it's not you | it's me

He's been with me - by my side - since I was in highschool. We met. We fell in love. He surprised me day after day and lead me to one of my passions. But recently he's kind of been letting me down. I try again and again - thinking, maybe this time will be different. But no. It might never be the same again. We might......(sigh)....have to break up soon.

I am speaking of my Sears "Practically a Pentax" SLR camera. It was originally my dad's, who let me "borrow" it for my first photography class in highschool. I remember going to my first class thinking, "What if this becomes something I fall in love with?" And I did and since then I have claimed the camera as my own. It followed me to college, shot all of my work, and even my senior exhibition. All this time people were telling me to switch over to digital, but like the cell phone craze, I told myself I would try to hold out as long as possible - Sears would carry me through.

But the last four rolls have been terrible. Nothing is crisp, it's blurry and unfocused in weird places, terrible colors. Sometimes there are double. I have a feeling light is creeping in from somewhere. These photos are probably the best of the bunch, cause they have a great polaroid-sixties-blurry quality to them. Don't worry, I'll keep Sears, he'll always have a place in my heart, but it might be time to say hello to....Nikon.

{I do love this photo of my brother - I will miss him when he's gone out to sea. Adventures await him! And a recent great purchase - Tab and a 25 cent piece of fancy italian cheese from Metro Market. Probably one of the funnest times I've ever had with the Sailor at the grocery store. Again - deep deep belly laughs. Who knew the grocery store could be so fun!?!}