Analog 365 Project Day 134

I generally like to photograph naturally occurring subjects instead of setting up photos, however, there are those occasions where I get a new camera or a new book and I will set up a photo to shoot them and share them. Reading Instant Love inspired me to try experimenting more with still life and Tuesday I decided to try a still life indoors using natural light. Continue under the cut to see how it went.

Things I Love Thursday

♥Finding things you thought you lost while packing ♥ My divining crystal ♥ Manic Panic’s Venus Envy dye in my hair ♥ old photographs ♥ sending letters ♥ the anticipation of moving into a bigger space ♥ phoenix comic con ♥ strawberries in my granola at breakfast ♥ discovering ways to use a camera that most people will tell you is only good for a doorstop ♥ reading Instant Love ♥ trying new techniques with my instax mini photos ♥ being inspired by the greatness of others ♥ naps (which is unusual for me) ♥ antique/vintage shopping ♥ planning film photography events ♥ classic cars ♥ Scott ♥ my accomplishments jar ♥ knowing soon the packing and moving will be over ♥ Polaroids ♥ friends ♥ 

What are you loving this Thursday?

Analog 365 Project Day 133

I found this giant plastic doughnut my boyfriend has from a Simpson’s game and couldn’t resist taking a goofy self portrait with it. I also wanted to immortalize my green hair since I seem to have taken a photo of my ever changing hair throughout the year. Shot in the dark with flash and pale violet flash gel.

Analog 365 Project Day 132

My friend Nic made me an awesome glitter painting off Elvira, Mistress of the Dark for Christmas last year. I took a picture of it using my DIY filter, I used the flash and a red flash gel to booth and result is pretty stunning in my opinion. I love the sense of movement the DIY flash gave it and the mouth being in frame paired with the red coloring gives it a rage-y feel, like she’s yelling. I also am really please with the sparkles shimmering. Bokeh sparkles who knew.

Analog 365 Project Day 131

We’re finally down to the final stretch of our packing for the move this weekend, this is my zombie mannequin head, Zoe the Zombie. She’s getting packed away too. The thought of labeling one of the boxes “FRAGILE: Zombie head inside” is amusing to me.

Shot this one indoors with pale violet flash gel and flash.

Analog 365 Project Day 130

Double exposure. The first exposure is of my blue and orange t-shirt from 11th Monk3y Apparel, it’s an old school boom box with the words “Original Gangster” on it. I shot it indoors with flash before shooting the second exposure in the dark with flash. This might be one of my favorite self portraits in the project.

Analog 365 Project Day 129

One of the things I love about photography and my journey through it thus far is that there is always more to discover. There are always more people just as passionate about the art as I am and there are always more communities out there too.

Recently I discovered one of those communities, a website called Snap It See It. A website entirely dedicated to instant photography! While poking around the site I discovered a giveaway they had had some months ago to win a copy of a book called Instant Love. It was a book that kept popping up in my suggestions from Amazon.com and after learning more about it I decided to purchase it.

So far through reading Instant Love, I’ve learned a lot about vintage Polaroid cameras, accessories and films as well as timeless photography tips. I’m still in the process of reading the book, so I won’t do a review on it just yet, but the smell of a new book when it arrived in the mail was amazing and I thought it only fitting that it should be my photo of the day on instant film!

I’ve also embarked on a photography project of my own in addition to the 365 project this year. I want to have classes to get the community involved in shooting with film and I’d love to put together an exhibition and a photography book of my own! I’ve also created a sister blog called Sprockets and Shutters just for photography, you can see the press release for the project and read more about my photography adventures there!

Happy shooting,
Mary