Colorado on Film: Double Exposure

Hello, friends!

Well, the inevitable finally occurred- I messed up a roll of film. Sure, some may view it as an artistic choice to double expose a roll, but unfortunately, this was a total accident. So what happened was…I was trying out this new-to-me film camera. I shot a roll over summer while on camping trips and visits to Rocky Mountain National Park. Then I tried to rewind the film, but the film didn’t seem to be rewinding properly. So I took it into the store I typically get my film developed and they let me know, “the film was never used- it’s a brand new roll”. Oof, okay. I guess I just loaded it incorrectly. So I re-shot it over the next few months at my friend’s wedding and a trip to Copper Mountain. Finally finished the roll, took it in…got my scans back a few weeks later and…ta-da.

The store personnel let me know that they “took a 50/50 guess” that the initial roll was blank. They couldn’t actually tell if a roll had been shot until the roll was developed. I would have preferred the option to develop the initial roll instead of just taking their word for it, but (sigh), you live and you learn, I guess. I know now to trust my gut because I felt as it I had loaded it correctly that first time.

Oh well. So, alas, here are the results of that double exposed film.

Film Info: These were shot on a Ricoh FF-3 AF camera on Fujifilm 200. I obviously can’t say much about the film results…but the camera itself is sturdy, a little loud, and makes a high pitched screech when the roll has fully rewound (now I know). I shot one more roll through this camera recently and if it doesn’t turn out…I will probably cry…but also I may give up on this camera. Time will tell (about 3 more weeks).

Thankfully, I usually use a couple different cameras at the same time so I already shared some photos from these camping trips on my previous post. Still, I’m really sad that the photos from my friend’s wedding didn’t turn out.