My friend Chris ODell sent me an old Canon EOS Rebel S that he  no longer used, and I was really excited to try it out!  I ordered film on Amazon, but didn’t receive it in time for last night’s shoot with Rachel – so I just stopped at Walgreens and picked up the only thing they had – Kodak UltraMax400.  I shot a full roll with Rachel and dropped it off at Walgreens on my way home from the shoot for developing.  I picked it up today with NO idea of what to expect.  I had considered shooting everything on auto yesterday, to sort of just get used to the feel of camera…but  I forced myself to shoot on manual because I didn’t want to feel like I was cheating ;)  I was totally expecting all of the photos to just…not turn out well – but I was super excited when I picked up these prints today!

I absolutely loved shooting with Rachel!  She’s the girlfriend of my awesome friend Taylor Tupy, and I’d met her a few times and knew I had to shoot with her as soon as possible!  We got together, picked out some outfits, then wandered around St. Paul for a few hours.

Now that I have assurance that I can actually properly use my new little film camera, I’m going to send out my future film for processing/scanning so I can do more with them than just the following.  But until then…enjoy :)