Apologies, one and all. Seems I have to dust off the place! I didn't realize it had been since February 17th that I dared to nail a thesis to this church door. No way to get souls in the pews, I know.
Having said that, allow me to offer you all a bit of practical advice:
When setting out to take pictures with your nifty new film camera, especially if those pictures are to be of someone you haven't seen in too long, so it is a sort of special occasion...make sure that you have actually loaded film into the camera before leaving the house without backup.
That is all, carry on, as you were. I hope to have some more eye candy up soon (when I have the actua pictures to print...dangit.)