Saturday, April 16, 2011

Good Morning Light

Medium format from the past few weeks.
Right now in Philadelphia there is the Philly Book Festival. It may be raining outside but I am especially excited to see what used books they will have. In today's world a used book is like a little gem. They hold so much history and tiny treasures- even their smell is unique and wonderful. Anyway, yesterday we went to a lecture on Mickey Burton, a graphic designer redesigning book covers of old classics like Lord Of The Flies, To Kill A Mockingbird, and The Great Gatsby at the Free Library of Philadelphia.  I even ended up with a free screen-print poster for The Outsiders!

16 comments:

Melisa Fernández Nitsche said...

Fantastic photos

CHOCAROME said...

amazing photos!
they're so creative

ModeKarussell said...

damn. I wanna know wich camera are you using. :) Amazing pictures.

Mimi

k said...

these pics are so haunting and cool...loving them. hope you are having a good day :)

k said...

ps i'm reading a used book right now called 'right ho, jeeves' and it smells delicious (used) :)

Marguerite said...

I know I'm repeating myself, but your photography is just wonderful!!

V. said...

love your pics! great!
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Joanna Paterek said...

i love your blog. you're incredible.

Sophie said...

These photos are amazing! You are so talented. Your weekend sounds great, hope you got a great book!

Loving your blog - I am following x

Rebecca said...

oooh, free screen print you say? lucky!! i love the shadow in the first photo

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Something you've misplaced. said...

I completely agree with your idea on used books. It's like old houses, you can't help but think who has lived their lives in the house before you. x

E said...

these pictures are also very nice :)
how do you teach your boyfriend to take good pictures of you as well? lol

Kelly said...

Very lovely photos. I have just happened upon you and have realized we both live in the same place :)

Erica said...

Melisa: Thank you very much!

Pralink: wow, thank you! I appreciate it. :)

Modekarussell: Thank you! These were all shot with a relatively inexpensive medium format camera we found on ebay.

Krystal: I am having a good day, thank you. :) And is the book you're reading about Jeeves the butler? (I read a short story the other day with a character of the same name and he was the wonderfully haughty butler type fellow). It was a great read! :)

Marguerite: No you're not at all. I hope it's not pretentious of me to say but those kind of words really help me feel more positive about my work. Thank you so very much!!!

V: I just visited you blog and I loved it! (which isn't always the case). You have a new follower! :)

Joanna: No you are! :)

Rania: thank you :)

Sophie: I really appreciate you sweet words. thank you! I hope you had a pleasant weekend too. Mine was lovely. :)

Rebecca: Yes free! I love free stuff. And I loved the shadow too, he was just sitting there and I yelled freeze. Luckily he's used to that now. ;)

Something You've Misplaced: yes yes yes! I completely agree. a rule jeff and I have with used books is if we find an inscription on the inside cover we know instantly that its a keeper!

E: Thank you! but he doesn't really take them. Mostly, I just used a tripod and a self timer. The only time jeff ever presses the shutter is if I set the image up and need some help setting it off. He's a wonderful helper :)

Kelly: Hello fellow philadelphian! Its always nice to meet neighbors! :)

Anonymous said...

lovely pictures! and the book festival sounds like fun too!

E said...

ah i seeeee. well you've got a good eye for self-portraits then. i usually feel too silly & vain to try lol