Canon A1: Sunset at the beach

I shot some more film and turned it into Costco for processing. There is one film Kodak pro something or other that I had the most awful time loading. I had shot the entire roll (I thought) at Fossil Falls but it never loaded. Okay, I though I might be able to salvage the film and learned via Google how to retrieve the film leader with the good old saliva method ( it does work too). Reloaded the film and thought I shot the roll no problem.

Well, Costco told me the film was blank so either I exposed the roll somewhere or it didn't load again. I had one roll that came out and from the photos, the sunset/beach photos looked really good. But the DVD wasn't included which I paid $3 for so I called and there was a mix up where another customer got my DVD and hers was still at Costco. Took another day for that person to return my DVD but now when I look at it, I'm not sure if it is worth the money.

I thought the DVD would be a better quality than my scanner but it doesn't seem to be the case. Lots of grain when the photo is enlarged on the computer so I think I will try to do an enlargement on one of the photos and see for myself. I do want  an enlargement for my home and display purposes.


Now to decide which one to enlarge...


Photo #1




Photo #2



Photo #3



At least Costco is reasonable for photo processing although I may have to look for other options once I get more serious about my photography.

So what photo shall I reprint?? I'm thinking 5 x 7 size.

Building my Portfolio

I'm not going into the photography business but I do love it a lot and striving to become the best I can be. I just need to push myself to keep taking pictures.

Recently, I have had more chances to accomplish my goals. I've done a photo shoot of my friend's twin girls because she wanted bath time photos.


One couple just had a baby over the weekend so I offered to take some photos of her this week.

Then another friend wanted photos commemorating her daughter's 8th birthday. She usually goes to Sears portrait studio for that but the studio was closed down. She found a Groupon offer which she said was okay but jumped at the chance to try again.



I've known little A since she was a baby so it's amazing to see how much she's grown into a quite a character. :)

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My little pony.

Overcast day but not a lot of wind which was great.

Beach girl.

Big sis A joined us at the beach so I had to get a couple of her too. I especially like this one. So I will send off the batch and see how they like their photos.

Sister.
 

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our schedule is so busy with activities and homework, I haven't been able to be at the beach to catch the sunset. Thursday, the boys finished their homework so I hurried us on over to the beach. We made it to see the sunset and the boys played in the sand.



That's Tyler down by the shore. I admit I was rushing too fast to grab everything and forgot the memory card in the reader. Luckily I had grabbed my little Fuji which came to the rescue. It's true what they say that the best camera to have is the one you have with you!