little one soon!
Here are a few of my favorite images from your session.

free spirits - mount forest photographer

I had such an amazing time with these beautiful young ladies...although I tend to be biased when it comes to family :) We thought we would capture a few portraits to remember this amazing time when High School is finally finished, and your whole life is waiting ahead of you....oh to be young again! Alright, here are a few of miss KC....part II is coming up soon with Miss D. :)

more holga pictures - mount forest photographer

I finally got my butt in gear and started developing what seemed like a closet full of patiently waiting exposed film from my favorite quirky film camera, my Holga...alright it is my only film camera but I think I may expand into the analog field in the near future. Anyway, here are a couple of my favorites from a rainy/snowy week of indoors weather...soon to come are my happy outdoors sunny pictures lol.

my new friend holga - mount forest photographer

I was inspired to pick up a cheap plastic toy camera this past summer and expand my vision and creating abilities...my little black holga and I went everywhere lol. I took it upon myself to figure out how to develop my own negatives which was not as intimidating as it initially seemed...in fact, I really liked it.

After I shot a roll of film I would go to my laundry room and seal it off making it pitch black...and then miraculously load a roll of film onto a little plastic spool that would go into my developing tank. Needless to say, there were many nights that my husband had to ask if I was okay in the laundry room as I had the occasional dropped roll of film and scramble to find all of the necessary equipment. The picture of my dane with the missing corner is evidence of such a battle lol.

I am currently 10 rolls behind in my developing as it can be quite tricky to time my developing with the needs of a now one year old, but I will get there and enjoy every second of it...even if I am sweating and struggling in the laundry room with film lol. So, without any further reminiscing, here are a few of my favorites from my very first and second roll of 120 film :)

darling mr. L - mount forest newborn photographer

I love having sessions for smooshy little babies...especially since my baby isn't smooshy anymore. Little mr. L wasn't overly sleepy for our session so he made us work pretty hard! Having said that, I think our efforts were worth it, here are a few of my favorites so far, Congrats again mom n' dad, he is such a beautiful baby :)