Happy 4th of July!

Nate has taken to collecting old film cameras. For the last few holidays, his family has helped him out by tracking down some really cool old machines as well as various accessories and parts and then gifting them to him. For Christmas, Nate received a Yashica D Twin Lens Reflex camera. They were made from 1957-1973 in the Rolleicord style. Since both Nate and I learned photography on digital cameras, it’s been really fun to learn how to use these film cameras (and keep our fingers crossed that they still work, and that we don’t ruin all the film).

These were taken on two different rolls of film during our recent road trip through the southeast. The images below were taken in Atlanta and on the beach in Charleston. I have been holding out on diving into film because I feel a bit over my head with it and I feel bad ruining film but these images from the Yashica have completely stolen my heart. We did nothing to them except resize them for the blog and add a watermark. No editing was done at all except removing one dirt smudge from the last frame. No color correction, no toning, no cropping. Just look at the gorgeous tones in these frames. The gorgeous square format. I’m a believer. I can’t wait to play more with this and our other antiques…

Our favorite film used so far, Kodak Ektar 100. Such a pretty toning naturally…

This one was our favorite shot of our friend and road-trip buddy, Philipe…

That second shot was a mistake while learning how to advance the film… But it turned out really cool to look at…

These last two were from a separate roll of slide film. These two of Atlanta make me swoon…

All of these images were taken by Nate on our Yashica D Twin Lens Reflex camera.

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