so, this here space started out more than a year ago as a way to get the word out about our little gallery and what we were doing down there.
now, it's really not so much that, anymore.
ok, it's not that at all.

it's my place to write down things as they are happening to us. a way for me to stop and think and notice all the good and not so good things that make up our particular corner of the world.

but...

something else happened along the way. i fell in love with taking pictures. and while i still firmly have both feet planted in the amateur camp, it gives me so much pleasure to see and record our life in this way. and what i needed most was, frankly, a hobby.

because it wasn't going to be so good, if it kept on that the only "hobby" i had was our house and our children and all the toil and worry that comes with both of those beloved things.

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i've been experimenting with film the last couple of months, with limited success. not least of all because it takes more money and time than i have at my disposal. and tim seems to think that it's a waste of effort, as well. don't hold this against him, but he's really sure that digital is the only way to go.

i was not so sure. then i got my first black and white roll back, and it was intriguing. then i got my second roll back of black and white, and it was depressing. i was done. won over to tim's side.

then, i got my first color roll back, and wow. there is something about the texture and the color and the depth that i find too compelling to turn my back on without a few more rounds of trial and error.

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i'm turning to you, my friends. my very talented friends, to help me in whatever way you can. any thoughts on film? do you develop your own, or do you have to drive to the nearest last standing vestige of film developing, as i do? any tips on scanning film onto flickr? because i think in the end a poorly scanned photo can defeat the whole purpose.

and what is the whole purpose?

i know we are all too busy right now for this, but if you are out there, and you shoot film, and you have any thing at all to say to me on the subject, i would be very appreciative.

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snow, snow, snow here! so beautiful out, and cozy in. but more about that tomorrow.

best wishes and good night. thanks for reading.
tt