Film Roll #3

Ian Freeman

11 Jul 2025 — 2 min read

Although I'm always craving more, the beginning of summer has brought plenty of outdoor explorations. And it's the first summer with the film camera too! Beautiful forests, deserts, and rivers that I get to turn soft and grainy. Hopefully, film will also help heal me from the effects of our digital age and teach me patience. Waiting many days or weeks to see how the photos turn out is still truly tormenting.

I was itching to get the roll developed, so I had to close out with some neighborhood flowers...

This is not junk mail, this is pictures of yellow leaves.

I'm a sucker for a river valley, and the White River's Skookum Flats had been calling my name for a while. Apparently 'skookum' means strong or powerful in Chinook Jargon, alluding to the mighty river flowing off of Tahoma. Clearly not at full might

Up the Hoh

Last backpacking trip of the year (two months ago now 😬)! And a long awaited one too. We'd put together an itinerary for a backpacking trip with Catelynn's dad last year, but were tragically foiled by an ill timed COVID infection. This year, things went more according

I Like My Cedars BIG

After that night out on the coast, we weren't quite ready to leave the serenity of the Olympic Peninsula. As it so happens, my aunt has been entrusted with the caretaking/usage of a nearby cabin while her friends are away. So by extension, the entire Freeman family

Hoppin Around on Slippery Rocks

Walking with a heavy backpack is one of my all time favorite activities, especially when it involves trudging through sand and clambering over ocean sprayed boulders. While living in Wyoming and even in Tacoma, I've neglected the coast, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity for

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This is not junk mail, this is pictures of yellow leaves.

Up the Hoh

I Like My Cedars BIG

Hoppin Around on Slippery Rocks