Spinner 360

While I was in NYC, I really wanted to make a special trip to the lomography store and buy something really amazing to bring home. I decided to buy a 360 spinner. Frustratingly, the store did not have any 35mm color film so I ended up buying black and white. Don't get me wrong, I love black and white film, but I think some of these photos would've been really amazing in color. I hand processed this film in the darkroom and my favorite photography friend Robert scanned the negatives in so that I could share them here.

Lomography {Framed}

Today, I am in Kansas City at the Nelson Atkins museum for an art teacher conference. We are doing boring things related to common core standards, but I am always up for a visit to KC with art teacher friends. Anyway, tonight is the 3rd Thursday art walk in Joplin and unfortunately, I do not think I will make it back for much of it. However, if you are down there, stop by the Fluffy Pop shop and check out my new photo strip  frames.

I made these frames using sticks. They are perfect for photo booth strips. I had actually designed them just for photo booth photos....but then I dug out the box of contact strips from the darkroom and realized that many of the photos were the perfect size for these little frames. The photos have been hand processed in the dark room, 120 film from both Holga and Diana medium format cameras.

They are reasonably priced, so make sure you check them out and take one home!!

The fotoclipss are from Photojojo.

They look much better in person....so make sure you find the big green and yellow RV parked on main street in downtown Joplin and go inside to see them for yourself!!

Printing time.

I've been working in the darkroom!!

Here is my very first print....an 11X11 B&W photo from my Holga camera. This photo was taken on Freemont Street in Las Vegas in July.

Black and white negatives are so cool!!

I've printed several more photos...here they are...sitting out to dry. I'll show those soon!

My first test strip. The contrast looks great....super excited to print my first image!!

Mixing up the chemicals.

And here is my print in the stop bath.

Working in the darkroom is so relaxing. And there are so many things you can do to manipulate the pictures. More prints to come!!