andy love

Happy Birthday my beautiful Andy!
Love you long time, Edie <3

disposed

A few photos taken a while back with a little disposable camera.

peeking out the front door

this cute little gate with the heart leads to Celine and my home

this photo is awesome cause Molly took it

vintage inspirations

I am very inspired by film photography. It's really something quite special. I love the look, feel and style it has. When I was home I came across my moms old childhood photo album. It has really inspired me in recent photo editing.

gotta love the black and white

love the vinatge fashion baby doll dress. 

I believe there's a similar photo of me at this age, refusing to smile at the camera. 

my grandma really wanted two boys so until my mom and aunt were about 10 they always had short hair. 

I've been wearing that little dangly earring for a while myself now. 

I love this photo of my great aunt. She looks so stunning and elegant. 

big school bags, like the one Pippi Longstocking keeps her gold coins in.

love the retro look of these photographs. 

family portraits 

family vacation

darkroom

i never learned how to develop photos. although i had read about it and people had explained it to me and i'd seen glimpses of it in movies, it was still always a bit of a mystery to me.
that mystery got solved when i went to porto where my friend teresa gave me a roll of film in black&white she had made herself.

on my last morning in porto we had shot through the little roll with her canon AE1 and went to her university to develop them. her friend carlos, who seems to know everything, and i mean everything, about photography came along and did a great job of explaining it all. it was interesting. and simple.

it was so simple. it's not magic.
for some reason that's a little disappointing.
but i loved it!

one of teresa's shots, love it

streets of porto

yes, i was chasing pigeons

my talented friend teresa

basically all my shots are the underexposed ones....haha i'm working on it!

matosinhos

btw, i bought another camera (along with 3 lenses)....nikon f401s. poor baby isn't currently working, but i'm certain that i'll get her going. fingers crossed!