Slipping time

Well, interesting week. It started off with a meeting at Urban Spirit Coffee House to discuss the Columbus International Film+ Video Festival. I'm one of the judges this year for the 'The Arts' category. I'll say more about this when the actual festival happens later this year (August). But yeah! Should be fun!

I got to test out the film as you can see on the left (that's my nephew, who is in fact, awesome). Definitely glitchy, but fun to work with. I kept having a problem with spots appearing on the film which I removed with photoshop. I can see some applications for this, next time I go to one of my events I'll bring some along.

... and the rest is just details.



So anyway, here's a fun bit I stumbled upon.
Check out LaLa Ladyfag & her impeccable fashion sense!

LADYFAG in ANASTASIA & SNEGUROCHKA from Stylelikeu on Vimeo.

Polaroid test

So here's more of a footnote.
A friend of mine was getting rid of a bunch of stuff that his parents had lying around, and one of them was a (you guessed it) Polaroid camera, specifically a Polaroid One Step Express Instant 600 Camera in hunter green. So I snagged it. Odds would have it that I heard on NPR a few months ago a bit about the Impossible Project, and it sounded interesting.

The film is now available, and so I bought some. The image on the left is me testing it out. Yeah I know it's not that great... I know now not to get so close. By the way it's a small statue I made in college hanging on the wall that was brazed, mostly composed of iron nails. I like the colors, it's black and white film, the copper tint means the film has been a little warmer than it should be, and it's been hot lately so... that's ok. I think I can do interesting stuff with it. I like photography as a hobby, it's not something I indulge in enough of.

Tonight is a friend's birthday party. I'll bring the camera, and we shall see what happens! Should be interesting.

below is Devendra Banhart, Carmensita. Funnest thing I've seen all morning.