The Impossible Year

Tag: chicago

  • Lumio, 21 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I set my phone on a tripod and used this cool Lumio folding book light to record my first TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reallocalcelebrity

  • Fire Pit, 20 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We broke out the fire pit for the first time in the back yard and got it working to chat with friends.

  • Marla + Sweater, 18 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We’ve hit the days where the dog refuses to go outside without a jacket on due to the cold.

  • V-O-T-E, 15 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I made a music video for my friend Jess Godwin’s song ‘Be A Light’ and it involved lighting 92 tea lights to spell out the word ‘VOTE’ on our driveway. Give the video a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVn2KnE0EFw AND GO VOTE!

  • Lamp, 12 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Beth Ann reorganized the living room to better accommodate a coffee bar. But it displaced this old lamp I love that my mother hand painted to be faux marble.

  • Dan, Hande, Woody, Vedder, and Marla, 11 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We got together for a dog hangout in Dan and Hande’s back yard. so that Marla could hang out with Woody and get to meet their new pup rescue Vedder.

  • Jess and Gabe, 10 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Our dear friends Jess and Gabe got married and had a small, socially distanced, gathering in Welles Park to celebrate after the fact.

  • Expired Film Failures,  6, 7, 8, 9 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Impossible Deep Woods (Expired) I hit a frustrating batch of film and tried to shoot my way through. Somewhere along the way we went to Mars Cheese Castle just over the border into Wisconsin to buy cheese and beer.

  • Carly, 5 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We spent part of Monday sitting in Winnemac Park catching up with Carly.

  • Pizza Break, 4 October 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I biked up to Jimmy’s Pizza Cafe in Lincoln Square and then sat on a CTA bus stop bench to eat so I could be far away from other people. Strange times we’re living in.