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so, i'm sorry that i've been bad about the updates here but things have been a bit on the crazy side. school is exceptionally busy, but i'm so happy to be here and i can't wait until we get out of the basics and into the fun stuff! ...but even the basics are pretty fun. (c;

the cameras that we have (mamiya 645) are quite cool little (and by "little" i actually mean freaking-ginourmous) pieces of machinery. it has a removable back, enabling the camera to shoot with medium format film, digital and polaroid. for these first few weeks of school, we have been shooting on medium format chrome film. it's pretty cool because after it's processed, the "negatives" are actually not like your typical negative. first off, since it's medium format, the film strip is larger and the picture is actually a positive, or a transparency...so if you put it on a light box, you can actually see what the picture would look like as a print.

while this is really cool, and it's made me think about my shots a lot more (cuz I don't want to waste any film) i miss the ease of digital and i have random people asking to see my work but with the film, it's just more difficult. but this friday we get the digital back for the camera (woo!!!!!). i'll definitely be able to get a lot more shooting in and i'll be able to share stuff with everyone.

in the mean time....here's a pic of the new "toy".


here's a view with the back removed (that's the film back...the digital back is aprox. the same size)


i hope everyone is well, and i'll do my best to update more often. (c: