Now that I've got my scanner set up, I'm finally able to start scanning some of the Polaroids and film from my visit to Clemson a few weeks ago. The first ones up are the 4x5" Polaroids I shot with Jenn and Alia with the Pink Cow. I'm pretty happy with how they came out — I think I'll this Polaroid back will be the primary way I use the camera. It really doesn't make much sense to use a handheld 4x5" camera for regular film — if I'm just taking snapshots, I may as well use a smaller, less unwieldy camera, and if I want high-quality images, then I'll use the real view camera mounted on a tripod. The Polaroid back turns the handheld camera into a fun way to take nice-looking pictures and see them right away.

I've finally started working on processing those 30 sheets of large format film I shot with the Pink Cow back when Andrés and Amy were here last month. Enough time has passed that I've forgotten what I took pictures of, so it's like a sense of discovery to pull them out of the tank and go, "Oh, yeah! Awesome!"

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Indeed, it has been three quarter score days since my last post, and for that I apologize, an accusatory finger pointed towards work. With three or four projects to juggle, I've had none of the little relaxing interludes I've come to cherish so much.

I think I will make a series of smaller, themed posts, rather than one gigantic pile of talking. It's no less work to write or read, but it feels like it. This one will be photographic in nature.

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The camera I've been building for a month and a half is finally done. There's still a few cosmetic things left to do, but functionally, it's complete. In honor of the original, named the Pink Panther, I hereby christen mine the Pink Cow. I'll need to paint a little logo on it somewhere :)

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