polaroid series IV

Continuing my love of instant prints (you can't say instant photography anymore because with digital, everything is instant). Taken on some old Polaroid 600 film I managed to get my hands on before they left the shelves forever.

polaroid series III

Another series of Polaroids. I did it This American Life Style, choosing a theme then bringing you a variety of photographs based on that theme. This theme: childhood.

old school

If you don't know me at all let me just say that every day I grow just a little more disenchanted with digital photography and find myself longing for analog. I don't know if it's the artist in me, or that I didn't fall in love with just photography, but the medium of film itself. The actual material, the physical light-sensitive, ultra cool, (what's now thought of as) cumbersome, beautiful, film. Or whatever your fancy is, be it photographic paper, tintypes, glass, Polaroid transfers, the list could go on-which is why it continues to fascinate me. The list really could go on. I won't delve into that fascinating and magical world, though. I'll save that for another time. Today, I'll just post some photos I did take with my digital camera *looks down at feet in embarrassment* *shuffles from one foot to the other* but was originally shot in black and white then later cropped as a shout out to my original medium format camera, the Mamiya C330-which I must say is already loaded with another film that is being used for another project altogether and was unavailable for today's shoot. So, I had to use what was available. Regardless, though, I brought home some interesting shots taken from the ghost of a horse farm that I once knew.

introducing brennen

Introducing: Brennen! <= and I may have spelled all wrong so all apologies Mom! I photographed little Brennen and family in Dallas a while back. We took this photograph with an actual Polaroid when he was cooking, then did his newborn pics and combined the two to make this art piece! I muted the colors a bit so that Brennen would really pop, he being the star of the show. Congrats to Shelli and Ronnie, and good luck in the days ahead!

playground

Nothing much to write about on this post. It's another Lensbaby shot taken at the park. I figure a photograph of a kid playing at the park is a pretty self-explanatory photograph, what the photograph may not tell you is that while they ran around, hung around, and jumped around on the set, I was having just as much fun capturing it.

at the park

During the Metroplex White Out of 2011, I did get out in it. A couple times. I mean, parents aren't meant to spend every waking hour with their children, that's why we invented things like school, summer camp, day cares, and sleep overs. But, when a wintry blast comes in and closes those important institutions down, we're forced to. Well, on day 4 I couldn't take it anymore and got the kids bundled up and off to the park we went. I packed with me my Mamiya C330-medium format film camera, and my Nikon D200 with the lensbaby. The original lens baby. I know...old school right? Feeling inspired lately by the likes of Mother Nature and Ella Manor, and by a documentary I saw about Steve McCurry, I set out with the kids to the park, camera 'round my neck, and an entire world to fit inside a frame. Here's the first interesting image I took.

terra and eddie-wedding

Still catching up from last year, here are a few shots from Terra and Eddie's beautiful wedding day. The ceremony was gorgeous and I love how her colors fit right in with the Christmas decor that the church had on display. Anyway, good luck to the both of you, and of course: Congratulations!

snow dayz II

Another shot from the recent frigid storm that passed through Fort Worth. One day, antsy and slowly succumbing to cabin fever, I packed up the kids and we just went on a drive/slide down the road to see the snowy sights. I took my camera along and brought this back.

snow dayz

Been quite a week here in the DFW: below freezing days turned into an entire week of staying in, drinking hot coffee, building fires, and scraping windshields when we had to get out. I know it's nothing compared to the storms of the north, but for north Texans, we just aren't used to it. Anyway, here's an image that helps capture the frigid temps. It hearkens back to when I first started blogging, I posted a pic similar to this one that people just loved, well, that image got lost in the folds of archived folders of images, so here's a recreation.

the boys

A belated post of the boys: I love this shot, both of the boys nailed the pose, the expression, the total mood of the shot-which ties in the tone, the color, and the setting. From Aidan's lean to the way Ewan has his hands pressed together. They both look smug yet their baby faces tell-all about their un-assuming innocence. I mean...did I say I loved this shot?