I'm not a Hipster

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photo by Doc Pop

For the first time ever, recently I was called a "hipster".  I've been jokingly called that before, and even called myself that sometimes...but its different when its coming from somebody you aren't close to/talk to regularly/just met and built a good rapport with.

There is nothing wrong with being a hipster.  I see them as this generation's beatniks.  However, I really really dislike being categorized or defined with single-word labels by other people.

Ever since I can remember, I have defined myself as an artist, and an individual.  I'm sure even people who only know me because they follow my youtube or twitter or instagram can vouch for that.  Or is it because I have a typewriter and shoot film?  

I've had an appreciation outdated technology for quite some time.  I still collect vinyl.  I have real boomboxes that I play my music through when I dance.  I watch VHS tapes of my favorite movies.  I'm more public about it now that I see people on social media using their phones to emulate stuff that has existed for years.

Everything that I've always been interested in is now considered "cool" in mainstream culture.  Am I mad about it?  No, definitely not.  I'm just glad that they've finally caught up.

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getting back into writing

i am laying on the ocean floor
holding my breath
i look up and see the light
refracted from the surface
a stingray eclipses the sun
all i see are sea stars

Color or Monochrome?

the past month i've been having a big inner debate with myself about whether i should continue shooting color, or if i should pick up black and white.  the reason this question was ever raised, is because i will be starting to develop my own film very very soon.  i hear that color is a pain to develop yourself, but i'm willing to go through the trials because i love color.

one of my favorite artists preaches that there are so many colors that we have available to us, and it'd be a horrible waste not to use them all.

i will be starting to shoot b&w film very soon....but until then, here are some shots from a recent roll of Fuji Provia 400x processed in E-6.

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Newest Family Members

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I have a few new additions to my camera family.  I go camera hunting quite often, and come across some real gems that people seem to overlook...so I adopt them and give them a better home.

I say it often, but I'm not that big a fan of Polaroid style film cameras.  [which I'll blog about sometime in the future]  but now that I'm accumulating a good number, I think it's time for me to go and grab some Impossible Project film.

Young Hearts

I tend to get a good amount of compliments on the photos I've taken with these old fashioned film cameras of mine.  The majority of them are usually compliments on the colors, composition, or the object in focus.  I really enjoy it however, when people comment on my photos about things you can't see with your eyes.  It makes me feel like people "get it".  As if, one of my photos were able to break the barrier of just being a single moment in time, to a story.  

One of the most recent comments I've recieved, is on this photo pictured of a couple in their golden years on a Disneyland date:

"makes me believe in love"

It feels good to inspire people and evoke emotion through my art.