I have been in the process of casually photographing my friends during our quiet times together using my old Rolleiflex.  For me, it has become a means of relaxation to embrace the slowed-down act of photographing with medium format film and eventually processing when a spare moment becomes available.  I let go of the immediacy that I am usually so attached to and reflect on our moments together sometime after we have left one-another’s company.  As I work on the photographs, I realize how much I care for my friends and how many complex emotions an image can still evoke …

I managed to take advantage of some down-time a few months ago with my old Rolleiflex.  Any monochromatic film work I have done within the last few years has been for very specific purposes, like Mordancage, so it was nice to relax for a moment and enjoy the process of photographing without a plan.  I just got around to scanning a few of the images and thought it would be fun to share some of them.