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Almost forgot to post these 😅 Shoutout to in Atlanta turning these around so quickly!

📷: FE 35mm (multiple lenses)
🎞️: HP5 Black & White

It’s been almost 2 months without my mom. There have been a lot of hard moments, and there will probably never stop being hard moments.

But the times I’m creating, especially with her camera, I feel at peace. I feel a sense of purpose and I feel like she’s with me.

That said, I have a long way to go to understand B&W film - this particular stock looks a lot grainier than I’d realized. But then again, that could be my settings! So if anyone has any insights or tips, let me know!

Hannah suggested we go and explore the Botanical Gardens today, and I’m glad she did. We found a bunch of pansies, which were my mom’s favorite flower 🌺 It’s been hard at moments, but I felt like she was with me today 😌

I also took some photos with my mom’s camera and the B&W film that I have in there, but we’ll have to wait to see those 🤷🏻‍♂️

Here are the best shots from my first ever roll of film taken on my mom’s Nikon FE! 📸

For the camera nerds out there:
50mm f1.8 prime lens
Kodak Gold 200 film

Nailing focus is a lot harder than I thought. A handful of photos were super soft or missed completely.

The photo of me was actually taken by my 12 year-old niece as I coached her how to do it! Probably one of my favorites from the whole roll! ❤️

Next up, I’ve got a roll of black & white film loaded and ready to experiment with. And some more color options after that! 😅

Apparently, I got 📸 from my mom.

As far back as I can remember, my mom had a Nikon FE 35mm film camera sitting on our family bookshelf. She was always interested in photography. If the camera wasn’t proof enough, the literal thousands of photos still lying around should be.

Over the last few weeks of looking through every single photo, I realized that mom had some skill behind the lens! I don’t know that she ever took a class (though she was a Communications major, so maybe she did), but her compositional choices were 👩🏻‍🍳💋

Here are some of my favorites - all taken with the Nikon 35mm, I believe (which still works, despite having last been serviced in 1985)!

Tucked away in a box under the photos, I found the camera. After a good cleaning, a brief visit to a camera shop, and two rolls of film later, I’m ready to give it a second life!

I’ll share the results of my first roll of film in the coming weeks. For now, I continue to celebrate and honor my mom’s life.

Thank you to everyone who’s reached out - DMs, texts, comments, etc. You don’t know how much it means. ❤️

Last week, I got to take photos for Oak House Distillery here in Athens. They partnered with The Classic Center to promote the upcoming Blackberry Smoke NYE show with this limited edition cocktail.

I had a lot of fun with this! I shot it with two lights in the Distillery’s own “speak easy” lounge. I really enjoy food & beverage content - it pushes me creatively and I learn something new every single time!

It's not often I get BTS content of myself working, so I'll have to settle for this throwback from a holiday party for the South Jersey Builders in 2023 😅

If you're located in Northeast Georgia, and your brand or business is looking for fresh new video content in 2026, let's chat! I'll get you the content you need, and I can get some updated behind-the-scenes photos! 😎

Some frames that I’m loving from last night’s at ! I love that this is what I get to do 😎