Today is my sister Lori’s Birthday. She lives in Richmond and is a few years younger than I am. I went down to Richmond to visit my mom and my sister and her family a few weeks ago and I took my Contax 645. This is a medium format camera that I needed help from the local photo store on how to load the film. When I showed the guy what I had done he remarked : “Classic mistake that students make when loading medium format film for the first time.” He walked me through it and now I get it.
I took these shots in my mom’s backyard with the exception of the last two shots. The thing with film is…when you get it back from the lab, all you have to do is pop the CD into your computer, upload the images, and voila! you’re done! The image quality from this camera amazes me. When I saw the images, I swear I nearly cried.
Sullivan, my mom’s dog.
My mom has an awesome back yard!
My nephew enjoying the last bite from a Krispy Kreme donut! 
My mom loves to garden.
Ethan liked the free hat….
Ethan and his cousin amused themselves for days…
Happy Birthday today to my sister Lori!!