scenes of a summer

I can't even tell you how many times I thought to myself I should write a blog post about this! over the summer. It happened a lot. But then my computer was acting up and there was vacation to plan for and that next batch of jam to make and weeding out the garden... always weeding. Turns out I do the least amount of blogging when I'm out there doing the most blog-worthy things.

Anyway, I finally got around to scanning a few (only a few mind you) of the rolls of film I shot this summer. I like looking at these pictures. Especially now when it's suddenly turning cold in the mornings and the leaves are looking tired. It's nice to have all that green and all those berries captured on film. And it reminds me of how much we did this summer! Although the cupboard full of jam is also a good reminder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

summer beginnings

Strawberry picking.

Summer Solstice.

The circus comes to town.

The big top.

Hello, July! 

I hope you have good things in store for us.

new year

Happy New Year! The holidays have kept things quite around this blog. We had a lovely, relaxing Christmas day followed by a lazy week filled with food and friends. Sadly I came down with a nasty sort of cold/flu thing on New Year's Eve, but we had fun playing cards anyway. Here are a few polaroids from our New Year's celebration and a beach walk we took on the first day of the new year. Happy 2011!

something impossible

This past week I finally tried out the Impossible Project's PX Color film. I was really excited to play around with it after seeing some of the shots the boy took with it. It's the first flush, so the film has a tendency to be a bit unpredictable, and it's very light sensitive so we had to rig up a little shade to protect our pictures as soon as they came out. It's also heavy on the blue tones, so we ended up trying a warming filter to let the other colors show up more.

Overall, I'd say it's a bit rough starting out, but the unpredictability of the film grows on you. You can get some very nice results if you're patient, and I really like the dreamy quality. I'm rather hoping the first flush will go on sale eventually so I can mess around with it a bit more.

playing catch up

I had such fun during Polaroid Week this year. Lately I've been trying to improve my portrait skills and work up the courage to ask people to let me photograph them. Mostly I take pictures of the people I feel most comfortable around, but I think it's time to branch out. I have a pack of Artistic TZ film just waiting to be loaded into my camera. I love how the tones of this film look for portraits so I think that will be my next project.

For now, here are my shots from 'roid week. Oh, and one more thing... guess who was one of the lucky winners of a shiny new pack of film! I can't wait to test it out.

this and that

Whenever I'm feeling uninspired but itching to take pictures of something, I head over to my parent's house. With the bright walls and collections, teacups, bookshelves and willing subjects, it always manages to get the shutter clicking.

(It's a bit hard to see clearly, but this is my mom's luna moth tattoo.)

P.S. I am loving my polaroid land camera lately.

all around, day two: kumquat love

A bright day, sunny fruit, and a pack of polaroid film. Perfect.

a birthday in polaroids

Yesterday was my birthday and it was a lovely day. The weather was perfect for doing the one thing I really wanted: swimming! I hadn't been in the water since our April heatwave so we headed to the lake and spent the afternoon keeping cool and exploring. I got to document the day with one of my favorite presents. The Boy gave me a SX-70 polaroid camera which my little heart has been lusting over for I don't even know how long. I am going to have lots of fun with this.