new experiences

 the mister found this awesome 1940-1950's ciro-flex tlr camera the other day. its a new type of vintage camera for us and i have to say it is pretty cool. he bought it last week and since he is a clever man he found this website where it shows you how to use the lens of any camera, a cardboard tube and another camera to use to take a picture. basically a camera sandwich and the 2 cameras serve as the pieces of bread and the cardboard is the meat of the sandwich.... here is a picture he took with the cameras...

 i thought the whole idea was pretty cool and the picture came out with a vintage feel....and it isn't even film! he used our crappy digital camera...amazing right?

so after he took this picture we were both really excited about the new camera so we went to urban outfitters because they sell the 120 film needed for the camera. they only had black and white film which is a first for us so it will be even more exciting to use the camera with film we have never used before...double whammy!!!

the mister had been wanting to take me to this japanese garden he had discovered awhile back while on a bike journey. it is near our house so we went on a mini date and played with our new camera. here are some shots with our digital camera...

it is so beautiful and peaceful there, i could have been there all day. some of the koi fish were enormous and brilliant orange...you can kinda see one of large ones...his tail is under the dock a bit... i also loved the trees which reminded me of dr. seuss  illustrations...made me wonder if japanese gardens were an inspiration to him...anyone know?

using our new camera was really fun but it will take some getting used to because when you look through the lens the image is reversed and i am already bad with my left and right...all i have to say is the mister was very patient while i took his picture!

can't wait to share with you the results of our new camera!! if anyone has experience using one of these bad boys i would love to see and hear about it!!

xo,
cb