I’m participating in Expired Film Day for the first time this year! I loaded my Pentax K1000 up with some Kodak Gold that expired in 2005 and headed to Rock Creek Cemetery and took these weird, thin, grainy shots. I generally like the effect - it’s literally and figuratively looking into the past.
Rock and Roll and Film and Iron
A few months ago, my husband and I found out that one of our favorite bands was playing with another one of our favorite bands along with another one of our favorite bands who I’d never gotten to see live before…in Birmingham, Alabama. So what would a normal, responsible adult couple do? Yes, fly from Washington DC to Birmingham for about 48 hours.
While there, we met up with some friends who took us for a walk around the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. Once a pig iron blast furnace, after closing it was preserved and restored and is now a museum, center for metal arts, and concert venue. It’s a beautiful site to wander around on a grey, drizzly day.
I’m sure we’ll be back at some point to actually explore more of what the city has to offer, eat more biscuits, and take more photos. (Oh, and the show was amazing.)
Goodbye, October...
October just never lasts long enough for me. It’s the very best month, even when it’s unusually warm like it was here in the Mid-Atlantic. And then, all of a sudden…it’s gone. And there’s Christmas music everywhere.
My darkroom is fully up and running (although I’d like a few more shelves…and maybe some more large trays…and…and…) and a wonderful old friend made me a UV lightbox for wintertime cyanotypes. Which is my way of promising new work soon!
In the meantime, I thought these would help everyone keep an autumnal feeling for just a while longer.
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia 2017
35mm Diana Mini from Lomography
Hirshhorn sculpture garden, Washington DC 2014
110 Diana Baby from Lomography
Rock Creek cemetery, Washington DC 2013
35mm Pentax K100
New Site!
Fall is my season of renewal. Back to school, back to decent temperatures, and back to creative pursuits. I’ve been doing a lot of cyanotypes lately (before we hit this Month of Unending Rain) , and trying to make a dent in my huge backlog of negatives to scan. I’ve also finished turning the laundry room/darkroom into more of a darkroom/laundry room. I hope to begin posting more examples of darkroom prints soon.
Mardi Gras 2018
Although I've been visiting New Orleans since "before the storm," I'd never been to Mardi Gras before. I decided this was the year to do it, since it's also the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Orleans. Thanks to some friends who are Mardi Gras veterans (and now, locals) I was even given a chance to march in one of the oldest parades on Mardi Gras day itself with bagpipers Kilts of Many Colors. Since I was going to be spending my time either trying to catch (and dodge!) beads or marching, I decided to bring only my smallest camera - a 110 from Lomography called the "Baby Diana." Everyone seemed amused at the tiny camera, but the tiny negatives are extremely lo-fi...and a pain to scan!
