Polaroid | Land

We drove out to Arizona on Saturday and stayed till Tuesday morning. I caught the plague from my mom’s surprise visit and was sick the whole trip. I almost contemplated staying back a day and resting, but forced myself to go anyway, which was the right choice. One of the best vacations I’ve ever had! We visited a meteor crater, seen volcanic fields out in the middle of nowhere, stopped at the Grand Canyon, and watched the solar eclipse in Sedona! I love driving out to the desert, there’s just something so peaceful and mysterious about it. I love the abandoned buildings and cars, and that borderline creepy feeling you get while walking around to photograph an object in some strange town. Wind tying your hair in knots around your face, while a thin, blond haired woman is staring at you from across the way, smoking a cigarette in a Janis Joplin t-shirt cut off at the sleeves. I’ve been trying to focus more on what I want a photograph to look like lately, rather than letting my mind wander off into paranoid-land.

I dropped off a few rolls tonight, so hopefully I’ll have more photos to show you soon.

You can see more of the instagram photos here.

Happy Friday!

Hope these photos cheered you up if you were having a long week.

Film // Rolleiflex

On Friday, we drove down to the pier and watched the sunset together. Ron finally got off of work a little early, so we decided to just leave and get some air. I also had a chance to test out my new light meter! I bought my Rolleiflex at the end of 2008, after winning some money (first and last time I’ve ever won!) in Vegas during a trade show. Ever since then, I’ve been telling myself I need to get a meter and finally did it! Pretty pleased with the results, I can’t wait to use it more.

Lately:

-Spending time on a ranch, meeting horses and enjoying a sunny, warm day.
-Taking Beta for a long walk on Sunday.
-Watching the sunset from the pier.
-Watching the waves crash and stir up sand and ocean weeds.
-Little breaks, in between work.

-Spring
-New curtains
-Ranunculus
-Dreaming of road trips
-Learning new light meter
-Teaching Alexis the Rolleiflex on a shoot
-Sunday afternoon walks w/ Ron and Beta and drives around the neighborhood
-Taking Beta to the vet to get spayed

Sometimes we’ll just drive and drive and pull into random parks or beaches to explore a little. Once in a while i’ll research places, but not knowing where we’re going or what to expect, just makes the little discoveries, all the better.

We were driving along the coast one day and pulled into a little side street where we found an empty lot and a few hiking trails. I forgot my shoes and only had my favorite flats again but hiked in them anyway (it wasn’t a long hike). We stood on the edge of a cliff and watched the flat ocean, sparkle. The trails were empty and it was nice climbing down through dappled light, watching the rabbits move in and out of the bushes.

I finally got around to making a new mix.
You can listen to it here: Whatever’s Left

Grapefruit picking, collecting fallen Camellia flowers, and omelets in Pasadena. A fun weekend it was.

Have a good weekend!

A few photos from the past few weeks. I have a lot more to share since i’ve been gone for so long.

Happy Friday!

I’m heading to the desert for the weekend. Bye Bye ocean! Hello sand, palms, sugary drinks and sunshine.

Have a great weekend. Hopefully i’ll have some photos to share when I get back.

Lately: Photo 1- One of my favorite spots to sit, relax and watch plane watch. 2- Ron at the park today. The weather was perfect and reminded me of Summer. 3- A rainy morning on the window sill 4- The ocean at sunset, a few weeks ago.

Life has been busy again and I haven’t taken many personal photos over the past month. I do have a few projects coming up, so I’m definitely excited for that.

Listening to this song a lot: No no, I can’t help you.