Carmella + Rocco

Over the holiday I got to meet my second cousin Rocco for the first time, and got to see my little second cousin Carmella again. I remember when Carmella was Rocco's size, and now she's a little girl! They grow up very quickly, so I thought I'd take some photos of them with the Mamiya C220 the day after Christmas.

Carmella wasn't too keen on having her picture taken, and Rocco was asleep most of the time, but I managed to get some nice shots of each of them. I'm glad, because next time I see them they will have grown up even more!











For those that don't know, the Mamiya C220 is a square crop camera, so these are posted as shot, with no cropping in PS.

Rings

I was going through my sheets of negatives from the Mamiya C220 Twin Lens Reflex camera that I recently took and found these two of my father and Andy, respectively. I focused on their rings, because I am fascinated by people's hands. Both were taken on Christmas Eve, and the one of my father was taken during Christmas Eve Bingo, a tradition in our family. My grandmother calls out the numbers and we keep playing until everyone wins! There are some really funny and sometimes freakish stories from Bingo of years' past, and it's always a good time.

Christmas 2008

This year I got to spend Christmas with my family, and a few adorable dog cousins as well! I also got to play with Andy's twin lens reflex camera (a Mamiya C220) for the first time ever. It was a bit tricky as I've only ever used viewfinder cameras (well, other than the Holga and 4x5), so the taking the framing / crop factor into consideration took a bit of getting used to.

These shots are from my first roll of Twin Lens goodness. They portray my grandmother (below), and Andy with Chips, my canine cousin (above). More from this camera soon!

(No, I am not giving up on the Holga... but sometimes it helps to take a different approach for a while to keep things fresh!)