Weekly Photo Challenge – THANKFUL

In Sweden we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. But I think that everyone should do it anyway, it’s a beautiful feast.

I am thankful for so endlessly many things. My two sons, my wonderful friends, my dogs, that it is so beautiful where I live, etc. etc..

But the basis for all this is still our Mother Earth.
The air we breathe, the sun that shines on us and brings life, water that makes that every living creature can exist.

Most of this can be seen in this humble little beautiful flower.
The blue behind her is heaven.
The film I used is Kodak Ektachrome 100VS.
The image is completely unedited, only cropped to the correct size, and a little dust removal.

We should be thankful every day!

Enjoy, and be thankful for your life.

Holga 120
Kodak Portra 400
Developed in C41 at home

Special Photo Challenge – INSPIRATION

What inspires me?

That is actually a lot of things…  Looking on others photography, reading my favourite blogs, well, it’s hard to mention all things that inspires me.

But, the greatest inspiration is for me to be found in our beautiful nature.

Here I can breathe, think, and come into balance.
And what media captures the beauty of nature better than film photography?

The first photo is me photographing a humongous tree. The photo is taken by my son.  Thank you Jonas!   🙂

© Jonas Westerbom
Leica M6
Kodak T-Max 100 TMX
Kodak Tmax dev 1:4

And what did I photograph?

The same tree, in colour, and here in black and white.

Enjoy!  🙂

 

Hasselblad SWC
Ilford FP4+
FX39 1:9

Today is a great day – TREE TUESDAY!!

Today is a great day, TREE TUESDAY!!

Jeff on  JSod Photography has started a wonderful way to focus on and express our love for trees, “Tree Tuesday”!

And because my love for trees is huge, I’m happy to join in on this. Why don’t you do that too? If you love trees, please join us and show us your work!

The more the merrier!!  🙂

Here comes my first contribution to this.

Enjoy! 🙂

Hasselblad SWC
Kodak Portra 160
Tetenal C41 DIY kit for home developing