Summer Lovin'

I recently purchased a new (well... technically it's old) Olympus point and shoot. I found it in a bucket of other interesting film cameras at a thrift store on the East coast of Florida, in a thrift store called World Thrift. The flash always goes off, which creates a lot of eery portraits, but I love it. 

I'm enjoying my summer vacation so far, but haven't been drawing as much as I should be. I'm also in the middle of a mixed media class so I'll be posting work from that soon as well.

 Zackary and the Royal Poinciana Tree

Zackary 1

         

(At Left: Big Meaty Toads)


















                      

(At Left: Zackary and the Big Tree)

                                                                                            

                                                                                                            

 Zackary and Socks

Mom & Dad on their Anniversary

Noah

Zoe

Zackary 2

Zackary 3

Photo prints

Got this roll developed a while back, and it is just another reminder to me how much better film is than digital. There's a quality that just can't be matched.

I love the intimacy portraits can show, and I think that's another reason why I love photographing family and close friends. When you're close to someone already you can tell in the photographs. 

 Natalie

Dad & Liam 

Noah 

May & Natalie @ the Ringling Museum 

 Paul & Josh in Miami

Natalie 

Dad @ Myakka State Park 

Cutter 

Mimi 

Noah 

 Liam

Kendylle 

Pop-pop

 Miami Alley #1

 Miami Alley #2

 Miami beach access

 South Beach

 Thanksgiving pies

Peanut butter cookies with kisses

Winter Break

I miss school. I think I'm legitimately depressed because of how unsocial I've been in the past 3 weeks. Which probably explains my new fascination with the dead plants in my back yard. I haven't had any access to the printmaking labs, and I haven't been able to develop the 3 rolls of film sitting on my dresser (it's a 40 minute drive to Wolf Camera from my parents' new place), so my old digital SLR camera has been my only fix.

These images kind of represent my Christmas spirit this year (or lack there-of)...

Noah

My grandmother's kitchen in Venice.

If I had these next images printed I'd like to see them large, like 40"x40", so keep that in mind when you view them on your computer screen...