30 Days of Creativity - Day 28: Beach Time

Today we're feeling a little melancholic. We just spent an amazing weekend on the northwestern coast of Michigan camping at Orchard Lake State Park with some of our nearest and dearest Michigander pals. The park was much nicer than we had expected; and although the sites were very close together and weren't especially private, it worked out just fine.

The weather cooperated. We got to yell at kids that weren't ours to get out of our campsite. We ate what I swear to be the world's largest marshmallows. We spent an entire day on the sandy beach. And, we had fun. All in all, it was a wonderful trip. I've got to say though, it sure was hard to make the trek back on Sunday. I needed at least one more day of complete relaxation. (An easy task when no cell phone carrier has service.)

This photo was shot during our day at the beach with our fisheye lens. Just looking at it makes me want another day at beach with good company.

Union Station Crossprocessed

We've got quite a bit of film developed in the last week (some of which was sitting on our fridge for too long). We actually got some really cool stuff we'll be posting as soon as we scan the negatives. The following ones are from a roll of pictures taken about 1 year ago.



I took these pictures during one of my many visits to Chicago , when I was still living in Ann Arbor and Megabus was my preferred (and most affordable) way of getting to interviews and networking events in the Windy City. I remember it was a really hot day and when I got out of my interview I was literally melting inside of my suit.



Also I remember the lady in the black coat with the scarf around her head. I felt bad for her, but it is unfortunate I didn't got a closer shot because I think it could have been a very interesting picture. She looked like she was about to explode; she had way too much make up on and she was also sweating bullets, so all the make up was melting down in her face. Also, her extremities and especially her ankles were very swollen and her neck was nonexistent.



These pictures are taken with one of our favorites cameras, the Holga, and expired Kodak E100 slide film crossprocessed in C-41 chemicals. Kodak E100 is my favorite slide film and I really like crossproccessing it, as I find that the pictures come out very saturated and contrasted, and with a really strong vignetting. The fisheyes are also taken with the Holga plus a cheap fisheye adapter.