captain...

Jonna and Cap were in town for Pyper's birthday. Really neat being able to capture Cap on some expired Polaroid film...

jumping into 4x5...

Fuji FP-100C test shot...

Fuji FP-100C45...

My first time shooting with the latest addition to my camera family (Toyo 4x5 G View Camera). Because of the cost of the film and the fact that I only have so little of it, I decided to do a test shot with regular Fuji FP-100C in my Polaroid 600SE. I hate it when I like the test shot better than the final. I am really accustomed to framing and shooting the 600SE and it shows compared to the 4x5. The lighting was spot on, but I think I should have had the camera higher. Chalk this one up to practice...

BTW, the actual size of the 4x5 compared to the Type 100 pack film is not accurate above. The 4x5 is really almost the same width as the Type 100 packfilm.

sharing the limelight...

What a special thing for a father and daughter to share the same birth day. It may seem like you have to share the limelight (and she will always win), but it's really something momentous that you will always share together. Finishing the day out with one more Happy Birthday Tyler and Pyper Tyndell...

a sense of belonging...

An afternoon in the Lavon lake bed (minus the water). The evening was approaching and the shutter was slow, but it's still an image with character. And it's my next to last shot of chocolate film. That being said, Tyler looks like he belongs in this scene and in this photo...

white star laundry...

Tried out a camera that I have had for about a year, but hardly shot; a Polaroid One Step Red Stripe. This is a shop downtown Greenville, that I have photographed many time with several cameras...

christian and elaine...

In addition to the 8x10 camera/film from my ealier post, I also got to show off some of the capabilities of packfilm cameras and Fuji FP-3000B film to Christian and Elaine. Had such a great time meeting up with them and getting the chance to shoot in the Makeshift Photo studio and then sit around the table to eat & talk at the All Good Cafe in Deep Ellum. Meeting and getting to know all the people is what this is all about. The photos are just the icing on the cake...

our goofy family...

Finally convinced everyone to get together for a "quick" instant family photo today after lunch. It has become a tradition, since I started my journey into instant photography, to take a photo to start off each new year. A little late, but we got it done. This was the fourth try after three "serious" poses. They all had issues with composition/lighting. Ironic how the goofy pose turned out best...

christian and me...

Was able to meet up with Christian and Elaine today in Deep Ellum to get a chance to shoot an Impossible 8x10 of him and let him shoot one of me. This was his first chance to get to shoot the 8x10 camera and all things considered, I think he did a great job. If anything, I think we didn't compensate correctly for the bellow extension and it underexposed the image slightly. Most of all today was about meeting up and having time to sit around and talk. In that sense, today was a total success. It was a great time to get to know a little more about Christian and Elaine. Had seen both of them at several previous polawalks, but never had time to really talk with them. Plus it gave me an opportunity to give away another packfilm camera and some film to reduce my hoarder status...

stratton...

Here are two images of my nephew Stratton taken when we went to Childress over the holidays. The first one was damaged when I peeled the image. I was able to clean the flakes from the photo in Aperture to save the image. Wasn't for sure how the first one was going to turn out so I took the second one when it was almost dark outside. I believe the exposure of the second one was 1 second at f/8.0. In the end, both images are keepers to me. Overall, my goal is to have 8x10s of as much of my family as possible by the end of 2014. Looks like there are lots of trips with my 8x10 in the future...