capturing it in-camera vs. post effects

Recently I've been participating in challenges with some friends. Our most recent was the idea of photographing "THROUGH". Here are my captures, all film, with the new kodak porta.

The first two are warm to me, very romantic. I think its funny to note that there are a lot of photographs that look this way-- the key difference is that this is not digital manipulation or an iPhone app that is creating this look. This is what I saw through my viewfinder.

These next two are eerie. I'm pleased with them as well. It was pretty cool to get two completely different looks on the same afternoon, depending on what I was using between my lens and the subject.

So what are you waiting for? Go try this yourself. It was fun.

inspired

this is our life right now.
bowls of varying size and curves.
ceramic and plastic.
shiny sun and reflected gold thread on my finally procured table cloth.
i love these colors.
i'm grateful they struck me as beautiful all together while i was putting away the dishes.
i'm glad it was at the time of day that i could take this picture that say so much about our life.
Its by no means a photograph, or a piece of art. but its a document that says a lot about us.

i like it.

thankful

Yesterday I received this card in the mail. Maybe its from my best friend in HS living far away, but I am so hooked on written-word love. The tangibleness of notes and letters is lasting. Yesterday was a good day for friendship love. Both about myself as a woman, as one who seeks truth, as a believer, as an artist, as a mom and as a friend. I was buoyed and enriched all day long. I went to bed grateful, and breathing deep from the well of true friends that I have in my life. I'm beyond lucky. I saw a post from another blogger awhile back (don't remember who, but it hasn't left me) and she wrote about the necessity of being your biggest fan (without getting a big head). I like the idea. Self-esteem is talked about all the time, but how many people have it without becoming heady?

my april shelf

I'm done with a quarter of the newberys. It feels good. Here are the next three months outlined, if you're following along. I have been enjoying them with only a few that have make me bored to tears. There are some that I can't believe I hadn't read before. If you're new around here, this is what I read for the last three months. I'm taking these resolutions of mine seriously.... even if one or two have fallen by the wayside (journal writing. sad.) The one roll a month thing has become more than one roll. And I like that.

   

something's wrong

this picture greeted me while I was checking my studio schedule. The caption was to the effect of "Fergie decided to go with a kid-friendly dress made of legos for the Kid's Choice Awards."

um.
What part of this outfit is kid-friendly?

sometimes

symmetrical architecture stops me in my tracks.

applying

polaroid type-55 instant

there's a lotta change and challenge going on for me artistically and business-wise. Last night I submitted an application to do a few Saturdays at the Downtown SLC farmer's market doing instant large format portraits. If I get in (and I hope I'm an accepted vendor. How cool would it be to have my huge camera out there, doing my thing at the market?!), I'll be there 4 or so saturdays, just to try it out. I'm really thankful for photography friends who have listened to me talk about this (for the past year) and have encouraged me to pursue it. Also super grateful for a new photo friend Mitchel Issel who helped me fix my crazy polaroid back. Such a fan of community and people who learn geeky technical stuff from tinkering around.

The goopy paper is still on this one, but this gives you a feel for what the portraits will be like. I took this in about five minutes set-up (for focusing, posing, etc). Actual exposure time was 1/4 @f/5.6.

This is what the set up looked like. It'll be better (with a table and canopy) at the actual market.