I went to a marvelous party..

I took these photos..oh..a million years ago. I'm not a big portrait-taker, I prefer to take landscape, architecture, location-type shots. These were fun to take, though. I need to do more dressing-up these days, as a grown-up. The model in these is Leila. (I just did the color processing of these today, to try out my new Nik Color Efx software. Awesomeness.)

I wanted these to have a sort of dorothy parker, farewell my lovely, noel coward-aesthetic to them.

Happy Birthday to me...

No, seriously





Happy Birthday TO ME.

I got this Rollei today (I can't open it until the 14th...damn you childhood traditions). I've been pretty much wandering around in a blissful haze that nobody understands except maybe etsy people. It's a thing of beauty.

Also I was included in a treasury yesterday, which makes my little heart pitter patter:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4be297444bd26d91ff9c8ae5/daydreaming

I've got to turn in my framed photos to the store that I sell at these days--I keep putting it off because its taking 17 million years to get my 10x10 image of chianti framed.

But....CAMERA!!! OOH!!!

(did I mention this is the first camera I'm getting as the start of my half-sleeve tattoo?)

holga vs. digital

Welcome to my new blog. I thought that maybe I needed a separate blog for my photography, as the previous 'fashion/graphic design/photography/interior design/things i want to buy/comic books' themed blog was getting a little theme crowded. Plus, interest in my photography seems to be growing (er, knock on wood, or whatever) so why not have a place to put my new work.

So here we are.

By the way...my new plywerk print just arrived in the mail today. I'm only vaguely slightly obsessed.

Relatedly: Why is it so goddamned hard to find square frames these days when tons of hipsters are lovingly fondling their Dianas/Holgas/Polaroids/Hasselblads? You'd think that there would be at least some nice place that caters to this clientele, but nooooo. I wasted an hour at Target today looking for square frames, and all I ended up buying was a cheap skirt and a bottle of Gatorade. Not helpful.

But on a brighter note, look at this awesome necklace I scored from etsy:





Pretty sweet, huh?

My birthday is...sometime soon. I dunno...the 14th of May, whenever that is. I'm going to Redemption Tattoo in Cambridge, and getting the start of a vintage-camera-themed half-sleeve. The first camera I'm starting with? A rolleiflex. After that? An Agfa Isolette. A Land Camera. Etc. Etc. It's gonna be badassery.

Oh, I guess I'll post a photo I worked on today:





Sort of different for me. Yes or no?