Best day!!! And on a Monday! Not only did I get a shipment of shoes to try on from Zappos.com, some artwork in the mail from my 2-year old niece—but I also got my first roll of film back from the Diana camera! (This is actually the second roll that I photographed, the first is black and white and takes a whole week to develop.)

So with out further ado, here are my twelve shots in all their glory—the good and the not so good. I thought it would be fun to share the whole roll. All shots were taken in a 30 minute time period (I didn’t race to the end of the roll, I was just excited to shoot). All the shots are taken in my neighborhood on my regular walking route with the Toby (my dog). Photos are shown in the order in which they were taken and are shown as shot—totally analog.

Something I learned about Diana: she doesn’t like to focus at close range.

Don’t ya just love free stuff? With my last order from Veer (a stock photography website) I received a FREE Diana F+, a plastic medium format film camera. Even the lens is plastic. I was filled with joy as I unpacked the camera and read the instructions manual. With three f-stops (plus pinhole), three focus options and a shuttter speed of 1/60 of a second or longer, I couldn’t wait to buy some film and start shooting!

The 120 medium format film allows for 12 shots per roll. I chose Kodak’s 400 speed t-max black and white film. I’ve already taken 10 shots. I’ve captured shadows, leaves, naked trees, caution tape twisted up in branches and more. The beauty of shooting with film AND the Diana is that I don’t really know how the shots are going to come out. And by the time I take the film for developing, I won’t even remember what I photographed!

The suspense is fun and the upcoming feeling of surprise is going to be even better! Or not, depending on if I set my exposures correctly!