January is coming to a close and I am about 4 months into the healing part of this flare-up. I’ve finished the 3 initial infusions of the new medication I’ll be taking for my Crohn’s Disease and now I’ll move onto what they call On Body Injections that I’ll administer myself. When I went to… The post Crohn’s Disease Flare-Up: 4 months in appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

The New Year, for most, is a time for renewal and second chances – wiping slates clean and starting over. People start with resolutions and a positive outlook that they’ve essentially been given permission to do what they could really do at any point in the year, write a new chapter in their life. 2024… The post Loss and Reflection appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

I wrote this article in real time in 2022 to document my experience of becoming a first time mom through film and writing, but so many things happened that I never ended up actually sharing them. Now that I have time, I am able to finally share my experience from the night our baby came.… The post The Night Our Baby Came – On Film appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

I wrote this entry back in October 2022 right before our daughter Alaina was born. Then life took over, so my intentions to share my experience of becoming a new parent never came out the way I’d hoped it would. In this article and the next you will see why. Now that time has passed… The post The Pressure of Becoming a Mom appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

You may remember from a previous article where I received an Imperial Satellite II from my uncle along with the Satellite I27. With that first review, I said using it was a labor of love, and this experience has been no different. Let me explain. The Improved Satellite 127 While the II was marketed as… The post The Imperial Satellite II appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

Right now Magcloud has a Holiday sale code going on where you can purchase my zines at 20% off! I thought I’d pass it on in case you have yet to purchase any or all of them. Each one is below. Use code HOLIDAY24 at checkout for 20% off through December 11! It helps me… The post Zine Sale! appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

To keep with my last post about still life photography, I thought that next I’d share my Macro photography of flowers taken with a special attachment, the Nikon PK3. I tend to always have a bouquet of flowers or two around the house so that when the mood or lighting hits me I can shoot… The post Macro Flowers with the Nikon PK3 appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

As November comes to a close, I am surpassing one month in to this recovery from yet another Crohn’s Disease Flare-up. Photography, as it has in the past, has been my savior. If you need to catch up on how I got here check out this article first and then this one, but make sure… The post Crohn’s Disease Flare-up: One Month In appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

Still life photography may just be my favorite form of photography. I started practicing this form of art in 2019 when I was experiencing a severe flare-up from Crohn’s disease and I couldn’t get outdoors to take photos. During the proceeding years I lost several family members in succession and was experiencing a lot of… The post Still Life on Kodak T-Max appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more

I’ve done many articles featuring Arista EDU Ultra film over the year. In my opinion it is a great black and white film at an actually affordable price. I’ve demonstrated in these articles the diversity of this film in pushing it and developing it. Therefore, I wanted to make this proper review now that I… The post Arista EDU Ultra: the Best Budget Film? appeared first on Aly’s Vintage Camera Alley ..read more