 
And this is why I love film. How ordinary light is captured and transformed into a story.
By the way, it is so much easier behind the camera…..
Today, I am inspired by Jördis Anderson’s polaroids from France.
One of the corners of my home that soaks in the light.
The same corner on kodak ektar 100 film.
As usual, I’ve been blown away by the polaroid pool on flickr.
A few of my favorites so far: this one, this one, and I really love this one.
It’s the first day of Polaroid Week 2012 on Flickr. Be sure to check out the group pool.
I’ll share a polaroid a day with you this week – all taken on beloved Polaroid 600 film that I purchased on ebay. I haven’t had much luck with impossible film.
And by all means, if you are participating – please let me know!
There are never enough hours in my day.
There are so many thing I’d like to do, try, and create. And it’s pretty hard to look at all of the inspiration online and think that everyone else has it together – more time, energy, and means to do everything I would like to do.
It’s a challenge to prevent myself from feeling the need to constantly update this blog, my instagram feed, flickr, etc. Like not doing so somehow means that I am not making progress towards my goals.
And then, I read an Rebecca Parker Payne’s “Undocumented Hours” in Kinfolk, Volume 4. And her words spoke to me,
The past few years have levied a strange burden of proof upon our backs, a burden to account for our hours and days, to prove to all who care to watch from the screens of their phones and computers that we are doing something worthy with our lives. In the meantime, we have forgotten how to be content in being present.
How guilty I am of not being fully present. Of feeling that I must jump into a race of constantly producing more material to prove to my productivity. When one is not directly linked to another. It’s about quality, not quantity.
So I’m giving myself permission to do what I can, when I can, with what I have now. And be happy.
I slipped out of our hotel room a little early one morning to spend a little time on the beach alone, and I took the Polaroid Land Camera with me.
The blues this film captures is amazing. And as Dottie’s photos confirm, peel apart film does not like sand (see the 1st photo as evidence).
So calm. So comforting. And as I do on almost every vacation, I often convince myself that we should simply move. Right here on the beach.
We packed up the girls this weekend and headed for the beach.
We needed this more than I realized.
Vacations take on an entirely new meaning once I realized that I am creating memories for my girls.
And of course, I brought one too many cameras. More soon.
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Lovely! These totally say “late August”…
That white sand and blue ocean, absolute heaven. The hubs and I are headed to the beach tomorrow and I couldn’t be more thrilled!
OMG, that white sand looks heavenly. So jealous. Our beaches are freezing cold and this year’s summer was one of the chillest I’ve lived in San Francisco. I miss the warmth of our Mediterranean sea but we don’t have white sand over there
OMG, that white sand looks heavenly. So jealous. Our beaches are freezing cold and this year’s summer was one of the chillest I’ve lived in San Francisco. I miss the warmth of our Mediterranean sea but we don’t have white sand over there
these shots are stunning and make my approaching summer seem like a very lovely thing.
looks like you had a lovely summer, and these images are getting me excited for my summer that is just around the corner. will definitely make more of an effort to get to the beach this summer.(its only a 5-10min drive and there are more than a hand-full of beaches in my area to choose from). have fun with your projects.
I love these. They are beautiful, happy and nostalgic at the same time. I already miss summer…
all of these are so calming & lovely. and that last image – what a stunner! you have such a way with light.
Have i said already i’m really in love with your shots?