Horses Need Motels, too!

Happy Tracks Horse Motel (2009)
Camera: Polaroid Spectra
Film: Polaroid Spectra (expired)
Location: Near Amarillo, Texas, USA

An Elusive Jackalope

Today I went to Fort Worth, and what did I find? A rare creature...the iconic Jackalope! It was an extremely hot day, but that didn't seem to deter this mighty animal (not quite a rabbit and not quite an antelope) from surveying his terrain! I just had to share these images right away...it's not every day you can get a Jackalope to pose for a photo!


The Elusive Jackalope


Turn Left Here

Camera: Polaroid SX-70
Film: Polaroid Artistic TZ

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Laika Loves to Sunbathe!

My whippet, Laika, loves to sunbathe! She loves the heat so much that I have to monitor her when it's hot, to be sure she doesn't get burned! Here she is earlier this weekend, enjoying the 100+F heat of Texas in the summer!


Laika, 3 July 2009
Camera: Diana+ Edelweiss with a Fujifilm Instax Mini Back
Film: Fujifilm Instax Mini

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faded glory

As my stash of beloved Polaroid films dwindles, I've been trying to enjoy shooting interesting places and people, and came across a crazy old mansion a couple of weeks ago that really demanded attention. "El Castile," or the Waggoner Mansion of Decatur, Texas, is apparently still occupied, but you couldn't necessarily tell that by looking.

Behold the last photo I will ever take using the beautiful Type 85 Polaroid film...


The Waggoner Mansion (2009)
Camera: Holgaroid
Film: Polaroid Type 85 (expired)

And here are some other photographs of this rather magical, out-of-time place:


Faded Glory (2009)
Camera: Holga with Polaroid back (Holgaroid)
Film: Polaroid Chocolate 80


El Castile (2009)
Camera: Polaroid 104
Film: Polaroid Blue 100


The Ghosts of Waggoner Mansion (2009)
Camera: Polaroid Spectra System SE
Film: Polaroid Spectra (expired)

Thanks for looking! I have not added these to my Etsy shop, but if you'd like a print, please let me know and we can make it happen!

the colors of autumn

It's finally autumn where I live, and I've been trying to get out as often as possible to shoot some Polaroids, even though it's a crazy time of the semester. Here are some of my recent favorites, illustrating the colors of the season. Most of them were shot at the beautiful Japanese Gardens in Fort Worth, Texas. A couple were shot in my town, near the university where I work. I hope you will enjoy them!

Photos using my Sx-70 with Artistic TZ film:


The Koi Create an Abstract


The Birdhouse Pagoda


Japanese Garden in Autumn

Photo using my friend's Polaroid Reporter camera and expired 669 film:


Autumn Light

Photos using my Grandmother's Polaroid 104 camera and expired UV-ID film:


At the Edges of Autumn


Afternoon Light

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Holgaroid fun with the peerless Type 85 film

I really fell in love with Polaroid's Type 85 film. Of course, they cancelled production after I shot my first pack. I scored three additional packs after that, and I still have one left, sitting, longingly, in the fridge. I hope to be brave enough to shoot it soon. Last July, I went out into the countryside near my home here in North Texas and shot two of my favorite Type 85 photos. These are scans from the positives. I adore the way that the expired emulsion created a bit more mystery in these photographs, as well as the framing created by the Holga's stark vignetting.


we live in an imperfect world (2007)


i met some cows today. (2007)

Bluebonnets!

I'm a native Californian, but I've lived in Texas now for nearly two years, and my husband is from El Paso, which is Texas, albeit a very different kind of Texas than where we live, so I've been a quasi-Texan for even longer. Anyway, the Texans are obsessive about their bluebonnets, and I have to say, after seeing this flower's springtime majesty in Texas for the first time last year, I am now a major fan myself! Last year on April Fool's Day, I drove between Austin and Denton on the peak day for Bluebonnets in Central and North Texas, and it was glorious! I stopped many times to take photos, and these two Polaroids became my some of my favorites. I dsplay them here, borders removed, as a diptych. I haven't seen any bluebonnets yet this year--they are late, apparently--but these may do the trick until the new ones arrive!


Bluebonnets of Springtime (2007)
Camera: Polaroid SX-70
Film: Polaroid Time-Zero
Presented as a diptych
Location: near Abbott, Texas
Borders removed in the scanning process

"The cows got out!"

Earlier this evening, my husband went out to make a quick run to the supermarket, and he called me after only being gone for a few minutes to say, "I'm over here on the corner, and the cows got out!" The cows live just a bit down the road from us, and apparently, there were four of them, including a small calf, in the street! Luckily, they seem to have found their way back into their field, but it reminded me of this photo I took last summer of one of these cows. I think they are a very beautiful bunch of bovine, that's for sure!


A White Faced Cow (2007)
Camera: Holga FN
Film: Fujichrome ms 100/1000 rms 120, expired 11/2000
Location: Denton, Texas, USA