A Float Trip on Film

Shot on Ilford HP5 Plus Black and White

Film is Imperfect Perfection

Shot on Ektar 100

My husband gifted me an old Nikon film camera a few Christmases ago, and I immediately caught the film bug that has infected the photographer community. It was the perfect film camera to re-learn film photography, as it was a hybrid between a true point-and-shoot and a fully manual camera.

But recently, I wanted a camera that gave me more control of different lighting situations. Several weeks ago, I purchased a Minolta SRT 201, a roll of Ilford HP5 Plus Black and White Film, a three-pack of Kodak Gold 200, and a roll of Ektar 100 and took them on our annual float trip. (For people not from the midwestern United States, a float trip is when family and friends gather to use anything from kayaks, rafts, or tubes to float down a river. Weekend floats at a popular river destination skew more towards Mardi Gras (yes, there are beads) and less towards relaxing nature-filled family fun. Now that we're older, we avoid the weekends at all costs.)

But this river is our magic place, and we'll take all the green herons, trout, crawdads, and dragonflies we can handle.

Shot on Ilford HP5 Plus Black and White

Shot on Kodak Gold 200

Shot on Ilford HP5 Plus Black and White

Shot on Kodak Gold 200

Shot on Kodak Gold 200

Shot on Ilford HP5 Plus Black and White

Shot on Kodak Gold 200