Hello Spring

I'm looking forward to some well earned time off work soon with lots of snapping planned these spring holidays. There has been so much golden morning and afternoon light but I always seem to be on my way somewhere or sans camera. Here's a shot I took last year on a warm rainy afternoon with my SLR 680 and 600 film.

Exhibition Opening Night

September 6th was such a big day that it almost couldn't contain everything that happened. A dear friend of mine became a grandmother for the first time (welcome to the world Sophie Grace!) it was mine & my beautiful Marcelo's 12th wedding anniversary, my father-in-law had a major operation (get well soon Max) and it was opening night of my first Polaroid (joint) exhibition at Terrarium Gallery.

I was overwhelmed by all of the love and support from my friends and family who visited the gallery on the night, and the messages I received from friends who couldn't be there. Thank you everyone! I also wanted to thank Mia & Adam from Terrarium who made everything look so wonderful and seamless. 

Photos by Carolina

Upcoming Exhibition

I'm going to be part of an upcoming analogue exhibition at a wonderful local gallery called Terrarium. I'll have eleven of my Polaroids on display - both integral and peel apart and nearly all of the shots were taken in or around my home town of Wollongong. If you live in the area and want to come and have a look, there are lots of other great creative spaces around Terrarium as well that are worth seeing. The exhibition opening night is Thursday 6th of September from 6pm - 8pm and it runs until the 22nd of September.

I'm also involved in another (secret) project at the moment which is very exciting and I can't wait for it to see the light of day...more news on that later.

Trip to Bendigo

I was lucky enough to have a little getaway for a few days with my husband (a road trip of sorts) to Bendigo in Victoria to see the Grace Kelly Style Icon exhibition. Actually that was in June in the depths of winter. The exhibition was magical - I love Grace Kelly and it was great to see some of the clothes and accessories she wore during her life, including the iconic "Kelly" bag and dresses she wore in her movies. She had a great attitude to fashion, was quite minimalist with her wardrobe and still managed to look stylish everywhere she went.

I also took some Polaroids, in fact I challenged myself by only taking one box of 600 film with me. So I had a small margin of error for crap photos....It really made me stop and think about what I was doing, which was quite an experience..

My handsome boy

My sweet Napoleon has been very cuddly this winter and there is something about this weather that makes you want to curl up on the lounge with your cat (and camera) and watch the world go by. This was taken with some of my last lots of 600 film from 2009. 

The Impossible

I distinctly remember my reaction the day I heard Polaroid film was ending production - grief. I didn't know what to do for a few days and was online reading as much as possible to confirm that it wasn't some kind of cruel hoax floating around. About a week later, I turned to peel apart film and was smitten with all of it's variety, gorgeous colour shifts and found a new way to foster my addiction (and was also on a steep learning curve as well!). I bought one pack of the new Impossible film when it came out - a box of PX100 FF and it was experimental at best...I just stopped using integral for awhile. I recently purchased a pack of PX680 Color Shade and was really pleased with the results. Now I'm looking forward to trying some more PX films in both colour and black and white. I'm incredibly thankful that all of the Impossible team have been so dedicated and passionate about developing this amazing film that so many of us thought was lost...

Colorpack 3

Haven't posted for awhile but I do have some new Impossible shots to put up soon. I recently took out my dinky Polaroid Colorpack 3 camera to see if it was still ok. It does still work after making sure the batteries were new and twiddling with the (broken) dials a bit. This cheap ebay find is pretty much all plastic and has a scratched up foggy lens but I've managed to get some reasonable shots out of it. Here is one I took at the lake a few weeks back.