Five lovely moments from the last two days…
1) Lunch dates two days in a row
2) Walking outside in the sunshine
3) Droping off a freshly shot roll of holga film at the lab
4) Browsing through a clothing store but not needing to buy anything
5) Setting time aside to create the above collage in photoshop
After working intensely for the last week and a half to organize a conference, today I’ve been granted a paid day off as a show of appreciation by my supervisor. It was a stressful job, and a lot of work in a short amount of time, so I’m very glad to have the break.
A friend sent me a link to Angry Alien Productions, a website featuring animated bunnies re-enacting famous movies in thirty seconds, more or less. (Just in case you need an internet break at work today…)
“The moment you come to trust chaos, you see God clearly. Chaos is divine order, versus human order. Change is divine order, versus human order. When the chaos becomes safety to you, then you know you’re seeing God clearly.”
—Caroline Myss, *Spiritual Madness: The Necessity of Meeting God in Darkness*
Christopher and I made a second attempt at double-exposing film with our holgas. It was Chris’ idea to take a different approach than our first attempt, which involved shooting each frame in the same moment. This time he shot the film first in his holga, rerolled it back to the beginning, then gave it to me to shoot in my own camera. I didn’t know what sort of imagery was already on the film when I took my pictures, but I was instructed to take portraits.
I like the mix of plant imagery overlapping the portraits and the way they create variations in lighting and colour that slightly obscure the subjects features. It reminds me of what I do mixing textures with human figures in my photoshop work. I’m happy with the results of this second attempt, and it’s interesting to compare these to our first roll of film based upon the different approach we took. Hopefully we can explore this idea further in future.
He may look like he was contemplating the meaning of life, but really he was staring out the car window at coal processing machinery of the Westshore terminals.
I’ve been spending a lot of time outside this weekend as the good autumn weather continues to hold. After talking to a few friends about the inevitable arrival of the rain, I don’t think any of us are quite ready yet to accept the change of season.
A good friend, the lovely and talented Nicole Dextras, has five photographs from her ice series in the group show, at YoYo Gallery in North Vancouver. The exhibition, titled Translucence, opens tonight from 6pm to 9 pm.
Gallery YoYo
312 East Esplanade in North Vancouver
(about 2 blocks east of the sea bus terminal/ lonsdale market)
I’ll write a bit more on the show after I see it tonight. In the meantime, check out her site.
A quote sent to me from my friend Miranda, “The best gift we can give someone else is our own happiness. It frees everyone up to be who they are.” So true…
Photo taken with a Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim.
Taken in the children’s area of the Tofino Botanical Gardens.
In July I was in Seattle for the landing on Alki Beach of the Seaforth Pirates. Everything there was pirate-themed, including the children’s inflated amusements.