success in the studio...

A collaboration with the one and only Justin Goode. With this setup taking so much time, I couldn't imagine letting Justin just take one 8x10. This is my version with Polaroid 669 film and the 600SE camera...

pictures of me...

Had a great time over at the Makeshift Studio in Deep Ellum. The main purpose of the meetup was to judge the entries in the Instant Film Society scavenger hunt. Lots of great entries definitely made it hard to pick. Justin will be posting all the winners on the IFS website here.

Afterwards, Justin asked if I wanted to play around with some double exposures on Impossible 8x10 film. Justin had the idea of taking a picture of a person taking a picture of themself. I had my camera and some film with me, so we started the process... 

We discussed and tried to incorporate as many details as possible. The camera that I was using was actually my camera mounted on my tripod. The bellows are the right length to provide proper focus on my face at that distance. I intentionally smiled as the photographer and had a straight face as the subject. I made sure that my eyes were focused on my "other" face. Lastly, we positioned the cable release on my camera facing Justin's camera so that it was obvious that I was taking a picture. One item to note; I am taller as the photographer. I had the stand on a stool to see the ground glass so we felt like I should be that high in the photo.

The outcome was a incredibly neat photo! Thanks Justin for working on this with me...

pyper's first 8x10...

a BIG thanks to Justin Goode for helping me and Tyler test out our new processor and in the "process" capture an 8x10 photo of little miss Pyper. In case you didn't know, 8x10 photography is a slow & meticulous process. Yet Justin insisted that we use the opportunity to get a photo of Pyper. Not for sure if he really knew what he was getting into. :) Pyper's focus was all over the place. Makeshift Photography Studio in Deep Ellum has hundreds of items hanging on the wall and on shelves for a child to focus on. Through it all, Justin's patience prevailed and he rewarded us with this wonderful photo...

a new adventure...

My first glimpse into a new photography adventure... 

To be honest, I never really thought that I would be so fascinated by a picture. The whole process of arriving at the point of holding an Impossible 8x10 picture in your hand is really an extraordinary experience. The end result here is that it sealed my fate of diving into 8x10 photography. Unfortunately, there is no backing out now... 

A big thanks to Justin Goode for spending so much time talking me through his experience so far with 8x10 photography and for taking the picture below.  Also many thanks go out to Anne at The Impossible Project for her incredible generosity and continued help with my many questions.   

justin...

justin goode...

After Justin took the image of me, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a photo of him.  Black frame Impossible film was made for portraits of people.

This is my favorite type of photography, so this photo alone made it worth the trip to Fort Worth...

closeup of me...

This is one of the many photos from the Sundance Square polawalk on Saturday evening. It was taken with an SX-70 camera mounted on a tripod using Impossible PX70 Cool Film. 

Justin Goode, the organizer of the walk, took the photo.  He is such a talented photographer with an eye for composition!