florals on film

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a few shots from descanso gardens on kodak gold.

alien planet

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took a roll of lomochrome turquoise film to death valley a couple months ago. the results look like photographs from mars! the turquoise film is super fun even if I do have a hard time deciding when using it will create cool results or just weird ones.

shot on lomochrome turquoise 110 film with the pentax auto 110 camera.

florals for spring

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spent a saturday at descanso gardens admiring the blooms.

oops I did it again

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on sunday I finished my second marathon. while I wasn’t faster than my first race in 2020, I had a much better experience & a lot more fun so I’m counting that as win! plus, I completed the “conquer la” challenge which consists of finishing the santa monica 10k, the rose bowl half marathon, & the la marathon in the same season & gets you an additional medal at the final finish line.

more pictures & a run recap on my running instagram.

death valley winter

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three iphone shots from my time in death valley on a full moon.

the winter light in death valley is like a caress. rose-hued & hugging the mountains – curling between scrub grass & salt flat. driving the long curving roads like a wave craving sand.

looking up

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while playing with my new (to me) fujifilm x30 in nyc I fell in love with this monochrome film simulation & the winter light on the city’s buildings.

I loved being back in the city, even if only for a handful of days. I was surprised to realize that as much as I love new york I am very grateful to have made my home in california.

frozen sands

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something I always liked to do when I lived in brooklyn was go to coney island in the winter. this beach-town is almost totally abandoned during the colder months as the theme parks & boardwalk shops wait for summer to return before unlocking their gates & opening their doors. on my recent weekend in nyc I spent a very cold morning (28 degrees fahrenheit) walking along the boardwalk with my camcorder & making friends with the suspicious seagulls.

 
 

time machine: prospect park

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while working on my 2023 project of redoing my apartment I found an old polaroid t1234 compact point & shoot digital camera that I think I would have gotten sometime shortly after highschool (2010ish?). I’m currently trying to repair it, but with it I found a 4gb memory card that still had some photos on it! I believe I took these photos in prospect park brooklyn, potentially for a college class project.

much better quality pictures than I remember. hoping I can get it working again!

november books

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only one book this month.

the mindful photographer - sophie howarth