I ran across a dilemma while using my Zorki camera this fall. I swear I had taken somewhere around 30 photos on the 24 roll and somehow it just kept going. Obviously something wasn’t working properly, so instead of taking photos I may or may not ever see, I just decided to remove the film, but I didn’t get a chance to develop it until just yesterday.
Turns out, something had happened with the film advance mechanism and the 30 photos compressed down into 18. Some were totally normal, but the beginning ones were crazy! Some double and some triple exposures. Definitely not your average vacation photos.
Strangely enough, I really love some of them. They’re weird and quirky and totally perfect.
It makes me wonder how much stress and anxiety is just a product of perspective. If I was a professional photographer shooting a wedding and that happened I would curse my unlucky stars. But instead, I’m just pleasantly surprised.
