big blue eyes...

I am enjoying the experimental nature of the Impossible Blue film. Something about the photos just make you want to take more. Took this image tonight of Pyper with the intentions of using the Instant Lab to produce the blue image. Because it was a closeup, her eyes definitely stand out...

the magnificent simon ponder...

Spent a little time over lunch on Saturday in Gruene, Texas with the magnificent Simon Ponder. I wanted to show him how fantastic the new Impossible black and white film looked, so the best way was to take a photo of him. When I raised the camera, he immediately went into "poser mode". It made me think that maybe he has done this before...

austin portrait...

Part of the challenge in a unique city such as Austin is figuring out what is really worth capturing. Ran upon this fellow during my short afternoon in Austin on Sunday. He was busy playing the banjo the entire time that I was composing the photo. I stepped in close to get a portrait and he played along and just stared the camera down...

blue film - hope for tomorrow...

One of my first attempts at using the Impossible Blue Film in the Instant Lab. I decided to use a more artistic-style photo since that seems to really fit this film. I REALLY like this photo and how it turned out on the blue film. This film brings back the fun of the experimental nature of Impossible film! I am so glad Impossible chose to release something like this. I sure hope this is just the beginning of new things to come...

FYI, the original photo is posted in my main blog here.

after the 8x10...

After shooting the 8x10 photo, we capped off the evening with Matt taking this photo of me in very low lighting. This is where the Fuji FP-3000B shines...

matt ronan...

Had the opportunity to photograph Matt again today. As always, it was a little difficult to actually meet up, but it worked out in the end. In my opinion this photo made it all worth it...

king's highway...

We spent a good amount of time in Palm Springs on Sunday at the Ace Hotel. Most of that time was spent inside the restaurant called King's Highway. The food & service was great and fortunately for us, it also wasn't crowded. We ate and then just spent ALOT of time taking instant photos. Lots of experimenting with light and different films. It was neat having a group of instant photographers with nothing to do but take photos. We all had our instant cameras out on the table and of course some of the staff there was curious. When someone is going to take the time and ask about Polaroid cameras, I always feel like I should offer them a photo. In this case, we both left with photos...

todd - shutter + light...

Pola road trips always seem to open the door to meet new people that share a common interest in instant or analog photography. My initial purpose of meeting up with Todd was to get a tin type portrait made at his store in Santa Ana, California. His tin type skills are phenomenal! It is such a unique process to get to watch. Also, what a super neat store/studio to get to visit. It didn't take long to realize how much I would love to be able to hang out and visit this place more often. Thanks Todd, for letting me take your photo before I jetted for the airport...

pola group - keys view

Certain parts of Joshua Tree National Park were colder than the others. Key's View was definitely cold. But the view more than made up for the cold...

29 Palms - Oasis of Murals...

dark skies in the desert...

Borrowed Toby's yellow Mint filter during our Joshua Tree Polatrip to see how the new Impossible black and white film handled it. Well, as expected, it turned the sky practically black and produced a fantastic photo...  

broken...

Really like how this one turned out. It was taken around mid-day in full sun with the camera exposure darkened one notch. Looks surreal and almost apocalyptic...

joshua tree national park...

Got back to Texas tonight from four days in California. What an amazing (but very exhausting) trip!  Reminiscing about the trip with Sherri got me to thinking. A few years back, I never would have believed that in the year 2014 I would travel all the way to Joshua Tree National Park just to be able to meet up with a bunch of analog fanatics and take instant film photos like it was 1980. This one image sums up the reason that I went...

composition test shot...

Got a Polaroid 405 back in the mail today. Wanted to test it out in my Toyo 4x5 View Camera to determine the composition of the frame lines using the smaller Type 100 packfilm in a 4x5 camera. Took a couple of tries, but I think I have the composition set. This photo was taken indoors with an LED light directly above the camera as the only light source. Practicing with the 4x5 camera so that it can make the trip with me next week to Joshua Tree...