I have film, but I don't use it terribly often. But every time I get film back from the developer, it's a little surprise that's been waiting for months to be opened! Recently I sent two rolls of Holga film to my usual specialty film developers, Dorian Color Lab in Arlington, MA. Within a week I got my film back in the mail, and it was beautiful! This film had been unfinished for months. The...
The weekend after the Coast Guard Academy hosted the NEISA Women's Championship for college sailing, two high school events were hosted out of CGA in New London, CT. First up, on Saturday, was the Connecticut High School State Championship. Conditions were cool and cloudy with a very light and shifty breeze from the north. All day the teens struggled against the infamous river current by Jacob's...
I see several students for a variety of private instruction needs, including one student who is located in Niantic. Out of all my visits to see her, I often have driven by the signs for Rocky Neck State Park and wondered if I'd ever have the time to shoot there. Well, one evening with a scheduled appointment with my Niantic student I left a half hour earlier than usual anticipating a stop at...
Day two in Mystic was just as enjoyable as day one! My boyfriend and I spent a good part of the day walking around the seaport and checking out what the museum had to offer, including the figureheads gallery, the Charles Morgan Restoration project, the junior sailing program, the old fishing vessels, not to mention the awesome Rosenfeld Collection. One of the premier nautical photographers,...
The highlight of the cruise was definitely Mystic. We stopped here after Stonington, making the oh so excruciatingly long hour and a half or so trip from Stonington to the Mystic River. Ok, it was probably the shortest leg of the trip, but the tricky part was making it UP the river to the Old Mystic Seaport, which was hosting us overnight at the Maritime Museum docks. I guess they only let a...
