MacBook Homicide.

Hello All,

I have just received an ENORMOUS amount of film back from the lab (from October and November and...other months) and I've also just arrived in Park City, Utah for another round of deep, torturous shamanic apprenticeship. All I REALLY want to do right now is upload blog after blog of analog bliss and take portraits with my Spectra and the Impossible Project's B&W Spectra film in the snowy, gorgeous, beautiful, freezing fucking cold, awesome landscape. And also sleep. I'd like to sleep, too.

But alas, I have an absolutely shite internet connection and a lot of work to do. It's taken me three times to try and upload this blog. But, I persevered A) because I feel energetically kick-ass after fire ceremony, and B) This is a fucking exquisite picture of two snappily dressed goats. Those Wisconsin State Fair goats are prize winning for a REASON.



Stay tuned

Bare Floor.

Check this out. Ok, so I didn't take it- but this was shot with a analog point-and-shoot years ago at one of my less, uh, professional photo shoots.

I realize this is beyond cheesy, but I love this picture. Besides that you can see my box and all of my now-removed piercings, I'm enjoying the "cinema veritas" vibe of this dude's shitty film camera.

Ancient Film Photo of the day.

This was taken about 6 years ago, again with my old out of commission Canon Rebel Eos. It's from a role that I accidentally double exposed- though this one doesn't seem affected. It could be the reason for the awesome, dreamy pink hue though. Seriously, I wish I could get a guarantee that photography accidents would ALWAYS happen.

Instant Attraction: Polaroid Ketchup.

Ok, so...though I haven't even begun to be caught up on my photo posts, I do want to interject with an impromptu Instant photo shoot I recently did when Tia stopped by to borrow some...stevia. Yeah. For her homemade toothpaste. What a bunch of freaking hippies.

So, I was all:

"hey, will you take of your shirt and put on these goggles?"

and she was all, "Yeah, if I can finger-bang this teddy bear".

Obviously, I agreed. I mean, what a deal, right? Amiright?!

This was last week. ENJOY THE PHENOMENA THAT IS FUJI MINI "HELLO KITTY" INSTAMATIC FILM!








Portrait of a Viking.






Also, this:

Seattle Film...Works?

Do you remember that whole Seattle Film Works film set up where you mailed your film directly to them? Well, I recently found a VERY old roll of it amongst my things ( I sooooo love when that happens). Old, like, 12 years old. The awesome part is that I shot it with the same camera that I shoot a lot of things with now (or did, until It suddenly refused to fire in Santa Fe)- my Canon Rebel. That was the first camera I ever bought, I used to shoot with it constantly as a teenager. Do the math, and I'll kill you.

Anyway, that shit is impossible to get developed. Or so I thought. I called in the Film Sleuth, Mike Raso, and he- magically- found someone who would do it. I was...VERY happy with the results. I took these on a road trip through middle America when I was 17. Serial Killers, anyone?






(see? Even then I had to shoot the same thing 53 times)

One Drunk Night of Red Lomography Disposable (and a caveman).

I bought 3 lomography disposable cameras with various colored flashes. One yellow, one green, and one red. This post is the whole of the pictures from the red camera. I can't WAIT to see the other two. Mostly, the camera was used on one night of drunken apartment dancing after a Full Moon Jam drum circle here in Chicago. Yeah. All I remember is a lot of The Door's music, some interpretive dancing, and discussion about Godard's Breathless and...maybe a hat of some kind. Also, there were many a shot of shitty tequila. Or was it vodka?

The last photo was taken in Utah. I don't know how that went down, but the photo is of some Ancient Pictograms-presumably a retelling of a great hunt. A well-rounded combination, I think, this camera. Oh, and Tiana is in a bikini in the second shot. I have zero recollection of taking that.






























AND....(drumroll please!)...ANCIENT HISTORY!!!



By the looks of it...we haven't actually come very far.

Utah, s'more.

Hey. Forgot these.









That ground was so effing hot, I could hardly stand there long enough for the picture!

Goblin Valley, Utah

This is a brief chronicle of my first trip to Utah. It started out in Salt Lake, then went to Goblin Valley, then I went to my first class with The Four Winds in Park City. Since then I've been all over the place (most recently Joshua Tree National Park)-all caught on film- and at the end of this month I'll be returning to Park City for another week of school. Luckily I took my tripod with me on this particular trip to the formations...otherwise...I mean...how would I take naked photographs of myself? Some of these were actually taken inside of Goblin Valley Park- which is open to the public, rather, frequently visited by them. It was a little tricky. I had to set up the shot, sort out the light meter, run to my spot disrobe and pose before the timer went off. It's not like I could wear my Five Fingers when climbing those rocks for these shots!

Luckily, no children were traumatized during the shots in the buff.




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This is some of the amazing beauty of Kodachrome. Look at those colors! You just can't get that with anything else. Yeesh.







WEATHER.


Dust Devil nest to the highway. Such a treat.

New York Brevity

I was visiting my friend in New York City-where I lived out my wild and crazy early 20's- and had some small moments to myself in which to exploit the scenery. I know, there's the million pictures of the skyline from my rooftop, but I couldn't help myself. It changes with the light like a bottle of Opus changes with each sip. I am cheesy.








You may not have noticed, but this was actually a portrait of my feet.


I was inside in the spare bedroom at the very top floor- the wind blew in the windows like a hurricane. It was fantastic.





OMG! THE SKYLINE! AGAIN!













Oh...hey... almost forgot.

BOOM! SKYLINE!