Tired and Dirt Covered...

Justin and I were asked to be the official photographers and videographers for The Trek, a pioneer re-enactment trek put on ever four years by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for 14-18 year olds. Not only did we take pictures throughout the 4 day experience (while ever so fashionably attired like pioneers), we also put together an old time portrait studio and gave a little lesson about the beginnings of photography. We even made our own antique camera!

And yes, that is a real log that we made into our "tripod". Along with our authentic camera, we also rigged up a hand held, gun powder flash that we filled and flared with each portrait we took.

We actually had both an original bellows camera on the bottom and had our digital camera on the top (which was actually taking the photos). After the fact, we made all the photos look like antique kalitypes.
We had lots of fun, even if we did get a bit wet and dirty. Here are some of our favorite shots that we ended up with.

Another Year, Another Camera

Well, another year older as the saying goes. Today was my birthday and Justin got me a fantastic gift - one of the perks of being engaged to a fellow photographer. Justin got me a Diana F+ Camera!

This fabulous little gadget is a reproduction of the original Diana, but they've added some cool new features. It now has a removable lens, a pinhole setting, and bulb mode - all of which people have converted the original Dianas to do - the perk with this version is, you can always convert it back to it's lovely original self... just as the Great Wall Plastics Company intended.

I love my new little toy and vow to put it to good use. (Isn't Justin just the sweetest?) Maybe one of you will want us to try it out at your occasion? :)