Double the Fun!

Yesterday I spent the day with these two lovely ladies, Carol & Vivienne, as well as another gal, Diana, downtown at Opus. Vivienne was teaching a free class on double exposures and brought a great assortment of vintage and toy cameras for us to play with.

I liked the vintage Polaroid best. There's a way to trick it into creating double exposure, fairly easily and I had fun testing it out. The photo above was my favourite photo of the bunch.

More experimenting...

Vivienne had thoughtfully put together a printed PDF for us to take home, so we'll have all the info for future reference.

This is an image I shot, using my own camera which is a DSLR. Viv explained how to set it to allow more light in and I shot several photos of her vintage cameras to see how best to capture them. I printed this out at home, using my beloved Pogo Printer, which is also made by Polaroid. The Pogo prints images business card size, with a sticky peel off backing, so you can print something and then slap it down in your journal. I LOVE how this image of the cameras came out all ghosty.

After we left, Carol and I did a super quick shoot of the neighbourhood. I just had to shoot this neon sign. I love old neon.

There's a new benchmark in my world for what a real friend is. A real friend is someone who when you say "Hey, want to go shoot photos in a filthy alley?" They say "YES!" with no hesitation. Carol is just such a friend and I love her for it! I took a ton of graffiti photos, which I look forward to working on this week. I adore graffiti. Funnily enough, when we were leaving Opus, a young guy was at the till buying $239 (on sale!) worth of premium spray paint. I was dying to know where he was going to use it, but I didn't ask.

Another cool thing about the Pogo, is that you can create double exposure really easily, simply by reinserting the print and reprinting on it. I layered an image of trees over the "Why" image, so you can see how effectively the Pogo reprints double exposures.

I also learned how to capture "faux" double exposures, by shooting windows and their reflections. This flower was painted on the window at Opus. The trees were the reflection.

A Pogo triple exposure. I was just playing around and wanted to see if it would develop three times in a row. It did! Not everything can or will turn out fabulous.  It's okay to experiment. Experimenting=learning!

Carol's posted her double exposures on her blog, if you'd like to take a peek.

THANK YOU Vivienne for a great class! Those two hours just flew by and I learned alot. Now I just have to find myself an old Polaroid to play with. I've already put some feelers out to a couple family members I think might have one collecting dust. *fingers crossed*

Remains of the Day: Olympic & Paralympic Edition

From the very first day of my involvement with the Games, I began collecting ephemera, with the idea that I would create a journal with all the bits and pieces. Every day my teammates would see me picking up all kinds of stuff and shoving it in my backpack. On the night of the Opening Ceremonies, I even went so far as to scoop up a soaking wet ticket I found in the street. I don't know who was crazy enough to toss it away, but it dried out just fine and it's sewn into my book now!

I haven't had a chance to complete all the journalling I want to do, but I decided to share it with you anyway. I took it to my team's reunion dinner last month and it was the envy of everyone there. Having seen what I did with all the "junk" I collected, they don't think I am so off the wall now!

{RED} Letter Day

Late yesterday afternoon a little brown truck (UPS) pulled up in front of my house. There was a box for me from my pal Deb. Inside the box was this:

*SQUEE* A {RED} Poloroid Pogo Printer!! I am telling you, there was a whole lot of happy in that box! I have been dying to have one of these, but as per usual, they are not available in Canada yet. *sigh* We're always last to the party. It was the same thing when I wanted to get a Flip-I had to make a special trip across the line to get one, which I did because, well... you know...I am my Gramps' girl when it comes to tools and techno stuff.
*geeks*

There was also this great carry case in the box, along with 80 sheets of paper, so I can print to my heart's content. I am *so* excited about using this little beauty to enhance my ROD journals with cool little photos.
I printed a couple pics just to see how it worked-one of my new tattoo and one of my beloved Indy. Both are now stuck down in my journal. Easy-peasy!

For those of you not in the know, the photos print out business card size, with a sticky adhesive backing, so you just print, peel and slap it down! Poloroid has cleverly built the ink right into the paper-think of it as the modern version of the 70's Poloroid technology.

The Pogo measures 4 1/2 inches long x 2 1/2 inches wide x 3/4 inches thick and weighs a mere 0.4 lbs. It's perfect for the journaller on the go! I can't wait to pop it in my bag with my camera and my ROD journal and head out for some art time at the local coffee shop. Just thinking about it makes me smile.

THANK YOU DEB!! I *LOVE* IT!!