Category : Polatych

My mind is feeling full and the swirling has commenced again. The sand in the hourglass runs so swiftly each day, yet tasks and to-do lists seem stagnant. Daily reminders keep coming that life can change in an instant. Then curve balls are thrown my way for which I’m not prepared and I’m unsure how to handle. I’m not in a good place, my friends.

For our polatych collaboration, Celina and I chose “relax” as our May theme. I don’t think this choice of word or sentiment was a coincidence. I’m trying to take in these photos, take in this message to relax, to quiet the swirling. I’m reminding myself with each breath to trust the process.

As promised, Celina and I are bringing you a second polatych for April. Our theme this month was double exposures using the Polaroid Spectra camera. I must confess, I LOVE double (and multiple) exposures. I began getting addicted to them during the summer of 2011. You can see some of my favorites here and here and here. Since I LOVE double exposures so much, I couldn’t resist injecting some love into my image. So, you might be able to guess that my photo is on the right with Celina’s on the left.

Can’t wait to see what May brings us in our collaboration!

If you live in the Northern hemisphere, I hope Spring is making its way to you. Here in the Midwest, she is coming in fits and starts. As I type this, Mother Nature is sleeting and raining and giving us a dose of wintry mix. But just a few days ago, I took my shoes off and stood in the grass for the first time in 2013. Luckily, I caught that moment on film. Here is that brief moment (on the left) as part of the first “polatych” for April in my collaboration with Celina (hers on the right). We are doing double exposures for our theme this month.

We promise to share one more polatych of double exposures before the May flowers appear and we have a new monthly theme!

As you might remember, my dear friend and Tribe sister, Celina and I launched a new collaboration last month. We are combining our love of instant photography into diptychs, or what I’ve re-named “polatychs.” This month, we kept our eyes open for signs of spring, and here’s our result (Celina’s branches are on the left and my purple flowers are on the right).

I’ve had to really hold on to these small indicators that spring is in fact on its way, as it snowed a day or two after I shot my photo. I’m so over winter at this point, as I know many of us are. I hope you stay tuned and see what Celina and I have in store for April.

I’m so excited to share with you that my dear friend and Tribe sister, Celina Wyss, and I are launching a new collaboration. Being two photographers and two devotees of all things Polaroid, Impossible Project, and instant film, you can likely guess that was our starting place. Here’s a hint…

I’m revealing our collaboration over at Mortal Muses today, so I hope you click HERE to get the full scoop!