I *just* loaded my first film roll into my brand new golden half. Mom & Dad used to use rolls all the time when I was younger & I loved clicking photos but I never loaded the film myself. Later when Dad got his first Digital Camera (Leica) I never thought I would ‘need’ to learn (who knew after getting my first dSLR even that I’d get interested in toy photography?) I was pretty nervous. I took mom’s help, made minor mistakes a couple of times then got it right. And you know the film counter? It hardly moved. So I roamed around the house (in it’s current semi-dark state) & clicked random thing four or five times wondering why the counter wouldn’t move. Then I looked closely & noticed that the next number on the counter (after 1) is 6. So it moved only a tiny bit everytime. Shiiit.

Still I’m happy. This is new. I am impatient already. I think toy photography (especially a half frame camera like the gold half) is gonna teach me to be patient.

I’ve been tracking my order from Photojojo & it says my package arrived today and is already ‘out of foreign customs’.

I am soooooooooo frigging excited I wanna jump up & down.