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Category: My First Roll

  • My First Roll: Jenny Penas

    My First Roll: Jenny Penas

    My First Roll is a series for film photographers to share the images from their first roll of film.  Everyone starts shooting at a different time and for different reasons.  Some shooters may have started shooting yesterday while others have started shooting decades ago.  This series provides a glimpse into the humble beginnings of individual photographers, encouraging us to reflect on our earlier work to find beauty and appreciation in our inexperience and to understand how we got to where we our now and where we want to go in our photographic journey.  If you would like to share images from your first roll of film, send me an email.

    Jenny Penas from Berlin, Germany shares her first roll of film taken on her Olympus XA2 on Ilford Delta 400 in March 2016.  While these images are not exactly her first film shots ever, they are her first film shots after a long hiatus from her film experiences of the late 1990’s.

    Jenny Penas (Website, Instagram), March 2016.

    Olympus XA2, Ilford Delta 400.

  • My First Roll: Lee Lin Wei

    My First Roll: Lee Lin Wei

    My First Roll is a series for film photographers to share the images from their first roll of film.  Everyone starts shooting at a different time and for different reasons.  Some shooters may have started shooting yesterday while others have started shooting decades ago.  This series provides a glimpse into the humble beginnings of individual photographers, encouraging us to reflect on our earlier work to find beauty and appreciation in our inexperience and to understand how we got to where we our now and where we want to go in our photographic journey.  If you would like to share images from your first roll of film, send me an email.

    Lee Lin Wei from Singapore shares his first roll of film taken on his Leica M2 on Fujicolor C200 in July of 2017.  The camera was passed down from his father this past summer and Lin has been engulfed in the film experience ever since.

    Lee Lin Wei (Instagram), July 2017.

    Leica M2, Fujicolor C200.

  • My First Roll: Luis R. Zurn

    My First Roll: Luis R. Zurn

    My First Roll is a series for film photographers to share the images from their first roll of film.  Everyone starts shooting at a different time and for different reasons.  Some shooters may have started shooting yesterday while others have started shooting decades ago.  This series provides a glimpse into the humble beginnings of individual photographers, encouraging us to reflect on our earlier work to find beauty and appreciation in our inexperience and to understand how we got to where we our now and where we want to go in our photographic journey.  If you would like to share images from your first roll of film, send me an email.

    Louis Zurn from Moorhead, Minnesota shares his first roll of film taken on his Kiev 88 on Lomo Blue 100 in September of 2015.  

    Louis R. Zurn (Instagram, Facebook), September, 2015.

    Keiv 66, Lomo Blue 100.

  • My First Roll: Ellen Richardson

    My First Roll: Ellen Richardson

    My First Roll is a series for film photographers to share the images from their first roll of film.  Everyone starts shooting at a different time and for different reasons.  Some shooters may have started shooting yesterday while others have started shooting decades ago.  This series provides a glimpse into the humble beginnings of individual photographers, encouraging us to reflect on our earlier work to find beauty and appreciation in our inexperience and to understand how we got to where we our now and where we want to go in our photographic journey.  If you would like to share images from your first roll of film, send me an email.

    Ellen Richardson from Melbourne, Australia shares her first roll of film taken on her Olympus AF-1 on Kodak Gold in July of 2013.  It’s evident in these shots that Ellen truly understands the importance of light and how to use sharply lit environments effectively.  A great first roll.

    Ellen Richardson (Website, Instagram), July 2013.

    Olympus AF-1, Kodak Gold.

     

  • My First Roll: Nicolas Mencia

    My First Roll: Nicolas Mencia

    My First Roll is a series for film photographers to share the images from their first roll of film.  Everyone starts shooting at a different time and for different reasons.  Some shooters may have started shooting yesterday while others have started shooting decades ago.  This series provides a glimpse into the humble beginnings of individual photographers, encouraging us to reflect on our earlier work to find beauty and appreciation in our inexperience and to understand how we got to where we our now and where we want to go in our photographic journey.  If you would like to share images from your first roll of film, send me an email.

    Nicolas Mencia from Oviedo, Spain shows off his first roll of film utilizing a Russian Fed 5 on Kodak ColorPlus 200.  Something about those blue tones give the Spanish landscape a more Russian feel (in my opinion anyway).

    Nicolas Mencia (500px), June 2015.

    Fed 5 w/ Industar 61, Kodak ColorPlus 200.