A series of outtakes + 'Roid Week Day 5

I set out that day with the intention of shooting the entire pack (all 8 exposures) of this particular place, but something got me to change my mind. I'm not really sure what it was. I didn't look at anything that came out until we were stopped at a red light, in the car on the way home. I still want to share these with you anyway, so here they are. (Shot with my SX-70 Alpha 1 Model 2, self-timer #132, super-duty tripod, and PX680FF Impossible Project film.)

My Day 5 Submission #1

My Day 5 Submission #2

Solo adventures + 'Roid Week Day 4

There are few things in life I enjoy more than a Polaroid adventure. If you are familiar with the experience, than you know about the magical teleportation that happens the split second before you press the shutter. The world looks different when you're on a mission with any type of Polaroid camera.

If you can't seem to find that special Polaroid-worthy scene (it happens), whether it be person, place, or thing, than your heart and soul will urge you to create one for yourself. Maybe the sparks unroll into a sweetly intimate still life, a coerced portrait session of the kids, or even a selfie or two or three; anything is possible. Beloved small world, evaporating into existence rather than out, held close within graceful white borders. The split second the picture is conceived it is art-art to share, to give, or keep under your pillow.

This has been a most amazing Polaroid week for me, being featured on the Flickr blog on Day 1, and today the Impossible blog, too. You know, I'm just a girl (lady) from this dusty border town, known as Old El Paso, (locally Hellpaso).  I am so honored and grateful to represent this beautiful medium, and the rebirth of integral film in any way I can.  We didn't let it die, you guys! Thanks so much for sharing my adventures with me.

So, here we are, towards the end of the week.  Be sure to check out the pool!  So many shooters save their best for last. 

Polaroid SX-70, PX680FF Impossible film

Polaroid SX-70, PX680FF Impossible film

My reflection, my mirror + 'Roid Week Day 3

Aries mother, aries child. Can you believe it? I can't even begin to explain the intensity of the dynamic between me and my little girl. We have learned to give each other space when we need it. I've learned to make our home into a quiet place when things get a little too high key. I try to remember that Bee is a direct reflection of me. She is my mirror.

Of course, she has her own unique personality. I was a very different type of kid. Where I was excruciatingly shy, she is confident and outgoing. What strikes me as curious when I look at these two pictures together is a different perception of what I believe to be true. I appear to be the confident one, and Bee appears to be shy.

Polaroid SX-70, PX70 Colorshade Push! Impossible film

Polaroid SX-70, PX70 Colorshade Push! Impossible film

She tied the knot, +'Roid Week Day 2

Arsenicum album, snap, purr, repeat.

Echoes laced by “mama”-she tied the knot.

Opalesce droplets reflect their armor;

rivulets abandon their halite trace in angel hairs.

The dull throb of inertia, violet-red, orange-yellow, languid into blue.

Cloudless, still, grey-green, wading in the shallow.

Polaroid SX-70, PX70 Colorshade Push! Impossible film

Polaroid SX-70, PX680FF Impossible film

Let the games begin, +Roid Week day 1

I can take everything apart with just one word, one look, one lift of my finger.
My skin cools quickly, my physiology keeps me here.
The carousel goes up, down, pumping the joy of life into my blood.
The hinges are kept.
Amphitrite and her needles, her strings, her sticky hooks.
Fusible golden webs, intricate, soft, tiny cloaks across my eyelids, eyelashes, through my cheek.
It's a game she plays in Hypnagogia.
It's a game I've known since '77.

Polaroid SX-70, PX680FF Impossible film.

Polaroid SX-70, PX680FF Impossible film.