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.