Hibbidy Jibbidy BOO!!  This building is one of those buildings that you feel within your inner being is haunted to the core.  I still like it though!

Dekum Building Portland, OR

Note to self don't feed the beastie after midnight.

Most of the gremlins have left my holga and only one remains, & that one can stay.

The weather today was overcast and uncertain as it is much of the time here.  None the less I was able to shoot a good roll of film.  Here are a couple of street photos from portland.

The first sunny day in several weeks finally besieged Portland today. 

I grabbed my camera and got to work shooting a roll of film in with my friend Holga. 

Although unrefined, Holga isn't some crazed grubby Nordic floozy from the viking times that some would expect, but after today I think it does have a gremlin inside its busty innards.

From unintentional double exposures, mystery shots, & lens cap mishaps the first 3/4's of the roll was almost a complete waste of time as I found out when I retrieved the film from the corner store.

Judging from the time line the film presented it wasn't until I visited the local junk shop that things smoothed over.

As it seems what was written on the sign in the  junk shop window now makes complete sense upon viewing it in a photograph - In-House Repair - - - - - of Karma.  

Thanks sagely junkman!

Before:

After:

These were shot with again the 135bc with Kodak BW400CN C-41 process.  Enjoy or don't!

Anyway some B&W pleasure.

So I started a little project not so long ago.  It revolves around the use of analog photography celebrating the quirky odd, vintage, instant print, old, dusty, underwater, or handmade uglies out there.  The rules are such: I can use any non professional plastic camera that encompass the aforementioned description, & donated expired film in a variety of sizes.

So far I am stocked up for  a little while on the 35mm, due to a large contribution from Nicole Medina.  :) 

She gave me a wonderful selection with varying speeds and brands!  thanks Nicole! 

I'm still searching for 120mm & polaroid 669 & 600 film, but I'm sure someone out there will hear my plea on craigslist the best site ever. 

Here are a few photos that turned out from the very first roll!  Enjoy

Well I had a super terrific time taking a little urban field trip to the toxic waste site.   Here are a few pic's from my urban adventure.  tally ho!

Some more recently scanned Polaroids! I mod'd one of my polaroid 600 closeups to accept a fisheye lens and a vignetting mask.  I am so proud of my diy!!  It also accepts a telephoto to boot!

From The BBC:

A man in New Zealand has been charged with using a hedgehog as a weapon, the New Zealand Herald has reported.

Police said William Singalargh, 27, had hurled the hedgehog about 5m (16ft) at a 15-year-old boy.

"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," said Senior Sgt Bruce Jenkins, in the North Island town of Whakatane.

It was unclear whether the hedgehog was still alive when it was thrown, though it was dead when collected as evidence.

The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested "for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog."

Mr Singalargh is due to appear in court on 17 April. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

WTF?  He should have been thrown in the clink for animal abuse???  All aside this made me laugh this morning, I might consider using this as a defense strategy in the future.   As for the 15 year old - wahhhh!  what a baby.

Don't be silly I'm talking about polaroids -  I finally got a few moments to start scanning some polaroids that I had taken quite some time ago. 

These shots were taken with a polaroid one step - polaroid 600 film.