while enjoying the luxury of wandering around town with christopher during a vacationy thursday last week, a quick trip to the photo store turned into a superamazing surprise. we’d just finished dropping off his film at one lab when we walked over to the another photo shop in the neighbourhood so he could buy some film and i could drool over cameras i wasn’t likely to buy.
the girl behind the counter asked if we needed help. christopher asked if they had any Holga CFNs in stock, as the display model wasn’t in the case. she said yes and gestured towards the shelf on the wall. then there was this small pause and, in my memory, everything slowed down like in a movie. chris looked at me strangely for a moment and then said to the girl “okay, we’ll take one”, which made me think “huh? but he already has three!” after a second or two, i realized that he wasn’t buying it for himself, but for me.
i was completely stunned. and thrilled. and grateful. but mostly thrilled. we walked back to the car, with me mostly speechless. as we stood there beside the hessmobile, i put the box on top of the car and was amazed to realize the Holga box was the exact same colour as my car: competition blue! i took it as a sign that my having that camera was totally meant to be.
of course, now that i have six film cameras and no money to have medium format or b&w film scanned at the lab, i cancelled my MP3 player order to go out and buy a scanner the very next day. i got my first roll from the holga back last night and spent the evening scanning it in. after some trial and error, i think i’ve finally gotten the whole process sussed out. i’d probably have been annoyed it took so long to get just twelve photos scanned, but i was too caught up on how GORGEOUS the photos had turned out to be mad.
for someone who was so scared of 120 film, i’m ridiculously excited to get out there and shoot with it until i can’t stand it any more. thank you so much, christopher. you’ve opened a whole new world for me.*
aww, yay!
can’t wait to see all the wonderful pictures you are going to take with the holga.
Hey, don’t I remember reading your blog a year ago where you abandoned film for digital in the form of the Nikon D70? And now you’re spending that sort of money again on film and related equipment.
In other news, nothing says love like a Holga purchase.
cool
awe… what a sweetie!
I’ve been toying with buying a scanner for a while… which one did you get? The shots look great!
gill: i never *abandoned* film for the D70. i hadn’t used film in years and years because i didn’t have a camera for years and years and, when i bought one (the fuji), i figured digital was the way to go if the photos were mostly going online.
mel: i got the canon 8400f. it was either that or the epson 4490, but the pocketbook won the battle and the cheaper canon was the choice. it’s really quite quick and the dust/scratch removal actually gets rid of most of the gunk on the negatives. of course, i don’t really know any different, so i’m not sure if you should even listen to me. =)