Louisiana on Film 2016

My new Minolta 202 took some really interesting "contrasty" photos. I purchased portra 400 film and had them processed at the Photocenter in Brick NJ.  

This sugar kettle's stains give us some insight into its history.  This, and the slave quarters below were taken at the beautiful Evergreen Plantation, the same plantation you might recognize in the movie Django. 

This photo does not do it justice.  Oak Alley Plantation is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.  It is nicknamed "The Grande Dame of the Great River".

We spent some time in New Orlean's oldest cemetery, St. Louis.  I'm not sure where my fascination with cemeteries came from, but visiting Louisiana surely made me want to tour the country for obscure tombstones and epitaphs to rub. New Orleans definitely has the strangest cemeteries I've ever seen, besides the obvious fact that people are not buried, but rows of tombs have been made to simulate a "city of the dead". It's a clever fix so coffins are placed above the water table.   These sun-bleached tombs are a testament to their age and the warmth of the area. You wouldn't believe how these cemeteries attract many little lizards, which are fun to spot, and even more fun to catch!  

Richard Kimball?

The Summer, on Film

These are the people, places, and things I spent time with. I wished one particular roll came out where I caught a turtle in a jackson pond, or that we already developed our recent one from swimming and climbing fallen trees in the Delaware River. Until then, here's some shots from the summer.

BJ taught me some simple banjo cords, from Thomas Wesley Stern

 Jay and I spent some time at the jetty, of Moon Motel

Tiffany of Salt and Steel, like her page.

I want some grilled mango right about now.

You can find this dino on the Ortley Beach boardwalk.

Here are some of my favorite shots from a family photoshoot at Atlantic Farms, I blogged about here.

Roadtrip on Film, February 2015

I got that anticipated phone call that kind of feels like Christmas morning when I was little; "Hey Jen, you're film's all done."  Daimon and I bee-lined it to Photocenter in Brick and enjoyed going through the many envelopes of pictures at Cookie Lady's (I did a small business spotlight on this little breakfast place here).  Here's some of my favorite shots from our trip from Florida to Louisiana.  I hope I captured the spirit of my subjects:

Lots of old boats docked up for years in Florida.

The long drive over water to Louisiana.

I didn't buy any voodoo items but I enjoyed checking them out in all the shops.

We canoed alongside manatees!

 A national park full of sinkholes in Florida:

Our first day of freedom was spent at Epcot in Florida.

If I lived in New Orleans, I'd make paper mache masks all year round to sell at their mask market.

We spent some time with an old friend and NOLA local.  She's so pretty with her peach colored bike and Valentines Day roses.

I was on line buying pralines and spicy chocolate when I decided to take this picture of the guy in front of me.

 Next time, we're spending way more time checking out the cemeteries!

Autumn '14 on Film

Sleepy Hollow & other cemetery visits:

The headless horseman was galloping around in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and vendors were giving away apple cider. Come on, who wouldn't be amazed by that?!

A few fun skull heads from the Sleepy Hollow parade.

Some Wedding Pictures PART 1: Film

I haven't posted any wedding pics on my blog.. Sorry! Back in early June, Daimon and I tied the knot in Shenadoah Caverns, Virginia.  Two couples went with us:  our Minister, his girlfriend and our friend, and our two photographers who own The Photo Center in Brick, NJ (I featured the Photo Center as the small business of March here).

This is part 1 of 3 I'll be posting:  shots from the cave ceremony, pre-ceremony pictures at the covered bridge, and shots with the 35 mm. While some couples adhere to the not-seeing-each-other custom before the wedding, we wanted to take formal pre-ceremony pictures and see each other in a more unique way. Some of our best shots are from that shoot at a covered bridge. Keep an eye out for the next set of pics!

Oh ya.. I guess I should throw in a picture of Daimon since it was his wedding too. Hehe

More pictures to come!