Wannabe Alien
Polaroid SX-70 / Polaroid 600 (expired)
TWITTERHCHAMP
100 days
At anniebee‘s suggestion, I taped the Fade to Black photo taken on February 5th to my office window. 100 days later, the feathers are back.
Recent Adventures on Instant 2010
Polaroid SLR 680 / PX 600
Polaroid SX-70 / Polaroid 600 (expired)
At 134 days, I’m into the second third of taking an instant print photo a day. While 2008 was all about a single film type, I’ve been shooting with a variety of films and cameras in 2010. Film: Polaroid 600, Fade to Black, Polaroid 100 Sepia, Polaroid 100 Blue, Impossible Project PX 100 (First Flush), and Impossible Project PX 600 (First Flush). Cameras: Polaroid SX-70 modified for 600 film (a.k.a. Frankenpolaroid), Polaroid SX-70 (unmodified), Zero Image 4 x 5, Polaroid SLR 680, and a Polaroid Sun600. Onward!
Weekend Project: Gocco gift card
Our poor little Gocco hasn’t seen the light of day since I created our New Year’s cards at the end of 2007. Simon and Tammy ‘s wedding was just the opportunity I needed to get my act together.
As they were getting married at the Cornerstone Gardens in Sonoma, I’d hoped to create something around Claude Cormier’s Blue Tree, but I couldn’t quite wrap my head around a way to create a blue on blue image without good source material. (Given the number of cameras at the wedding, I don’t think anyone following in my footsteps will have the same problem.) In the end, I went with “mazel tov” and created a set of matching items. I lifted the pink flower motif from the invitations that Tammy had designed and the gold complemented the overall palette.
Supplies:
- Gocco silk screen press
- RISO Hi-Mesh Gold ink
- RISO Hi-Mesh Process Magenta ink
- Fabriano Medioevalis folder card and envelope
- small standard stationary envelope for gift certificate
- natural cotton mailing bag
- laser print outs of the two screens
Due to bulk ordering, Derek has quite the pile of those natural cotton mailing bags left. I’m thinking of coming up with a few designs to have a supply of gift bags on hand. They make lovely reusable wrapping paper for small objects.
May-cation Update
Grandfather George and his sister.
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day gave me the push I need to face our demons in the storage space. As such, I was able to get a bit of a jump on my initial May-cation list, crossing off two of the lesser items. In the end, I couldn’t face another Bay Bridge crossing without digging out the EZ Pass. I don’t think George quite understood my insane hooting and hollering as we sailed down the Fast Pass lane. The list is very much a work in progress and I have two new additions:
- 48 Hour Magazine. The second weekend in May is going to be very exciting.
- Yoga
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