A day at the beach

A few weekends ago my parents, my brother and his family and Kevin and I headed to the beach for a day of swimming and fun in the sun. My dad isn't a real beach-y guy, he'd rather be in the woods but he was convinced upon hearing he could bring along his metal detector. He only used it for a little while but the screen he uses to sift through the dirt came in handy at the beach. We spent most of our time that wasn't taken up by swimming with digging a giant pit to play in, sifting through the sand for sea glass and shells and relaxing in the sun.

I shot with solely my T2 that day. I'm far too careful with my digital camera to be using it while I'm on the beach getting all sandy and wet. It's not that I don't care about my film cameras, I just trust that they'll be able to withstand a little bit more of a beating than my 60D. I am so very happy with the photos. They have such a nice feel summery, beachy feel to me. I also really love that shooting with film is forcing me to appreciate the moments that I would probably have just deleted off my memory card if they'd been taken with a digital camera.

I love the beach, obviously, I talk about it all the time.  But most of the time we're not swimming while we were there, just looking for things in the sand and at most going in knee deep. This was so much fun. It certainly made me realize I need to spend more time at the beach swimming and relaxing in the the water, especially with the whole family!
xoxo