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Family Time | Middleburg, VA

This is why I do what I do.

Spent this afternoon at Chrysalis Vineyard in Middleburg, VA, and had a picnic in winter!  Chrysalis is family friendly and has an area where the kids can run around while the parents enjoy some wine. We picked up some cheese at the Home Farm Store in Middleburg, then chilled at Chrysalis.

The photos below were made with my Nikon D700 using a 85mm prime lens.

Family Road Trip on Film - Sesame Place and Catoctin Mountain Orchard

I love my film camera!

Honestly, I love using it more than my digital camera. For some reason I trust it more...maybe it's because I take more time making the photo, rather than just shooting away. I feel like my Yashica FX-3 35mm makes images that I just can't get with my Nikon D90 or D700. And it's manual focus.

These photos are from a family road trip we took back in October. We packed up and made our way to Sesame Place just outside of Philadelphia, PA. There we met up with my sister-in-law and her family. On our way back home we stopped by Catocin Mountain Orchard in MD, to take in some fall festivities.

This is the last roll of film I shot using Kodak Portra 400 (developed and scanned at Walgreens). Arlene even took a few. Might be time to pick up a medium format film camera in 2012.

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