A little bored today. I should be scanning photos, but it was much more fun taking more. Haven't used my Spectra in a very long time. Thought I would give it a try with the closeup lens attached...
a moment in time...
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Here is a portrait of Sadi that I shot today before she left to go back to college after spending her Spring Break with us this past week. What at great week it was! I am so glad that we still get these opportunities to spend time together as a family.
As I become more intentional with my family photos (both analog and digital), I have come to realize that every picture has the potential of becoming an important moment in time. I try to take as many candid snapshots as possible, but the occasional posed shot is just as important to stop that moment in time when you were exactly who you were at that moment. I want my kids and grandkids to have tons of printed analog images to occasionally sift through and have the opportunity to talk about the moment that they were taken. I want each and every portrait/candid to be something that I remember, but more importantly something that they will remember much later in life...
As I become more intentional with my family photos (both analog and digital), I have come to realize that every picture has the potential of becoming an important moment in time. I try to take as many candid snapshots as possible, but the occasional posed shot is just as important to stop that moment in time when you were exactly who you were at that moment. I want my kids and grandkids to have tons of printed analog images to occasionally sift through and have the opportunity to talk about the moment that they were taken. I want each and every portrait/candid to be something that I remember, but more importantly something that they will remember much later in life...
a quick photo...
Before heading back to work today at lunch, I had Sherri step out onto the patio for a quick photo. That seems to be my "pickup line" nowadays. Step outside and let me take a "quick photo" of you. Easy to say when using an SX70 camera. Hard to use the same line for 8x10 photos...
roaming...
Photo of Pyper taken while we were roaming the streets of the West Village in Dallas. This photo was before pizza. I think she was getting hungry...
adding a little color...
A couple of great images of my beautiful girls tonight before we had dinner at Grimaldi's in the West Village in Dallas...
american woods(man)...
A photo of Tyler taken some time ago. Decided to scan it tonight and post it along with some of the other American Woods film...
a little shaken...
A misfire of the SLR680 camera in the house. Thought it was a ruined shot, but it turned out better than some of my intentional shots...
joshua tree sunset...
My first photo taken at Joshua Tree National Park... Happened to still have a couple of shots of the American Woods film left in my SLR680 camera. Wish I would have taken more of this film...
us...
Used the tripod and the self timer on my SX-70 for this photo. I love photos of us together...
troy general store...
I can't even count how many times I have just passed through this town and never stopped. On our way back from Austin a little over a week ago, I made it a point to stop and take this photo in downtown Troy, Texas. My life is now complete...
group shot - joshua tree...
One of my favorite polawalk group shots ever. Such a neat place to visit with such a neat group of people...
juli and will...
Finally getting around to scanning a few more from the Joshua Tree trip. This was my last shot of Polaroid Chocolate film. Juli and Will are always fun to photograph and this was definitely worthy of the last shot...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
lighting test...
I have found a new film to love. The new formula of black and white film for 600 cameras is something that I will definitely be stocking up on. I have taken several shots under many different conditions and they all have turned out fantastic. I took this one tonight in my garage with a new "hot" light that Tyler ordered to test out the abilities of the light. The setup was just this one light on a stand diffused with an umbrella. I was about 4 ft from the wall to make sure there wasn't a shadow of me on the wall. I think the shadowing of the wall was more a result of the light fall-off. Overall, the photo has a ethereal feel and I like it...
tommy...
Was able to take a couple more family photos over the past weekend while visiting in Childress, TX. Tommy just happened to still have his "santa" beard so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to capture it on an 8x10 Impossible print before it was gone...
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