Perfectly Imperfect - Declan J Donovan

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You wake me up

And it breaks my heart

That you're perfectly imperfect

You're hurting, but you're worth it

You don't know why

I would waste my time

But I'm falling, and I mean it

I want you like I need it

There's nothing you could try to change my mind

'Cause I'm in love

So call me when you want me, and I'll come running

Find me waiting at your door

So tell me if you're lonely and it won't last long

'Cause I'm in love with you

Taken at The Outer Garden

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Primitive single lens (back lens from a broken zoom)

Primitive single lens (back lens from a broken zoom)

"Ad Lucem" Into the light!

Hi, Me again...

In April 2021, I received my first 35mm as a gift from a fellow photography enthusiast. I seriously had no idea what I was doing but I immeditely knew I enjoyed it. The sound alone was enough to give me shivers!! Since then, I have shot a few rolls of film, find myself in possession of 5 new cameras, managed to process 2 rolls at home, 'scan', and now I'm ready to put them out there.

I don't ever profess to be a perfect photographer. If fact, I'm usually incredibly insecure. Digital photography always had me seeking perfection. It is silly because life isn't perfect, but regardless, I feared things like proper exposure and unconventional subjects. (Yes....insert eye roll here!)

The thing about film though, it has given me freedom it be imperfect, appreciate 'flaws' and embrace everyday life in an authentic and unpolished way. Film has given me permission to love the imperfect and see it for all its beauty. Also, the fact that my hands are on it from start to finish....well that... that alone gives me immense satisfaction.

So.....I'm saying be ready for the perfectly imperfect. And just to prove it...I resisted the urge to edit out my chicken pox scars. :-) I'm going to be brave and start sharing what I've been working on and what I love.

Here goes....

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Nikon FM10 | Ilford HP5 400

Digitized with Sony A7riii | Skier Sunray Copy Box 3 | 135 Skier Sunray Film Holder

Home developed in Cinestill Monobath | 3 min, 80 F

Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: B+W | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: LAB - Standard | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: Frontier

Primitive single lens (back lens from a broken zoom)

Life is but a dream!

For [https://www.flickr.com/photos/125611214@N07]

This photo was inspired by Rick’s (a Flickr friend) comment on a recent photo of mine titled “Light” where he mentioned the idea of sharing photos of the contents of my sketch book. Honestly, I don’t consider anything in my sketch book as sketches but instead doodles. One day I just started drawing lines with my ink pen as a way to try to cope with intense anxiety. I noticed I was internally criticizing myself for not being able to draw straight lines so I decided to try to take some pressure off myself by embracing and intentionally making lines that were not perfectly straight. What I saw drawn on my paper seemed to match the feelings of anxiety within me—shaky, chaotic. And somehow I found interest in these lines and kept drawing them until I eventually had the whole page full (it took quite a while). Making this page of lines helped me to be able to cope in these very overwhelming moments. This lifelong struggle I face feels so dark, and taking the time and energy to find simple, manageable, and potentially helpful ways like this to cope helps add a little light to the darkness along this very challenging journey.

[I made this doodle sometime in 2019]

"Sign, sign

Everywhere a sign

Blockin' out the scenery

Breakin' my mind

Do this, don't do that

Can't you read the sign?"

Five Man Electrical Band "Signs"

Primitive single lens (back lens from a broken zoom)

For the week 6 of Definitely Dreaming theme of "Perfectly Imperfect", this little rose flower was nearly perfect, except for a few of the petals just starting to go brown a little bit.

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