I'm part of an organization called The Notebook Army which has been a really big part of my life over the past few years. You buy a marble notebook, fill it with whatever you want and at the end you give it away. Leave it in a bookstore, on someone's front step, at the bus stop, wherever.I'm working on my third right now but I've got to confess, I haven't given the first two away yet. Maybe I'll scan them or something, but as of right now it's almost scary to think of parting with them. I was going through some major life changes when I wrote them, particularly the first one, and it feels odd to give them away, even though that's really the whole point.
Anyway, I was looking through the first one today and found the first polaroid I've ever taken- I had taped it to the last page. It was the first 'studio' type shoot I'd done, really. I set up the lights, posed the model, figured out the exposure and took a stab at it. For a first time try, I actually really like how it turned out.
I haven't done much with film recently- too poor, mostly. But I really miss it. There is something so rewarding about working with film- it's an entirely different medium from digital.
