Saving Family Photos

One of the main reasons that I am drawn to photography is the historical attributes, being able to preserve a moment in time for life long memories. Historical photographs have always been a huge interest of mine and being able to help restore them is exciting to me. Be it negatives, slides, or printed photos I love to try my best to restore them to what would have been their original state. Recently I have been given family photos to restore and here are some of the finished results.

Winter Walk along the shore

Back in February I ventured out to the shore on a bright but very cold day. No matter what time of year it is there is always something so refreshing about salty air. While I was out I finished up a couple of different rolls of film which I look forward to getting developed. Of course I took some digital but the only digital images I took were with my lensbaby.

Daisy Fleabane at sunset

A couple of years ago in November we took a road trip to see family in North Carolina, I am itching to go back and visit once all is safe to do so. Of course our trip would not be complete without taking a nature hike. It was dusk in the fall so it was the perfect golden hour. I found a patch of Daisy Fleabane that I just could not part from. There is something whimsical about wild flowers in a golden hue .

Bar Harbor

Fall is my absolute favorite season ever! just everything about it, the cool crisp air, the warm colors of yellow, orange and red. On a mid-October trip to Bar Harbor, Maine these were the amazing sites we were able to experience in Acadia National Park. Some of the images were created using a Lensbaby

Landing Road

Ever since I was little I loved to hang out and play in my grandmothers attic, as scary as it was it was still so much fun. So when the time came to have to sell the house I tried as much as I could to go back a document in my own way the house that shaped my childhood.

Isolation Creation

In the Spring during the new stages of our shutdown I ventured out to collect flowers & blossoms from the trees and shrubs around me to create still-life’s. Here are the results. Since now that we are stuck indoors due to our third snow storm in a row perhaps I should scour my apartment for a winter isolation still-life ?

Caffenol Process

I have recently played around with an alternative way to develop film. The Caffenol Process is not new but to me it is, and  I am in love! I miss being able to have the resources of a darkroom at my fingertips and I love love, love film but it is costly to not only buy but to develop as well. This is why I was super excited to try this method out, it is a mixture of instant coffee, vitamin C powder, and washing soda.  Super simple at home supplies, you of course still need photo fix but all these supplies are readily available online. This process only works with black and white film and it also increases the grain of the image so be careful

of your lighting and subject matter.

Zion National Park

It was chilly, overcast and drizzling but Zion National Park was still breathtaking. I always seem to have the luck of rain when I travel, it never fails where ever I go! In this occasion, I honestly didn’t mind at all because it contributed to us having beautiful waterfalls. The area was also in a one hundred plus day dry spell so it was very much needed.

Route 66

On our three-day tour of Arizona and Utah, the first stop was to the Road Runners Cafe in Seligman, AZ. This small stretch of road had a few stores which most were closed for the winter seasons or out of business. This little town is what helped to inspire the children movie Cars, Radiator Springs is Seligman, AZ. Unfortunately just as the movie showed it fell on hard times with the advancements of the interstate. I am glad that this was a stop for our tour company and other tours as well, it is great to support local small businesses.