FrostFleur: The land of Stars and Stripes in Black and White

I've been an absolutely terrible blogger, so here's a new update that will hopefully be followed by more in the future now that I have more time on my hands. So, I'm currently working at Camp Eisner as a Creative Writing and Journalism specialist so it's all been crazy and fun this summer. One thing I love about camp is meeting new people from whom you can learn new skills and lessons from. Above all the skills I've learnt this summer is one particularly skill I've been over the moon with gaining; using the Darkroom and film photography. My friend Sam who was the Darkroom Specialist and also an amazing photographer, taught me all the in's and out's of the long process of developing film and printing photos. I absolutely fell in love with it because watching an image coming to life in the printing process is such an exciting and fulfilling time. And after all that effort of process, it feels great having a beautiful product at the end of it. I loved not knowing what an image would look like after taking it, the fact you can pick and choose and delete images in the digital photography world feels a little bit banal comparing it to film.Black and white and even colour film prints feel more rewarding and the fact you have to pick and choose what to take pictures of gives the photo a lot more value of thought. Downside of film photography, it's more expensive to process and you'd have to find a darkroom which is becoming somewhat a rarity in this technological age. But, it's become my favourite thing to do and something I will definitely pay more attention to in the future. It's a much longer process than I had originally thought so it makes me wonder how long it will take those who are printing Vivian Maiers' work (see below)! I tried my hand at film photography and processing and developing film this summer and I thought I'd share my efforts with you. The photos are a mixture of New York City, Camp Eisner, and Great Barrington, MA (the town near the camp). I find I like capturing images of people when they least expect it, and also pictures of different characters I come across in different places. An explanation as to why I like Vivian Maier so much!