Unexpected surprises!

Ah the joy of film and its reoccurring lesson of ‘letting go of the things you can’t control’.

Earlier this year I was gifted some of the beautiful Dubblefilm Pacific 35mm film from Analogue Wonderland (though I think mine was called Monsoon at the time before they changed the name) and I saved it for a little trip we had planned for Autumn. I was very excited about it as from the photos I’ve seen others take using it, the film has such gorgeous tones and colours. I figured that the seaside town of Filey was perfect for it. And I was right… the film was perfect, just not exactly the results I was expecting haha. See for yourself…

I will hold my hands up now and say, I have no idea how this happened! Its affected the whole roll, so it could be my camera (boy I hope not), it could have been the developing, or it could just have been how the film was, I really have no clue. I don’t think I could have done anything to change the outcome either….and boy is that a hard pill to swallow with film.

I know it happens, its happened to me more than once or twice ha. But still… initially I was really gutted and frustrated that I might have let Analogue Wonderland down somehow. However, with a bit of time and tweaking, I realised that these results are really quite lovely in their own way - and that added element of surprise when seeing them initially does feel like it adds an element of fun to them as well. I have a lot of photos of Filey (its one of my all time faves) so having a set of photos a bit more unique is a nice addition!

If you’re wondering what the film looks like without surprises, there are some gorgeous photos with it here on 35mmc.com.

Film: Dubblefilm Pacific 35mm - generously given to me by Analogue Wonderland (who had no idea I would be such a risk in producing such unexpected surprises haha, sorry guys!)

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Location: Filey, England

More Snowy photos

Because its Christmas and why not :)

I hope you're all having a wonderful Christmas time - we've been enjoying it quietly at home together in Leeds. Amazingly after 13 years of being together Thomas and I have never seen each other Christmas morning and opened presents together, and we've never had Christmas in our own place. But now we're married, it seemed like the right thing to do. So we started our day with yummy bagels and prosecco because, again, why not? We also ate a lot of cheese and biscuits... Christmas is the best right!

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: West Yorkshire Cameras Black and White C41 film
Location: Peak District, England

Let it snow!

Ok, full disclosure this post title is deceptive I will admit.. one because you would never hear me genuinely mean the phrase 'let it snow' unless I didn't have to leave the house at all (snow is ok if I'm suitably dressed I guess but I hate icey conditions) and two - because it is incredibly mild in the UK at the moment - so mild it doesn't even feel like Winter let alone Christmas!

These photos are actually from the end of November when the weather was acting like you would actually expect and I even braved it outside to take them - mostly because we were walking to an inside heated pool and also because I was sharing the snow excitement with my one of my favourite small humans and some of my favourite fully grown adults too.

We stayed in a lovely holiday park for the weekend in the Peak District called Darwin Forest that is similar to Center Parks with lodges and facilities like a pool, gym etc. And waking up to the snow made us almost forget we were in England, isn't it pretty!

With the tradition of the weather not acting like it should at the moment, I'm expecting to be taking my next snow photos in a freak April snow storm!

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: West Yorkshire Cameras Black and White C41 film
Location: Darwin Forest Park, England