125i Silk in SF

so i've made it back from the west coast successfully without contracting swine flu or being sex trafficked (don't ask - they've both become irrational fears of mine). while i spent the latter half bed-ridden and under hotel arrest, i still had a lovely time visiting my san fran pals with my housemates.

also, due to my permanent bad luck, it started raining the day after i got there. it hadn't rained in san francisco for two months.

i was at least able to take advantage of the dreary weather and managed to snag a few photos with my land camera - both in color and chocolate film. so far, i've only scanned the four color photos i took (destroyed the rest of the film :( it seems to be more fragile than the 100 chocolate).

an old theater in richmond, natalie's neighborhood

tennis courts in golden gate park (my personal favorite)

fire escapes on a clear day in the haight (1st photo)

fisherman's wharf (which would've been a completely miserable day had
we not spent the afternoon at the aquarium)

love,

me

julie doiron & fred squire

i hate to be a braggart (well, no, actually i love it), but...

julie doiron and fred squire just crashed at my house last night.

(if you don't know who they are, google them or see the mount eerie album, "lost wisdom")



also, since i like to advertise albums when they are wonderful:

julie doiron's new album - i can wonder what you did with your day

my personal favorites are "the life of dreams", "consolation prize", and "borrowed minivan". (and fyi, it sounds especially nice on wax.)

cheers!

a few forgotten...

a few forgotten photos from this past week (taken with the colorpack iv and 100 chocolate film).

one more from the ellanor lawrence park

sherry's in adam's morgan

in other news, i blew $200 on various 100 film (664, 100 blue, 100 choc, etc.) from polapremium today :( there goes my lunch money!

a documentation of my chive plant: day 8

day 8:
a noticeable difference :)

a documentation of my chive plant: day 6

a documentation of the growth of my chive plant, purchased from ikea (for like, $3).

day 6:



note the fragile tendrils just sticking above the soil. sorry, i forgot to take photos of days 1-5.

Polaroid Colorpack IV Land Camera

first post - let's just jump right in, shall we?

meet my new best friend, the polaroid colorpack iv land camera.


i picked her up last week via some nice ebayer who sold it to me for $8. this particular model, the colorpack iv (out of five different variations of the colorpack), was released circa 1969-71. i'm a little bit in love.

i also ordered some 100 chocolate film, now incredibly hard to find (especially in the US). in fact, i could only find it on polapremium, a german vendor of all things instant film. beware, consumer: as amazing as polapremium is, it seriously costs MORE than a pack of film ($16) to ship to the US ($25 for s&h). in other words, if you plan on buying film, buy multiple packs at once to offset the ridiculous shipping prices.

friday found me shooting post-work hours at the ellanor c. lawrence park out in chantilly. behold, the sweet matrimony of the colorpack iv and 100 choc film:

first photo - note the mess i made mid-developing (taken in my parents' neighborhood)

at ellanor c. lawrence park

this is when i fell knee-deep into mud and was cut by thorns

shortly after, i destroyed the rest of the film in the pack and got caustic photo "jelly" (i quote the box) all over my hands. and yes, it stung. it stung horribly.

an excursion to dc for easter sunday

a finger in the sky and a lily pad kite

dana & jeff


the aftermath. (this is after i cleaned off my shoes. and yes, i did all of this in a pencil skirt and work flats.)

oh, and before i part, i leave you photo nerds with the land list. it's hard as hell to decipher the photo jargon, but interesting to look at nonetheless.

cheers!