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...

guarded...

On Sunday, during the PolawalkTX weekend, we had all of our 8x10 camera gear set up in the alley behind the studio in Deep Ellum. We were all running around in/out of the studio but we always tried to leave at least one person outside to "guard" the equipment. Will had the perfect posture for a typical Security Guard. Add the shirt to the mix and he meant business...

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...