analog photography – Elena Arvasi Portrait Photographer

Ami & Emi, analog photography [Parma, 2019]

28 July 20253 August 2025Posted in Kids & familiesTagged 2019, analog photography, Kids & families, parmaLeave a comment

What a privilege it was to spend a beautiful Spring afternoon with Tomomi’s family. Purity, love and bundles of joy! We gathered in Parco Ferrari, a true institution of our neighborhood! The girls looked so happy playing together in their kimonos, and I could see that they all were going to have lots of fun together! Enjoy these photo-memories. Blessings!

The photo below is one of my all-times favorites, I really cherish it! I asked Ami, the elder, to hug her sister and the resulting portrait was quite natural. In the eyes I can see the naïveté of childhood, a sense of tranquillity and trust in her sister. This picture captures a sweet moment and freezes one fragment of time:

Arianna, analog photography [Parma, 2019]

27 July 20253 August 2025Posted in Kids & familiesTagged 2019, analog photography, Kids & families, parmaLeave a comment

Amongst all the photo shoots I’ve done to this family, this is one of my favourites and… Wow, I didn’t realise I’d used my Nikon F801s in so many sessions! Arianna was growing up fast in that period. She was always deeply connected to her parents and at ease in front of the camera but with new, different expressions. The B&W adds a touch of timelessness!

Spring, analog photography [Edinburgh, 2019]

27 July 2025Posted in Travels and landscapesTagged 2019, analog photography, edinburgh, scotland, Travels and landscapesLeave a comment

“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose, I would always greet it in a garden” – Ruth Stout

Congrats, Ru & Ian, for your beautiful garden! I have always thought that it seems a piece of Paradise!

The East Neuk of Fife, analog photography [2019]

26 July 2025Posted in Travels and landscapesTagged 2019, analog photography, friends, scotland, Travels and landscapesLeave a comment

Sheila and I, we had decided to have a daily trip on the coast. It was early March and it was cold in Edinburgh, which means that up north, it was even worst! Actually, it was flippin’ freezing and windy! This did not prevent us from arriving safely in St Andrews, enjoying a pleasant lunch, and then driving down the coast, taking advantage of beautiful old fishing villages such as Crail, Anstruither, Pittenweem and Leven. I am grateful to have had this opportunity, and the fact that we were able to admire a part of bonnie Scotland in one of its true elements (the bad weather!), is a plus! It as a good occasion to use my Nikon F801s.

Lola & Fiona, analog photography [Edinburgh, 2019]

26 July 2025Posted in Kids & familiesTagged 2019, analog photography, digital photography community, edinburgh, Kids & familiesLeave a comment

Lola and Fiona were born in Scotland to French mothers. Their mums, Valérie and Blandine, were my colleagues in the first call centre I worked for, after moving to Scotland in 2017. These two girls had never met before, but there was only a year’s difference between them and…I was looking for subjects to photograph! So we let the girls have a play session together and I tried to take some portraits of them. A few weeks earlier, I had bought a film camera, a second hand Nikon F801s (model produced between 1991 and 1994) in the legendary shop Cameratiks of Morningside and I was itching to try it out! The conditions to go for it weren’t ideal: it was winter time, I didn’t have the flashlight, I took most of of the photos indoors, with a low lighting and… I hadn’t read the manual!! Well, despite what could have been the ingredients for a disaster, the situation turned out in our favor: thanks to the manual use of the camera plus some wise editing, we made it! The girls tied up quickly and, apart from their charm and spontaneity, I was struck by Fiona’s interest in photography and Lola’s exuberant leadership!

Enjoy these beautiful photo memories. I wish analog cameras a long life!