if I die young...

It's been pretty much non-stop Europe and moving planning in our house for the past few weeks. In between we've managed to sleep, watch season two of Call the Midwife (well worth the watch), and take a very few pictures including these of a good friend and great photographer, Monika Ottehenning. So to take a break I decided to do some editing and blogging.

Also, if any of you have been to or are currently in Europe do you have any tips for us for our upcoming trip?

You can see a few more on my facebook page.

Do not shake your polaroid pictures!

These are some polaroids that I took with my sweet new-to-me medium format camera. Lately, I've heard multiple people say that photographers shouldn't get caught up in the hype of what camera/lens/etc they use or others have because the tech isn't the end result. That being said, I love my Mamiya RZ 67 Pro II. I've had to reorder my list of top five things to save in a fire to include it. 

We had a polaroid camera when I was growing up. I remember thinking how cool it was to watch the picture appear from the darkened square. These pictures are from the last two weeks and there was a definite learning curve to using the polaroid back with the Mamiya, but I love it. Polaroids combine the look and feel of film with the instantaneous availability of digital and include their own color and contrast quirks as well. 

1. Expired Polaroid 667 B/W Film, 2. My first polaroid with Sylvia's Polaroid 215, 3. Nick took this one of me on Sunday, 4. One of my first shots with the Mamiya (turned out a little wonky but I think the colors are cool), 5. Double exposure: My silhouette and Nick's face, 6. This one got an accidental dunk in ice cold water before it was ready, 7. Another happy accident of exposing film