Shooting film. I just can’t stop. I had a roll of black and white film that I had exposed during a series of drives up to Santa Fe earlier this autumn, and it had been sitting on my desk for at least a month since I finished it. In a moment of impulsive thinking, I decided that the photos on it were probably unremarkable. I though maybe I would throw caution to the wind and do a bit of double exposure experimentation. So I threw the exposed roll into my changing bag and pulled out the film leader tab, the resealed the roll into a new canister. All ready for another run through my Ricoh GR1. Since I was heading down to the bosque with my half-frame camera anyway, I decided a quick burst of a roll in the Ricoh was doable. No thinking, just shooting. Thankfully, I have a dependable local film lab that runs black and white film a couple of times a week. (Shout out to Picture Perfect.) So I didn’t have to wait long to see the results. I ended up doing the scanning myself, since I didn’t want to have the lab struggle with a lack of clearly defined image frames. Turns out my alignment wasn’t too far off, and the double exposures created some interesting looks. Nothing stupendous, but a fun exercise nonetheless. It can feel liberating to shoot a roll with such abandon. Knowing that things would most likely end up as a series of visual chaos can be a fun escape from the pressure and preciousness imparted on every shot I usually take. Plus there are moments of pure serendipity, where two images combine to create something completely new and unique. Might not be a regular approach for me, but every once in a while it will certainly shake things up for me.