Remember that film I had hanging around for ages? Well I received the prints today – hoorah!

When I was a kid I can recall that we’d have films developed with two separate Christmases on (and a summer holiday in the middle). I’m not that bad – this only took about 4 months to finish.

There was that trip to Liverpool…

Then a quick hop over the border into Wales…

And then of course there’s London – these are my favourite…

But most of them were taken last Friday – down to the local ‘beach’… it’s not really a beachy-beach but there’s always something magical about being next to the water when the sun is shining…

So yes, on this freezing cold, almost snowy day I got to relive some wonderful memories – I’d almost forgotten about some of them. I really must try to speed up this lazy workflow in the future though!

All photos taken with my Yashica T3-Super and Kodak Ektar 100 film

Say hello to Marilyn! I just know you’re going to love her artistic interpretation of the natural (and manmade) world – before she answers her 5fives here’s a bit more info about her…

I’m a photographer and an artist, mostly retired, and live in Canada. I spend as much time as possible outdoors because that is where things that pique my curiosity reside. I find a great deal of pleasure in creative pursuits and there is always something that draws me forward to experiment with new tools and equipment. Besides the photography I paint, I draw, I doodle and always have a project of some kind on the go.

As a photographer I like doing macro close-ups best of all. I find such intriguing design and colour in the tiniest of spaces. Weathered wood, metal and cement also captivate me. Nature doing it’s work at decomposing, one small space at a time, and other parts of nature coming in to assist. Water mesmerizes me as well, and I can spend a great deal of time trying to capture its sparkle and fluid motion (not often with success).

It’s a fun life and I encourage everyone I can to explore their creative side – to just have fun and try something different. One never knows where the path may lead.

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Your top five dream photo locations

1. Flower garden
2. Forest on a misty day
3. Beside a stream
4. Lake shore
5. Anywhere with old cement, rusted metal or weathered wood – like abandoned buildings or wrecking yards

Photos by Marilyn E Robertson ©

The top five things that make you laugh

1. Silly things I do myself
2. A hearty baby belly laugh
3. Talking with my sister, my daughter, my nieces… we always find something to giggle ourselves silly about
4. Watching animals play
5. Anything ironic or downright ludicrous

Your top five favourite types of photo you’ve taken

1. Seaweed
2. Raindrops
3. Colours
4. Tree Bark
5. Water and Ice

Photos by Marilyn E Robertson ©

Your top five drinks

1. Tim Horton’s French Vanilla Coffee
2. Chai latte
3. Herbal sun steeped tea on a hot day
4. Kahlua and Eggnog
5. Hot chocolate

Your top five camera-bag essentials

1. Lens cleaning cloth
2. Cleaning brush
3. 70-300mm lens
4. Extension tubes
5. Rain coat for my camera (because I’m always in the rain, snow, ocean or dirt!)

The power of lists

That weekend went jolly quickly! I surprised myself though and actually managed to finish a roll of film and send it away for processing.

I’m not saying I’m fickle (I am) but I’ve found that one of the downsides of having… lets say a ‘fair number’ of old cameras is that I’ll start out all enthusiastic; load up with film and shoot 10 or so shots – then I get distracted by something shiny and all of a sudden it’s a month or two later and I find I have about six cameras, each with half a roll of film exposed. That’s annoying!

So – I am determined to work my way through them – watch this space.

In the meantime, here are some I actually managed to follow though with…

All taken (a while ago) with my Pentax K1000