sweetness

maybe some people have already seen this.

it is my favorite over-stickering of a cta sign.

the original is a simple graphic of a parent holding the hand of a child.

this is so much better.

too long

its been forever since i posted those first two polaroids, promising more to come soon.

well here are a few more.

this last one was a camel driver i met at saqqara on our last day in egypt.

he saw me taking polaroids and asked me to take one of him for his holiday card.

i agreed as long as i got to take one for myself as well.

what followed was many photographs on several cameras with a whole group of camel drivers, they seemed to get a kick out of my camera, and the present of polaroid pictures was enough to dispense with baksheesh for a few moments.

a wonderful little moment.

home again, home again

the very tip of the iceberg on my trip photos.

i brought my digital with me, but also lugged around my polaroid land camera.

still processing the whole trip in my head, what an amazing and daze inducing two weeks.

filled with fun, family, adventure (in the good and bad sense), and sadness.

as i sort thru my photos and my thoughts i'll share them here.

a back street in rome.

the great pyramids at giza, sunset.

getting all arty with the land camera

the beautiful chocolate tone polaroid. i don't think i could love a film more.


an accidental double exposure. i should have know that i could do this with my camera, but i just never thought of it. now i will purposely do this. can't wait to play!

its been so long!!!

some how november just skipped right past me and all of a sudden its the middle of december.

here are some of my favorites from my all polaroid thanksgiving.

i got a flash for my sx-70 and had so much fun taking nighttime, inside pictures.

i'm sure all the people i blinded were less then thrilled. holy bright light.

night time snowball fight

night on the blvd.

when everything becomes so close in color,

and the fall leaves seem to be lit with an entirely different light.

more additions to the family project

uncle gary.
aunt darby.

i think i'll have to re-shoot these two, or work on some creative printing to bring out their faces.

the new mamiya and the old twin lens

a shot of my uncle tommy herman's old farm house, on my old twin lens medium format
my roommate nicky in the apple orchard, on my new mamiya medium format.

if only there wasn't something wrong with my film on this one.

i really love medium format photography, the detail it gives, and the first contact sheets back form my mamiya make me super excited. i can see many great photos coming out of that giant old camera.

my favorites from justine and will's wedding

recent polaroids

the perfect sunlight reflection downtown, early in the morning.
olivier's glamour shot.
the bright beautiful sunshine of duluth in november.
my mom. when my dad saw this, he said it looked like my mom 20 yrs ago.

beautiful bride

the wonderful justine.

she and will were nice enough to let me take photos at their wedding.

such a happy, lucky couple.

hello pretty pumpkin

ready for your close-up?
this squash is the most beautiful gray green color.

i like it more then plain ol' orange

into the shade

scenes from a marathon

in which there are no runners.