Latest Cameras

So I am a mega fan of the White Stripes. I am also a mega fan of the Holga camera. So imagine my delight when the White Stripes put out a limited edition Holga! I had to have one and indeed did get one for myself (from the family *wink* ) for Christmas. They put out two cameras actually: The *Jack* Holga with a fisheye lens (which is what I knew I would get under my tree) and they also put out a *Meg* Diana+ camera with ringflash which is another plastic fantastic camera that I was surprised to find also for me Christmas morning. I am a lucky gal. In fact there was only 3000 produced and I have two . . . lucky indeed.

So here are some test shots from those first few rolls.

First the Diana . . . images sort of hazy . . . dream-like . . . like vaseline on a holga lens . . . I have to take it outside and see how it treats the corners in the bright daylight.




And the fisheye + ringflash combo for the holga . . . I took *meg's* ringflash and gave it to *jack*. It is it's own quirky look . . . amuses me . . . round image.





and for comparison sake here is a non-fisheye holga image taken the same time. I was about 4 feet further back to try and get the heads a similar size in both images for the sake of the test.

Limited Edition Sessions

Soon I will announce all the details of my upcoming winter themed limited edition session. Stay tuned!

New year, renewed blogger

After a little back and forth with myself, I've decided to dedicate myself to a minimum of 5 new blog posts a week. This is slightly more realistic than, say, everyday.

Fact is, I enjoy sharing my thoughts and images in this forum. The trouble is the ever present gargoyle called self doubt that sits upon my shoulder and whispers in my ear that I would be remiss in thinking I had a point of view of interest. Thankfully I got a cute red and white gargoyle beater for Christmas and after breaking it out of the box it is doing it's thing and keeping that insipid creature at bay for now.

Here a couple of cute pictures of my little guy that just turned the big 0-1. Colour photos because, well, sometimes he needs it.

Order and Disarray

So I loved this fireplace but the light was a bit harsh on that side of the room. None-the-less I used it a bit . . . moved a big screen and ottoman they had there to protect the thing from the young’uns (there were two under two).

The little guy was all excited to line up his guys. I am happily letting him (parents are in another room). We are having a good time.

Well then I find out that all his guys are now covered in black soot.

Whoops. ;)






And one of little sister for good measure. :)

Hp5 @ 25000

So I have been living in the darkroom as I hurry to get all client stuff printed and framed before Xmas. I am very happy with everything I am doing in there, which is nice. That said, I am getting blurry eyed from that little red light . . .

So what do I do to take my mind off printing client pictures . . . scan my own pictures. That I guess is a sign that you love what you do . . .

Here is someHp5 at 25000. Dev for 40 min at 30 degrees in stock d-76. I have been experimenting with pushing the limits of Holga indoors . . . the grain has nowhere to hide but that was to be expected . .

My girl at the table with her crayons . . . and a Photog friend Bruce who put me on his blog so I must reciprocate. ;) But seriously, he is a super duper wedding guy . . . if you are getting married I can hook you up . . .

Christmas Gifts

After many years of trying to decide what to gift people for Christmas, I have had a revelation . . . Photographs! I have made the radical decision to gift everyone photos this year. Free sessions for brothers and girlfriends, framed beauties of the kids for the grandparents . . .

I know this may seem like an obvious direction, but for some reason I always thought it was maybe selfish or lazy or narcissistic to gift my own work. Instead I opted for random knickknacks, books and other peoples art.

Somewhere between last year and this year it occurred to me that if I had a friend or a sister or a daughter that created . . . anything . . . I would want a little of that to open for myself.

Now I only have to consider my kids . . . who are about the only ones that would not want more photos . . .

Here is a sampling of the gifts that the oldest of my baby brothers and my sis-in-law will see . . . taken up at Signal Hill of course . . .

Halloween

It's the day of the year I take the most photographs of my own clan. More than Christmas, more than their birthdays. Today will be no exception.

Here are a few from recent years . . .