So, i've been gone awhile. it's because i've been working on my Polaroid photography book. which you can buy here:

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okay, maybe that's not why i've not been around. but it's as good a reason as any. go buy it, make my mom happy.

after a long time spent as a polanoid voyeur, i have returned to actually posting photos. 12, to be exact. i like them. so there.

I'm having an art show tonight. Anyone in the Los Angeles area, please attend. It's all original Polaroids, framed and for sale. Bring yourself, bring your money, bring hot chicks:

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This shot should be SotD as soon as possible. It's just about perfect, in composition, color, whimsy. It's technically beautiful, but it's got soul, too.

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Tod Brilliant is an ether addict. This is a fact. Look it up. His opinions are the ramblings of a brain eaten away by what 18th century scientists believed to be the 5th state of matter.

That said, what he's saying makes a lot of sense. The fact that tree & foliage shots have won SotD more often than other types of shots speaks not to the shots themselves, but to the people who view the site. Those who vote here seem to have an odd predilection for tree shots, so that's what's gonna win more than anything else. which, i believe, was the same problem with the old system, that one point of view was being expressed more than any other. which is a problem, since SotD, ideally, represents the site.

and since there are more than just tree & foliage shots on Polanoid, it would be appropriate(if i'm not wrong) that the SotD reflect that.

The growth of Polanoid obviously results in changes in various aspects of the programming and operation of the site, and the SotD should be no exception. Since at this point the voting is skewed towards a particular genre of photo, it seems unfair to the others on the site.

Posted new pix. that is good.
Am all out of time-zero film. that is bad.
Will be staging another Polaroid Nerd Out in SF, july 1st. that is very very good.

Just posted some pix from the LA polaroid nerd out, 2007. go check out the lunatics who showed up. crazy, but brilliant. especially tod. cuz, you know, that's his name and all.

actually, i've always liked green. like money. like plants. like the blood of aliens. like the eyes of an irish succubus. like the nails of that girl from college who led me astray. like the color of the car that hit me.

oh. CAMBO. why didn't you say so? ! the only name found on this back is Polaroid, and it says it was made in the U.K.

but i like it anyway.

no pix yet, i'll take some this weekend, let you know when they're up!

completely unrelated, but, as this is the news section, i give you:

Los Angeles Polaroid Nerd-Out 2007

Come one, come all:

saturday, feb. 10, Farmer's Market on 3rd Street & Fairfax, 11am.

Come meet stars of Flickr's Polaroid Community!!!!!

Take pictures of people whose pictures you like!!!

Laugh as you see how funny-looking Lou O' Bedlam & Tod Brilliant really are!!!

kirkT - this is not the combo pack. this is a holder just for 600 series film.

g. - where do i get a crown graphic? do you know of other cameras this would work with?