happy spooky season! i’ve got a few extra bits besides the roll i shot this month. i’m not sure if it’s just the seasonal change, but i definitely feel a shift happening in regards to my relationship with photography - growing pains, which is a welcome ache after being stagnant for so long. i’m working on being less flippant about my processing and refining my craft, which makes this roll so bittersweet; the photos themselves i’m very pleased with, but i’m still working out what went wrong with my chemistry to make it so muddy. Since my developer is fresh, it’s definitely my fix, which i suppose i knew but won’t have the means to replenish until later this week. impatience on my part, altogether.

i’m looking forward to starting “fresh” and doing some control experiments in the next month. besides the chemistry end of things, i’m feeling a bit boxed in by my contax g2 - my right hand man for the past 7 years. not sure if it’s just 35mm and the way i shoot with it, but i am wanting … more. I may challenge myself to use the mamiya for these “diary” photos during the month of november, but more importantly, i’d like to clean up my graflex and get back into 4x5.

enough rambling, here’s the roll!

abdul in front of the hampton city hall

ft. monroe was reminiscent of savannah (oak trees and old houses) and it made my heart ache

lining the walls of the fort itself are dozens of beloved pet graves from the past 75 years.

we saw these types of spider nests all over the area.

chuck’s camera in hampton - can’t really put into words how it felt to round the corner and find this room.

my friends closed on a house this month!

future site of Many Good Times

i tabled my first event selling artwork!

thanks to cody for inviting me!

newport news neighborhoods are incredibly cozy.

Here’s some bonus photos of a pumpkin carving event at Vibrant Shore Brewing, it really kick started the season for me.

my friend hannah hosted a halloween party this past weekend and i ran
around in the near total-darkness with my sony’s ISO cranked up,
confirming that 102,400 ISO is a marketing ploy because holy moly, i
don’t know who would ever use it and be satisfied with the results (even i, who has a soft spot for mysterious grainy images). anyway, she
did a wonderful time hosting and a good old fashioned game of “what’s in
the box” was the highlight.

thanks for looking through this longer-than-usual post. our tourist town is winding down for the season, but i’m still seeking out fun things for me and my camera to explore. i hope everyone had a safe and lovely halloween!

a spooky salutations,

katie

On Saturday, October 22nd 2022, two of our good friends finally got married!! While the bride expected one or two quick photos of the ceremony, I simply could not stop myself from running around this adorable fairytale backyard wedding - especially with a gorgeous backdrop with one of the most magical golden hours and incredible pink sunsets in recent memory.

Much love to the newlyweds! Thank you for the lovely evening, and I hope I captured some memorable moments for you guys :-)

- Katie

howdy!

this post is brought to you by my first time shooting with my local lab’s house black and white film - but pushed to 400 because i’m a dummy who didn’t check the film speed :~) i’m looking forward to trying again at a proper 100; i’m feeling myself drifting away from the punchy blacks i’ve been rolling with for a while now. i also finally retired my 10 month old batch of xtol and put together a fresh gallon of d76, and while it’s not my developer of choice, i think it handled my medium format tmax 400 further down in this post with far more grace.

a couple shots on film from the take back the beach show

thank you gallery’s new exhibition space has me really excited for future shows they have in store!

christening the concrete with complimentary wine

a really wonderful gentleman in a nasa polo was letting onlookers peak through his telescope that was pointed at various planets - absolutely surreal seeing saturn’s rings!

hannah’s birthday, last pool hop of the summer.

went for ramen and the boys compared keyboards in the parking lot

labor day cookout, another last hoorah for the summer bbqs

da baby

here’s a few photos from a trip to yorktown with my pal abdul, where he shot his very first roll of film (yet to be processed, but soon!)

also, it’s been a second since i’ve loaded 120 in my tank and my frustration is evident in these photos. while i’m grateful my impatience only affected a third of the roll, of course the photograph i was most looking forward to printing is botched. i’m not completely heartbroken since these fuckups are interesting in their own way, but it’s still a bummer and lesson learned.

rip my lil blair witch lookin tree

there’s a family of deer in this photo if you look hard enough!

and lastly, a couple to finish off the roll. halloween season is in full swing and i don’t want november to come.

till next time xoxo

-katie