GOLD FRAME BABY!

Welp. Just when I was beginning to fall madly in love with PX 600 UV Black Frame film The Impossible Project releases this Gold Frame film in both color and silver shade editions. Good grief it's good stuff and  a perfect gift for the photographer in your family or if you're anything like me, for yourself!

Take a peek at what other people are doing with this golden film in this Flickr group.

The kind folks at The Impossible Project want to share this little treat with you so they've given me a pack to give away! Aren't they sweet?! To enter to win a pack of PX 680 Gold Frame film just leave a comment with your email address (so I can contact you if you win) and I'll randomly choose a winner on Monday, December 5th. If you wanted to be awesome you could leave me a link to your most recent favorite photo but if you're not feeling super ambitious, that's okay too :)

You can see one of the photos I shot with the PX 680 Gold Frame in a new collaborative blog my friend Mel and I are posting to, Ours et Lapin. Go on over and take a peek!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!

XO

P.S.
If you are new to instant films take a peek at these little informative posts I made a little while ago!

MAY 17TH, 2008

I can't believe that our wedding was almost 4 years ago! Our wedding was so much fun. It was small, intimate, and done for under $5000! Because we were on a tight budget and because we were both terrified of being the center of attention we didn't hire a wedding photographer but luckily for us a few of our photo savvy friends took pictures for us and I've never really done anything with them....until now! (Most of the images in this post were taken by the talented Tessa Hutchcroft.)

I want to start posting photos from weddings that I shoot and thought I'd kick it off with photos from my own wedding!

Here's the important stuff. We got married in a small garden and had our reception in an adjoining multi purpose room. We had our friends and family circle around us as we had a lifelong friend of my husband's marry us. The ceremony was short and sweet. My mom walked me down a path to the circle where our friends were waiting for us. As we walked into the garden I saw some friends holding bunnies and once we reached the circle where we were married I saw that one of my best friends was holding a bunny! It was such a sweet surprise!

After we said "I do!" Christopher picked up me and ran down the "aisle" with me. My dress got caught on a plant and gave everyone a little peep show for a minute and it seems like all my friends got pictures in that tiny amount of time! We took some family photos and then went to our dessert reception! We had sweet tea in mason jars, napkins folded into little bunnies and a big ole cupcake for a wedding cake. There was an open dessert bar with all kinds of cupcakes and treats! Christopher's only real wedding request was that we have fish bowls with swedish fish floating in jello because he once dreamt that he had those at his wedding, so of course we had them!

What'd you think we didn't have Polaroids at our wedding? Get outta town, of course we did! We had a few of our friends go around and take pictures of the guests and let them write us notes for our "guest book". Here are a few of my favorites!

I felt so loved when my close friends and family made the trip from around the states to see us get married. Neither one of us wanted a conventional wedding so we had the celebration we wanted. It was simple, cute, and fun. Very us!

Thanks for letting me share our day with you!

XO

HAPPY FRIDAY

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It's crazy shopping day y'all! I'm not going to lie, I love a great deal! I've been a little neglectful putting my 2012 Instant Film Calendar out into the world and considering that it is a day to shop for others for ridiculous prices let me extend to you a little discount! We all know that the bigger shops can offer the most deeply discounted prices and that buying locally and independently made goods might cost a little more - but it's well worth it! Thank you all for your support this past year! It's been so much fun making my goodies and I really appreciate you spending an extra few bucks to support a little guy like me!

Sooo the goodies! Use the code "xoshopindie" for a 35% discount off your entire order in my shop! This would make a great gift for just about anyone who likes to know what day it is, but especially for a fan of instant films and photography in general!

Here are a few posts featuring my calendars:

Camera Luv (hey, thanks Jeremy!)
Ashley Moore
Painted Fish Studio

Happy Black Friday! Be safe!!

XO

WORDS TO SHOOT BY // BY

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The last Words To Shoot by for 2011 was "by". I decided to show "who" all my contributions were by - my SX-70, myself, and the Mamiya Universal! I loved how differently everyone interpreted this word! Take a peek.

I'm bummed this is the last one for the year but am excited for 2012! I am also excited to have started another blog to keep myself shooting - Ours et Lapin! Please follow Mel & I and the tales of our two cities there! What do you do to keep yourself shooting?

XO

OURS ET LAPIN

One of my best friends and I started a little collaborative blog called Ours et Lapin! We will be photographing a theme or word once a week and posting it to our blog. Mel lives in San Fran and I live in Chicago and we wanted to celebrate the similarities and differences of our cities as well as stay motivated to shoot! Won't you please follow us over at Ours et Lapin?

Looking for other fun collaboration photo blogs? Look no further! Here are a few of my favorites!

Words To Shoot By
35mm Doubles 
London Vs Paris
Sixty Four Colors
His & Hers

Happy Monday!

XO

INSTAGRAM FOR TORY BURCH (SAY WHAT?!)

Last night I had the privilege of heading over to The Field Museum (at night!) for Tory Burch's 2nd ever runway show with the very talented Paul Octavious. We were asked to cover the event with our iPhones and post to Instagram! It was such a great job. The collection was 1920's inspired and beautiful. It seemed like such a pleasantly quirky departure from what you might expect from Tory Burch. We both went home with goodie bags filled with macaroons and other fun gifts. You can see some of our Instagram photos on Refinery 29.

Paul and I made our way to the train after the event, admiring the city from The Field Museum and snapping pictures of dinosaurs. All in all- an excellent night!

Connecting with Paul has been so much fun! We realized we live in really close to each other in the same neighborhood even! I'd love to connect with more Chicago creatives! If you live in the city come to a photo meet up Saturday, November 19th being held at The Vintage Camera Shop, which I hear shouldn't be missed! I'm excited to check it out tomorrow. See ya there?!

TORY BURCH, Y'ALL

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I am so excited to be Instagramming live from the Tory Burch runway show at the Field Museum with Paul Octavious tonight!!

If you don't have an Instagram account, do not fret, you can see all the photos here!