Fun with the self timer

Another little thing I'm working on.

Defaced

It started very innocently. I was just trying to take a self portrait, and when I saw what my face looked like I said to myself (out loud) "I don't like my face today." So I grabbed a sharpie and scribbled it out. "There, much better. Hmmmmm. This feels kind of good." Ok, let me stop you right there. I don't hate myself, or my face for that matter, I just didn't like it yesterday. It happens, right? Then I remembered that I had another photo of myself where I didn't like the way my mouth looked, so I scribbled on that one, too. And then it hit me. Finally, something to do with all those "reject" polaroids I've been holding onto for years. The ones that got jammed in the camera, or yellowed in certain places, or the ones where I just didn't like my face. So I dug them up and just started writing the first thing that came to my mind. As if I was explaining the photo to someone else. Well, I couldn't stop. I even dipped into a couple of non-rejects. And, since I wasn't liking my face, I took some more self portraits and scribbled on them. Defacing is fun, and it brings some emotion to photos that weren't very, well, emotional. I hope you like what I have done so far.

When Andrew came home last night and saw what I was doing he said,
"Why did you draw all over your face?"
I said,
"I didn't like, uh, you wouldn't understand."
He probably would understand, but I think he likes my face everyday (as husbands should), so maybe he wouldn't.

My friend Chris emailed me. I think he thought I might be suicidal because of how blue I have been feeling. I told him that wasn't the case, I was just inspired. He's a good friend.

You can decide for yourself.









There are more here. And there will be more after that. I can't stop. Really, I can't. I'll keep you posted.

Everyday Polaroid

My friend deborah was nice enough to invite me to be a guest contributor on her new blog called everyday polaroid. She gave me a whole week. What fun! And you can check out the flickr group here. Polaroid love! Aaaahhh!

cupcakes

I guess I should bake some cupcakes seeing as I have hundreds of cupcake liners. For now I am content just taking pictures of them. I was inspired by a group on flickr called organized collection. Check it out here.

For the Love of Light

Hi, again. Just a little something I wanted to share with you. The lovely and always inspiring Jen from Nectar and Light invited me to be a part of an amazing project she is working on. It's a tribute to our dear friend the polaroid. We will be publishing a book sometime in July, so now is a good time to go to the site and get on the mailing list. Along with Jen, there are 25 of us contributing photos to the book, Maditi from here, Anne from here, and Mia from here just to name a few. We would love to have your support, so get yourselves on over to the site, pronto!

just a pile of wood and a shadow

i had this one in my box of rejects, but got desperate for photos to scan, so i did. my flickr friends seemed to really like it, so i am sharing it with you.

house of cards

i am addicted to swap meets. i have been for a really long time. i often buy things that i do not need. those seem to be the best things, and these cards fall into that category. More shots on my flickr site.

white is the new black

just a random collection of whiteness.