SHADOW BABES

a cupcake and an sx-70

the ballad

rain clouds in july
a warm thunder lullaby
the bathwater shakes

i am feeling sick and i miss my friend karin.

these are old. not very old, but you've seen photos from this little group before. so why do i post these again? i was thinking that it is easy to think a certain photo is the best one when really it isnt. sometimes you need a few days or weeks to figure out which ones are good. i never have enough patience to thoroughly examine anything, and i dont take enough time to take a step back and think about which photos came out the way i was feeling. i sometimes get caught up in wanting things to look "cool". whatever that means. these two photos were not even in my top ten when i first saw the photos from that night, but now, looking at them again, i see that they do a fine job of expressing how i felt when i took those self portraits, and what i wanted to convey in them: boredom, apathy, laziness and want.
i am still not happy with these photos, but i am happy wish the way they are making me think. so i thought i would share.
miles and i are working on a project now, you will see more of that in a later day.

two.

Just two polaroids from portland. Drew playing guitar and me being a big head.

winter woes.

i hung up paper hearts and paper faces. some paper birds and one paper bear. i made freckles on my face and put a hat on alex. miles' photo looks really soft for some reason, its kind of blurred. i want to touch it.




this is me with out any neck. just a floating head, like in baron munchausen. i am a planet!




this is alex looking really warm.

i am not a fan of any of these photos, really. it was just a fun excersise to play with light and shadows in my kitchen. i havent felt exceptionally artistic or creative lately. i dont know what it is, ive been spending all my time reading books instead of being in the real world.
my friend tara and i are going to have a photo shoot in february. i have alot of good ideas and i think she will be an excellent model. she is kind of a cutie-bad ass.
i dont know why i take photos, i guess it is just fun for me.

winter hat/self portrait

when im vegan, i wonder if i will still wear this hat.

its winter.

its really, really cold. and it gets dark too early to take photos of anything! i went on a blustery walk today and drank hot coffee along the way. i stopped and took a silly photo of myself in front of a pretty colored garage. you cant see the pretty color because i dont ever remember to take the flash off my polaroid before i use it.
in other news, i hope to start working on a photo project that ive been meaning to do. i learned how to scan negatives so i think i will be working with film for this next project. film, or miles' fancy camera. (if he lets me!)
here is a silly polaroid.
more photos later, maybe. im going to make a bomb lunch. if theres enough light i will have photos.

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miriam and i walked around and drank up the december sun.

p.s. i make really beautiful faces.
p.p.s. i think miriam is the best!

wild.

My Halloween was wild.
I hung out with my best friends.
I climbed fire escapes.
I drank way too much.
I met strangers, and another Waldo!
I serenaded Jenny.
I smoked with a sailor in a bathtub.
My friends brawled some dude.
I sat in soggy Delores Park at 2 am and looked at the stars.
I took too many photos!