life
Thanks to EAST and the impending holidays, work life has spilled into my real life leaving me with very little time, (and let's be honest, motivation) to do much personal work. Usually, I sort out my scans as soon as I get them into groups, or potential projects, but sometimes I get a stray frame here and there. I've got quite a few loose frames bouncing around that haven't really found a home yet, so here they are along with some thoughts on my November so far.
(Re) Reading: Hold Still - Sally Mann & A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers. Both are especially good for gloomy fall days, and nothing new has really struck my fancy lately.
Listening: Dealer - Foxing. Seriously, on repeat. They're so good, and I want to take photographs for their next album.
Enjoying: My job that allows me to see so much cool art daily, having super organized proof prints in a cute new box and cool, rainy days making the cat much snugglier than usual.
Baking: Nine thousand molasses cookies. Plus dark chocolate pomegranate aka my favorite ever cookies. Basically, more cookies than anyone needs in their life ever.
Making: SO MANY Christmas presents. When I'm frustrated and tired of handmade gifts, someone remind me that I had adorable intentions.
Wearing: All of the flannel and scarves and boots. Mostly flannel.
Watching: Parks & Rec for the third or so time. Hutch has never seen it, so it's amusing to hear his reaction to April and Andy's shenanigans, which hit a little close to home on occasion.
Celebrating: The births of some stellar babes, and best friends a girl could ask for. Hooray for all the fall birthdays that are way better than the usual holidays.
Planning: To get back to alternative processes after the holiday craziness is over. I miss truly making prints in a major way.
It's no secret that I'm very into early photographic processes (platinum palladium case in point, here), so it's also no secret that I think Adrian of Lumiere Tintype is one of the coolest photographers out there. When Matt (who is also a STELLAR tintypist) and I started toying with the process, Adrian was nice enough to let us pick his brain about the nuances of the medium.
About this time last year, after a concert we had planned to go to was cancelled, Hutch and I decided to stop by Lumiere and have our portrait made.
I'm a sucker for traditions, so we obviously went again.
After how killer this one is, I can't wait until next year.
October was rad. I joined in on a Witchy Weekend (more on that later!), found the most perfect red lipstick, ate all the pomegranate things, and made lots of exciting plans with great friends. I've also got so much film to go through, and I couldn't be happier about it.
Before I admit to my lackluster drawing skills, I'd like to say thanks to all the recipients of these postcards for not making fun of me...yet.
Remembering I'm not so great at something helps remind me that I'm pretty okay at other things. For example, the photos of these postcards in process are way prettier than the resulting artwork. However, I still had fun using a different part of my brain, and am not too terribly discouraged from improving my watercolor skills in the future.
For the last couple of years, I've spent the weeks leading up to Halloween wandering around, enjoying the cooler fall weather and photographing all the spooky decorated houses.
There's something especially fun about seeing the houses under bright blue skies in broad daylight.
I didn't manage to keep up with posting pictures this month, but I did manage to get all of my old posts consolidated and moved over to be part of my website. Small victories!
The past month was filled with all kinds of wilderness, a workspace revamp, and some exciting new vinyl to top it all off.
I also got some killer fair food, went to the sweetest wedding, finished one of my new favorite books and had plenty of work silliness.
