LOVING LATELY // JUNE

Shot on The Impossible Project's PX70 Cool Film

I'm pretty much in love with:

- This blog's features on cute couples
- My friend Parker's wedding video, shot on film of course!
- The Impossible Project's PX70 Cool film
- A Restless Transplant, an amazing blog cataloging one heck of an adventure this dude is taking across America
- Downtown Abbey. I know, I know I'm late to the game but I don't watch much TV and I'm just getting into this whole Netflix thing!
- This simple Mid-West shirt
- Allister Ann's beautiful self portraits
- A "Little Free Library"?! Yes please!

Don't you love this VW bus? I was taken by it when I saw it in my neighborhood. It brought back the fondest memories of playing the "punch buggy" game with my family when I was younger. Did you ever play that?!

SUMMERTIME, THE LIVING'S EASY

May has come and gone and we're nearly at the end of June. So much can happen in a month. Isn't that incredible? In a month a life can begin, one can end. A marriage can be forged which is really the launch of an exciting adventure that will hopefully be lifelong. I have been busy capturing that day, a couples wedding day. It's been an amazing month to be photographing for me! My weekends have been filled with love and laughter, good eats, and capturing special moments in the lives of two families.

It's finally Summer in Chicago! The leaves are bright green, flowers have bloomed everywhere! The bus stops are filled with people decked in their brightest neon short shorts and bikinis heading to "the beach". I have been enjoying the pool we have in our new place! My friend Hannah and I have been making whirlpools and then floating in a circle, soaking up the sun (with sun block on of course!)! I love Summer. It's my favorite season. Everyone's getting cold treats, grilling, having backyard parties, and traveling to visit friends! Let's not forget how watermelon flows bountifully this season. Summer makes me feel so alive.

And as such, I have been away from my computer. I've missed posting here and hope to make it a regular habit again!

What are some of your favorite things about Summer?!

APRIL // GONE

I loved shooting this NIGO PX70 film. Every pack has different colored frames! Can't wait to shoot more!

April was awesome!

- Tulips leapt up from the ground around every corner.
- The dull naked trees got all gussied up for the sun!
- Christopher and I geared up for our move into a duplexed house/apartment
- I fell utterly in love with the movie Drive and it's soundtrack.
- The realization that everyone uses Facebook chat instead of iChat dawned upon me, and so began an obsession.
- The Impossible Project put this awesome Nigo colorful frame film out into the world!
- I took my Spectra for a spin and fell in love (totally in love)
- I went to see Converge play with friends and felt 21 again
- Fun Lomo walks around Lincoln Park Zoo
- Poppin sent me a bunch of colorful and fun office supplies to photograph, just for fun!

WORDS TO SHOOT BY // OUT

The latest Word To Shoot By was "out". I shot some photos "out" of windows in our apartment. You guys don't know how excited I am to have so much natural light flooding through our windows! Our old place was on a second story that faced the "U" of the building so we only got direct sunlight for about 30 minutes every day. I'm so happy with all the windows and light we're getting now!

S P E C T R A

Shot on The Impossible Project's Spectra color film, PZ 680

Right before we packed our lives up into paper boxes and moved from one living space into another I had a little giveaway for a pack of PZ 680 color Spectra film from The Impossible Project! Things got busy 'round here and I never had a chance to announce the winner! Without further adieu the winner is:

Nicholas Rapak!

Congrats Nicholas! Watch your inbox for an email from me. 

Do not fret if you didn't win, The Impossible Project has plenty of color and black and white films to feed your Spectra!

PS- This is one of my favorite Spectra films!

WORDS TO SHOOT BY // CHAIR

I'm still playing a little bit of internet catch up! Here's Chair for Words To Shoot By. The first two images are some chairs in our new home. The last image is a group of cute chairs at the DePaul Art Museum where Christopher and I went to see some of Andy Warhol's polaroids a few weeks ago!

I'M BACK!

I'm in love with my Spectra camera. This was shot on The Impossible Project's PZ680 color film.

Annnnd I'm back. I didn't expect moving to be so time consuming! We're getting settled into our new place. I've found a place for most of our stuff in our new home, now what remains are all the little details that make a space your own, like hanging up pictures! I can't wait to do that. The previous apartment Christopher and I lived in was so small we were afraid to put too much on the wall in fear of feeling really crowded. I can't wait to put those finishing touches on our home.

We're both really loving all the space we have now, the beautiful light that floods our rooms, and the bunnies have been exploring and doing all sorts of cute binkies!

I can't wait to take photos of our new home to share once it's set up. I'm also really excited at the prospect of having some grill out days with friends during the Summer in our backyard around our pool!

I just wanted to say Hellllooooo!! Is it silly to miss the internets, because I totally did! Glad to be getting into some kind of routine.

XO
azuree