Liminal Moments on Film

One of the two 110 film cameras I have (the Diana Baby being the other one) is a Concord 110 EF, much like the Neon Lites one in this link. It’s the first camera I had as a kid and was a Christmas present from my grandmother, I believe. Someday I will flip through my photo albums to see what kind of photos I took with it back in the day, though I have an inkling of what some of them look like based on memory. While this camera does not shoot great photos, as evidenced above, at least my technique has improved over the years!

Shooting on film, and especially on a toy camera, is much more about the vibe and emotion of a moment on film than of getting any kind of high quality image. It’s the artistry of it that matters and well, my personal view on enjoying the photos vs caring so much what anyone else thinks about the photos. Moments from the images above were collected at Honey Creek State Natural Area (adjacent to Guadalupe River State Park), along the Pecos River in New Mexico, Cades Cove & GSMNP, and the last image is our well house in the garden. I just realized that last image is actually reversed and I should have flipped it when I scanned it. Oops!

As someone prone to a lot of daydreaming and zoning out when I see good light to focus on, these images draw me back into why I thought to pause and capture them in the first place: reflections on water, light and shadows cast on trees, slightly out of focus moments, and the bonus physical artifacts left on the film.

Camera: Concord 110 EF
Film: Lomography Color Tiger 110 ISO 200