when matt was just 4 years old, his dad taught him to use the family camera so he could snap a couple of photos of his parents while on their various family vacations. at the time, the altmix fam had a sweet, new, cannon ae-1, and matt learned to manually focus the images and shoot like a champ. can you even imagine the adorableness of baby matt’s concentration as he focuses the lens on his parents?? no worries, i have a picture! he’s just 2 here, but starting to learn the basics!
you guys, isn’t that the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen?! maybe i’m biased. maaaaybe. anyway, the image above was actually taken with the ae-1, the camera matt grew up with. a couple of years ago, matt’s dad gifted us that camera and little by little matt has started capturing our own family with it! so for our most recent trip to yosemite, he decided it was my turn. we packed various films and i spent the trip getting to know the little old camera that is such a part of my family. i really enjoyed it. here are just a few of our favorites:
it’s kinda hard to see matt in this next one but i still love it. also, this camera is not very tight, so we are just accepting the light-leaks. maybe one day we’ll really get in there and fix it but until then, let’s all embrace the ‘vintage’ look. ;)
of course, matt stole it for one.
bottom line, we highly recommend a trip to yosemite! ok, time for me to get back to work… :)
great job kate!!! :), i REALLY like the look of these, they almost look like paintings. film, i love/hate you.
Those are fantastic, guys. I love the shot of the Yosemite Valley, and I’m a big fan of the light leaks–I think you should keep them. What film were you using?
Well done.
thanks man! yea, that was kind of the whole idea to give it a try and why we also brought some non-leaky cameras as well. the film was superia and tri-x.
Beautiful work guys, it’s amazing the timelessness in these images