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more disney music hall...

from the LA Polawalk in February 2013...

more watts towers...

from my mini polawalk with Toby Hancock in February 2013 in Los Angeles...

Found an interesting/fun (and even a little less-costly) use of my 8X10 camera. I taped 4 Polaroid Spectra Soft Tone images in a film holder and shot them all four at one time. Makes for a very exact quadtych. Bought a film changing bag to make this even easier. Now I have a great use for the 12 packs of Soft Tone that I have left...

mosaic - watts towers...

Taken during a polawalk with Toby Hancock at Watts Towers in Los Angeles, CA...

change...

One thing I love about going to Childress is driving out to the country (in the middle of nowhere), stopping the car, getting out and just walking around. Many times the only noise is the wind. What a relief this is! Makes it so easy to look around and think about what you see. Really think about what you see. No hurry, just time to think...

Notice the beaten down path disappearing into the distance leading up the right side of the picture. The sign in front of us clearly tells us to turn left or right. The road that the arrows are pointing to are paved. They were built so that the drive would be smoother. But regardless of how rough the path that we are on may be, we always want to keep going in the same direction. Some may say that it is the path of least resistance. Mainly because change requires us to make a conscious decision to turn; it requires an action on our part. We subject ourselves to the unnecesary bumps ahead in our life because of a natural resistance to change. Why do we resist the signs of change in our life so much? Could be that we are so busy with our life that we completely miss the signs? We are travelling so fast and so focused on what is in front of us; the pursuit of more (more money, more power, more stuff, just more...), that we completely miss the obvious change in direction that is needed.

My challenge to myself (and you if you are reading this) is to get away to a place where all you can hear is the wind. Slow down. Maybe even stop and get out. Look around. Evaluate. Pay attention to the obvious signs. Don't be resistant to changing direction. Consider the consequences of ignoring the signs. Move slower. Most of all, enjoy what is around you.

All of this from a picture taken for no apparent reason, with an old analog camera, on expired film by an aging guy in the middle of nowhere...

sherri, maci and sadi...

It is pictures like this that makes you want to take more instant photos. Some may say that the photos are washed out, but I would counter that the soft tones just make the picture that much more special. I took the same picture with a digital camera, but this Polaroid Softtone film (still available in limited quantities at the Impossible website) is incredible to hold. I keep pulling the pictures out to look at them. What a lucky man I am! A beautiful wife, two beautiful girls and the moment/day captured on film that I can instantly hold in my hand...

polaroid pictures of pyper...

a tongue twister of sorts...

Two terrific meals at the Tyndells today and a pair of Polaroid pictures of Pyper posing. What a great day...

two pictures of Pyper...

The top one is a little soft on focus. I wanted to get a picture tonight, but it was close to sundown when I got to Maci & Tyler's house. I took Pyper outside and she didn't want to be still for one second. Still, the V4B PX70 film and my SX70 camera didn't let me down. What a soft/dreamy image. The background rendered beautifully. Just another memory for me to file away...

The second picture was Pyper giving me an exaggerated "cheeeeeeessssse" right before we left to go home. This was taken with my Spectra and expired Polaroid Soft Tone film that I bought from Impossible earlier in the year. A perfect day with two pictures of Pyper to cap it off...

three minutes with Pyper...

took this series in the period of about three minutes. that is about the length of Pyper's attention span. she was loving the fact that I was letting her chase me outside her house with no shoes on. of course, I was walking/running backwards so that I could take her picture.

on a side note...
my polaroid soft tone film for the spectra camera is starting to show it's age. there are lots of green dots that are starting to show up. such are the travails of hoarding instant film. if you use it, you can capture the moment in all of it's brilliance, but if you hesitate (or hoard the film) you might miss the chance...