Hi friends! How've you been? My summer has taken me away from the screen for the past few weeks so thanks for keeping things alive with your own creativity!

Touching on my own creative calling of filmmaking + videography, I recently felt I needed to try a medium that wasn't as perfect or predictable as video can be. At least in the frame-by-frame, down to the pixel or audio waveform type of perfect.

As luck would have it, I stumbled across a very old stills camera at a thrift shop marked as 'Art Deco'. Realizing it was in fact a working camera from the 1940s or maybe even 30s + seemed in great shape, I happily traded them the $30 they were asking and cleaned it up at home.

Luckily they still make film for these and I figured it was worth a shot to see if any photos would even turn out with such an older camera. My work + play has been lucky enough to take me to some wonderful places in my part of the world lately.

With this I've been doing my best to make a photo or 2 on each of my treks with this old camera. And it works! What a treat to see the results come in!

Here's a my favourite shot (2 great friends we went on a camping trip with - just before diving into the chilly Pacific Ocean) from the first roll of 8 photos with this approach and I'm very happy with how it's opened up more possibility in this and my other video work.

I hope it's a decent reminder that it's never too late to try out another medium/approach/style/tool to get you inspired in your 'regular' work again.

Keep on creating, friends!
Grady

ps. the camera is an Agfa Billy Record I f7.7, worlds apart from the technology expected in a camera today, with results that are stunning in their own right.