Jose & Molly - Film Photography - Manhattan Kansas Photography

Sooooo.... I shot some film for Jose and Molly's wedding, which was over a year ago, but that is okay....I need to post more! I have a couple of weddings to upload, family sessions and engagements.. But it's all good! I had a baby and that is my excuse! :) Anyways... I completely forgot about shooting a roll of film for them... like I lost it... hooray for me! Then when I was cleaning my house the other day, (it fell behind my dresser)  I came across a used canister of film. Not knowing what was in it, I went to Walgreen's and had it processed. Low and behold it was Jose and Molly's wedding. Again, I only shot one roll. I love film!! Love love love it. I'm getting more comfortable with it again. I used to shoot it all the time in school. Anyways here are a few of my favorites from the one roll. :) 

APW Workshop ~ Manhattan Kansas Photographer

Yesterday I attended the APW workshop (aspiring photographer workshop) which Chris Hsieh, of La Brisa photography, puts on for free for local photographer. I decided to attend this workshop because Chris had gotten a bride and groom to work with. Thank you Chris, I learned so much and appreciate the time you take out of you busy busy schedule to teach people. I honestly can not wait for the next one. Excuse the coat. It was freezing yesterday. I can't believe the couple was so willing to do this in the cold! It had to have been about 37ish degrees. You can see just how cold they were in some of the images. They are so red. I also shot some film during the workshop. I shot with Kodak Porta 400.

The last few images that we shot of the couple (the ones on the path holding hands) were right when the sun was setting. It got so orange and red it was crazy! But i love how they turned out.

Manhattan Kansas Photographer - Film - {Alexandra }

Here is the film I told you about with the session with Alexandra. I love them and can't wait to get better film and shoot with that, then a quick trip to Walmart's film isle. I know film photographers are cringing that I just said "Walmart". I still love the look and feel that I got with my cheaper film. Manhattan needs to get a film shop. I'm just saying. I can't wait to shoot with film again. :) 

Manhattan Kansas Photographer - Anneburg Park - {Virginia }

The other day we went to take some pictures of Virigina at Anneburg Park.  I finally pulled out my film camera and grabbed a few shots. I honestly have know idea how long the film has been in the camera. I love film and I feel I am about to have a hot love affair with it. If you are interested in having a session with some film please contact me. I also snapped a few with my digital camera. 

Fine Art Holga

This is a series that i worked on right before i moved down here to El Paso from my home town up in Utah.

Here is the Artist Statement that i wrote explaining the series. I believe this series is completed but the concept and idea of the work is not.

As we age the de-fragmentation of our memories allows us to apply
multiple meanings to objects, which may have originally signified only
a single event in our development. The nostalgic effect of this
de-fragmentation promotes the exploration of these meanings, allowing
us to go deeper into our psyche, and revealing things, which we may
not have previously realized. Through this process the rearrangement
and amalgamation of our memories fosters deeper feelings of love,
fear, security, embrace, rejection, support, encouragement, and
abandonment.

I shot this series with a Holga camera then scanned in the images. I did not use photoshop to put these together and get that multiply exposure look. This is how each image was shot. I choose to use the holga cause it give that dreamy look to images and a memory is as foggy sometimes as a dream.


If you are interested in purchasing a print please email me @ info@michellemorganphotography.com

Sorry for posting them all, but i love this series and am excited to start working on some more images to add to the collection here in El Paso.