Fun, smiles and games……

It’s easy to get so intense about the quality of your work that you loose track of why you got into this in the fist place….fun!  Can you remember that first camera, those first few rolls of film, the excitement of getting those little yellow boxes, (later they were green) and looking at your slides! The color, the joy when it was not too light or too dark.  We did it because it made us smile, and that is what my grandchildren did last night when they saw these little prints rise out of my little white, magic box.

My good photo buddy and Fuji Gal, Dana Ranslem sent me a care package that contained the new Fuji SP-1 Instax Printer and several boxes of instant film.  I shot some images of my little ones and then printed them out and they saw that same magic as their faces appeared out of the white empty print. It was the same joy that I can remember when I first stood over a developer tray and saw, under the orange glow of a safe light, my first prints come to life!!!  They reacted the same way with a smile that spread completely across their faces!  Thanks Dana, and thanks even more for reminding about the magic that started this 46 year journey!

It’ amazing how a little printer and Insatx film can bring back the joy of why we started doing this in the first place, thanks Dana!

Blessings,

the pilgrim

P.S.  …and thanks Fuji for the X-System, those great lenses and all the fun they are helping me have!