October 16, 17
I love the mistakes that come with using film.
Often, I like the mistakes more than the shots that turn out. That’s part of why I started shooting film. For the surprises.
Whenever I pick up a roll at the lab, it’s like Christmas morning. Of course, it’s sometimes a sad Christmas, like the year when I found two sweatshirts in the box that I was sure contained a Cocker Spaniel puppy. But I’m learning to take what I can get.
My friend Gemma has the most beautiful hands. I will never have hands like that.
And while we’re on the topic of beauty, two words: bacon and sandwich.
I hope your week is off to a very good start, friends.
Often, I like the mistakes more than the shots that turn out. That’s part of why I started shooting film. For the surprises.
Whenever I pick up a roll at the lab, it’s like Christmas morning. Of course, it’s sometimes a sad Christmas, like the year when I found two sweatshirts in the box that I was sure contained a Cocker Spaniel puppy. But I’m learning to take what I can get.
My friend Gemma has the most beautiful hands. I will never have hands like that.
And while we’re on the topic of beauty, two words: bacon and sandwich.
I hope your week is off to a very good start, friends.
posted by Molly at 1:09 PM
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Yes - life is wonderfully full of surprises! I'm so glad you're having such a good trip. And a bacon sandwich! I might need to make one right now. It is lunchtime here, after all.
I may be wrong, but I think bacon plus sandwich equals England.
Just like a jam butty.
Oh film! This reminds me that I hope you want to join my "why do you shoot film" series one day. I think I've emailed you about it... or maybe not. I don't remember, so I'll just send you another mail ;-)
http://hei-astrid.blogspot.com/search/label/why%20do%20you%20shoot%20film%3F
But that's a 'bacon butty'
back bacon + butter + HP is england to me. mmm. yes, please.
Such lovely photos. I too love the film mistakes that happen every so often :)
Ooh I love that watch. Think I have a version of it from Liberty's; an emporium of wonderful things.
As a bacon sarnie should be, with thick crusty bread.
That bacon sandwich sure is a thing of beauty. Whatever you're doing, you're doing something right with the film, your photos are truly gorgeous.
Hi Molly,
Mistake or not, the first photo (mistake?) is one of my favorite photos of yours so far! Love the composition, the colors, and yes, that orangy line on the side.
I hope your European journey is going well. I laughed out loud today listening to the Peanut Butter episode.
You entertain us even from afar. Thank you!
Love the first photo. Love it.
The English do know their way around a sandwich, don't they. I once had a friend who tried to introduce me to a chip butty --- a French fry sandwich. Bad idea. Otherwise, Rule Britannia, is what I say. Have fun......
You're right, her hands are beautiful. I have awful looking hands and am self-conscious of them and what makes matters worse is that I fidget with them which simply draws attention to them. You have a gift for finding beauty in the ordinary.
Proper British bacon, I hope, and none of this streaky American kind. Though that has its place and time, it should not be found lurking anywhere near a bacon butty.
I do love film. Though I haven't shot it in years, I still have one roll that keep holding onto thinking I'll have some fantastic spurt of creative genius when really, I should just use it, right? Glad you are enjoying your time in Europe even though your plans were "rearranged".
thick bacon or thin? alone or with a companion on the bread? I think these details are important.
film surprises are wonderful....I agree
Film really is magic. Glad you're having a wonderful time! Have you had a crisps sandwich? Kinda awesome. As in, life changer. Especially with Walkers Thai Sweet Chili Crisps. Grab a bag, no wait, like ten, while you're there!
I love the colors that came out of the first picture. Looks like you are having a wonderful adventure!
Not THAT good!
your film photos inspire me! all to quickly everything became digital. makes me want to rewind....
If that is indeed a British bacon sandwich, then the bread used would be lovingly referred to as a doorstop, because, well, look at it. I hope the bacon was crispy and the sauce brown and from HP, if so, there is nothing finer to eat in the World.
Molly, this is a *beautiful* post - strikingly, powerfully simple. Thank you.
Thank you for reminding us of the beauty of real photos. I forgot what it was like to have film developed and finding small flaws. In your case, they worked out in your favor...beautifully.
Yay for film! I love the surprise as well, and I indulge deeply in surprise by shooting with a Holga. What do you shoot with? 35mm or medium format?
It's never really a sandwich unless it has bacon in it. Beautiful photos!
three cheers for film! the more i shoot, the more i fall in love...
two things miss molly (whom i do not know, yet feel the need, for intimacy via writing/reading):
1) your unitintentional photographs are, to me, intentionally stunning
2) beauty is often found where we try so hard, blindly, to find it, and only notice much later, that it was there all along while we looked somewhere else
indeed surprises can prove to be what we already, in some way, knew
Aaahhh bacon butty...
Film! It makes me happy and sad at once, recalling the days I used to get excited about going to the photo shop to get my envelope of developed pictures. Le sigh!
I love the way you capture moments - somehow so delicate and sharp at the same time. Beautiful.
mentions of bacon and lovely photos: i have all i need to start my day. :)
and more photo goodness. you are making me put my coat on and take my camera for a walk.
looking forward to seeing what's on that roll you shot in twenty minutes!
There is a lot to be said about accentuating lovely hands with a tasteful and fun ring and some nice nail polish. And, my, is that bread very thick cut. I hope to see pastry shots in the next few days.
I dislike shooting with film for the very reason you like it - the surprise - and I'm suspecting there's a link to why I only like to watch a sporting event if I know the team I'm rooting for wins. I'm sure a therapist could have a field day analyzing this!
LOVE the orange strip on that first shot, such a happy accident. And how COULD you go wrong with a bacon sandwich? I would be so very tempted to add a smear of avocado, though... = )
Love your photos!
I have a roll of film in the drawer beside the bed. I have no idea what's on it, or when it was taken, but given we went digital in 2004, it could be interesting. I'm saving the adventure of having the roll developed for some kind of rainy day.
So beautiful. Makes me want to shoot film with my grandfather's old Olympus.
Is there even any bacon sandwiched between those thick, delicious slices of bread?!? I would eat it either way!
oh, two sweatshirts instead of a spaniel puppy -- ouch!
by all evidence, the trip seems to be trumping that, anyway.
hands are exquisite, aren't they? i can never get enough. they tell more about a person than a face, i often find.
I love that you shoot with film! And I love bacon, so this post is all-around good :)
Oh the St. John Bacon Sandwich...drool...the most essential part of a London visit I think
I'm certainly not up to film photography yet, but even the pics you call duds seem to have a wabi-sabi elegance to them.
The surprise of it seems delightful though, an excellent way to live in the moment.
Gorgeous photos! Digital is great, but there's something charming and beautiful about real film...seeing your photos for the first time, flaws and all.
Your photos always have such a peaceful tone. My dad, who is 77, loves photography and feels almost ashamed that he still uses film. I've been telling him about you and your choice to use film. It always makes him feel better, less of a fuddy-duddy! He'll love this post about accidents in film... Thanks!
Molly I love your writing I know what you mean about the christmas morning thing with film. I have not shot it for so long. Thanks for bringing back memories. My first camera a brownie. Why didn't my mom save it!!!
She does have pretty hands! Aw!
I cannot tell you how very happy reading your blog makes me. It has now become a ritual of mine. I get up make a delicious cup of coffee and read. You inspire me always.
V.
I love that sense of anticipation you get with film. The digital is too instant, and I think it makes me too concerned with perfection.
really lovely photos, as always. the quote about traveling is perfect. i moved to spain a year ago, and i'm still here, venturing around europe and not sure when (if) i'll be back. cheers!
I feel the same way you do about using film! It's the uncertainty in the taking and the waiting until the developing that makes it all the more exciting when you do get a good shot, or, like you said, a good mistake.
I just found my "real film" Canon after having recently moved. Now -- to get a roll of film! Thanks for posting this Molly. Love reading, as always.
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Yes....no one does a bacon sandwich quite the UK :)
What a fabulous photo of feet hanging off the edge of the wall...just sitting there...and the edge cropped off. Yeah, I do miss film, the digital age is good, though, I didn't want to join for years...but have.
Thanks for your wonderful book...have really enjoyed reading it and sharing it with our library book group. Love your blog and have recommended it to them also. Did not want to return the book so purchased a copy to cook my way through it. All recipes a hit so far!
HI Molly, I loved your book and in a world where there are far too many food blogs, Orangette shines!
You have a truly lovely way with words and there is such a sweet sentiment in what you express. Thanks a million Cathy from Princess Pantry
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