Day of Excitement

I subscribe to Freestyle Photographic Supplies magazine and also order from them. For some reason, yesterday I received the magazine and was totally rejuvenated artistically!! I don't think anything changed in their format, but for some reason all the various photographic processes intrigued me. I'm stoked! So much that I can hardly wait to order from them. Right on the front cover is a platinum over gold leaf photo that I am really wanting to try that process! Another thing is I've never used a Holga camera. The images come out with a softness and vignetting, and apparently the 'light leaks' in this camera create an intriguing result to the photographic images. And then there's Lith printing that looks even more intriguing. I remember in one of my classes, one 'kid' was developing a print with a paint brush, so only the parts that he touched were developed leaving uneven edges and I thought wow that looks like fun! You know, work outside the box!

And I think I found the perfect graduation present for my granddaughter! Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S Instant Print film camera. It's like a Polaroid with 2.13 x 3.4" images! Heck, I might even buy me one! That looks like fun. I'm still excited, but I've got to get busy. Just wanted to share all of this with you. Also, if you don't subscribe to the magazine, you can always go online at: www.freestylephoto.biz.

Day before, I spent some time cutting some much needed mats for prints to take to the gallery. What I need to do is spend a whole day cutting mats so that I have some on hand in times of emergency or when I just don't feel like doing it. Cutting mats can be very soothing - just put on some great music and cut away!