charlene hardy photography

March has proven to be one of the craziest months ever. In a “normal” month of March, we in Eastern Washington would be looking forward to the blue skies, flower blooms and warming temperatures. This March however we found ourselves fighting snow drifts, blizzard-like conditions and freezing temperatures. We had snow days, late starts and generally spent hours on end indoors watching the weather.

This extra time inside gave me the opportunity to reflect on my photography and on my family. Each one of my 4 kids are so unique, to say I am proud of each one of them would be an understatement but I don’t know how to express how much each one of them enriches our family.

This month, I used my “one roll” to take photos of Tessa. At the age of 13, she is changing and growing the most right now. She has the hard job of following in her two older sister’s footsteps, while keeping a watchful eye on her younger brother. At an early age, she self appointed herself to care for Henry. She is always thinking about his well being and keeping him in line. This month while I was teaching, I received a text from Tessa stating it was an early release and I needed to pick up Henry from school. I always laugh at her “mothering” but she saved me from forgetting Henry at school. We joke around saying Henry has two mothers but it really is a benefit for him.

Tessa is such a sweet, kind hearted young lady. She is always looking out for everyone’s wellbeing, from siblings at home, peers at her school to her dance friends. This year has been quite the year for her, earning almost all A’s at school, moving up to Intermediate Company in dance, and continuing to be a great friend to everyone. She has expressed interest in working at a gas station (snacks on breaks!) and becoming a middle school science teacher, so she can continue to help kids grow and learn. I have no doubt that she would be an amazing teacher when she grows up!

Here are some of my photos from the One Roll, One Kid. I used Kodak Tmax, self developed and scanned the film. To see another beautiful One Roll, One Kid- please visit https://www.tatianajohnson.com/blog/-one-kid-one-roll-march?fbclid=IwAR0hdM93ImBzMXHGUuezxt4TdDB-QENR49SgeYUkQwQIlLEA059ND3C5jeo

One Roll, February 2019.

Up this month is Evelyn, my oldest daughter on the verge of finishing up high school and venturing out into the world as a full fledged adult. She has grown so much in the past four years and I am excited to see what the future holds for her. I decided to photograph Evelyn this month not only to satisfy the urge to document her as much as I can before she moves out but because February is CHD Awareness month. Not many people are aware that Congenital Heart Defects affect every 1 in 100 children born. Evelyn was 6 when she underwent heart surgery to correct a small hole in heart that had been present since birth. It was a scary time hearing the news that your child had to undergo heart surgery but Evelyn did amazing and within a week she was up and running around back to her normal spunky 6 year old self. I am so thankful for Evelyn and for modern medicine that has allowed her to grow into a beautiful young lady.

All photos were shot on Kodak’s TMax 400 film.

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This month, I started an ongoing project called One Roll, One Kid. The idea behind this project is to take one roll of photographs with one kid every month. I have done similar projects in the past but am very excited to be participating in my very first blog circle (which should help with accountability). The photos were taken with a Pentax 645nii camera and a roll of Today Tri-X film rated at 400, self developed and scanned. For the people that are counting photos, there are not 16 photos displayed. As a mother of a 16 year old, I will respect the fact that she does not want all photos shown to the public.

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