Strange Pulse

I’m Susan. 37, married for 19 years, with three kids. A Mormon housewife into doom metal. And this is my blog.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Eh, these didn’t turn out so great

File under General, Photography - by Susan M @ 11:12 am

But I’m learning a lot about developing film at home. Like, what agitating the film while the developer is working does—makes the highlights brighter. I think I over-agitated this roll.

This is Daniel surfing (falling off his board):

He hadn’t been surfing in ages. There were dolphins right near the shore, too, but they swam on down the coast.

Of course, can’t go to the beach without something flying by overhead advertising something:

I used to see the Goodyear blimp everyday, driving home from work. Didn’t know Metlife has one too.

We used to have one of these, and plenty of other VWs, as well:

Except ours wasn’t in that good of shape.

Daniel showering the sand off his board:

Actually, this is his friend’s board. Our friend Dave took a trip to Hawaii, called Daniel up and said, “I’m shipping you a board.” I’m assuming Dave just sent it to Daniel because Dave couldn’t send it to his own place, no one being there. But Dave’s always giving Daniel surfboards, so who knows.

Cat and I went down to the swap meet this weekend, but the only old cameras I found didn’t work. It didn’t help that we got there just as everyone was taking everything down. It usually works out that way.

Can you tell she sometimes gets tired of the camera?

Can you tell I’m more comfortable behind it?

5 Comments

  1. Hey! I’m in NY now and will finally (hopefully) learn to snowboard. People tell me if I used to Skate, I will adapt pretty easily to it. Amen to your ‘getting older’ post.

  2. Hey that’s cool. I’m sure you won’t have any trouble picking it up. I’ve never actually tried it, myself.

  3. I love the one of Cat by the lamppost. Really nice!

  4. I love your photos!
    You made me want to jump back in the darkroom!
    Very cool!

  5. Thanks!

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