Late night mini portrait session.

"How do you think you look right now?" he asked me as I was washing the dishes.

"Normal?" I guessed as I wondered whether or not this was a trick question.

It was 10pm at night, I had just made myself a quick cup of coffee in hopes to stay up a little bit later since there have been quite a few early mornings lately.

He wanted to make sure I liked the way I looked, because he wanted to photograph me. It was another interesting process. I'm usually pretty hesitant about being photographed on instant film by him because I always feel like a boring subject.

Tonight's mini study was for him to find a way to connect with his subject, introduce a bit of motion into the image, and vary the composition in the frame. Also, to get away from his seemingly favorite habit of side-lighting me to the point where half my face is in shadow, which I quickly found to be unflattering for me.

Perhaps the most important part of the portrait taking process... connection with the subject - how you're going to photograph someone who believes being captured on instant film is a waste.

Images by Tyler.

My Nook

Just a little something to make it feel like home - I ordered a larger mattress from Tuft and Needle and completely removed the original bed frame, getting a mattress foundation instead. Then a switcheroo of desks, a few shelves installed, and some meticulous planning turned into my own little section of wall that makes me feel like this is my space.

This will do for now.

Polaroid 195 | Mallory

Decided to take the 195 out on one of Tyler and Mallory's quick shoot together for her fashion blog - readytwowear.com

This used to be one of our favorite locations for a quick portrait and a great view, but unfortunately the cops have started patrolling the area because it's technically trespassing, though there's quite an obvious trail.

I Got a Polaroid 195!

Jumped the gun there a little bit with my last blog post showing the positive and negative FP100C frames, but I recently got a Polaroid 195! I waited on posting photos from it since when I first got it, the camera body was somehow messed up and didn't focus accurately. I sent it over to landcameras.com and Cory fixed it up for me :)

Just a few photos from it... I will definitely be getting a close up kit for it eventually.

Polaroid 195 | FP100C Positive and Negative

Just a few examples of bleached FP-100C negatives and their corresponding print.
Positive print on left/top, negative on right/bottom.

Sometimes I like the positive print much better than the bleached negative.

Awesome tutorial on bleaching negatives here.

#DDIYHOUSE - MAMIYA RB67 + FP100C

The white walls that Daniel put up make the entire property really, really bright. Perfect for FP-100C ;)

Also, shooting pack film with the Mamiya RB67 is so, so satisfying. *ker-CHUNK* goes the shutter.