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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: photography
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I have had my eye on this little camera for the past year or so. I finally bought one at my local art store with a 40% off coupon. I took a roll of film over the long weekend and waited nervously yesterday for the results. I was pleased that about 40% of them were…
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I decided to get a digital SLR ages ago. But then I got very caught up in the battle of what is best? Which is a lame battle with no winner. I went with a Canon because I have a Canon point and shoot (it's an old, discontinued model which is why it's so…
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Since June 2009, I have had this camera in my amazon shopping cart. Feels pretty rad to now have it in my hands. EEEEEK! p.s. I know, I know, this camera-in-the-mirror-pose is so dooooooonne. But how else are you supposed to get a photo of the camera taken with the camera? Ohh, maybe a reflection…
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Since probably the first day we drove around looking for apartments, I have been wanting to take a picture with this green wall with white dandelions. Something about it screams "Walk over and awkwardly balance your camera on an uneven curb." Last night, after happy hour to celebrate Paul's end of rotation and my workshop…
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I got our Bora Bora memory up on the wall. I bought a square frame (with an 11.5×11.5 mat opening) at Ikea yesterday and decided instead of being patient and waiting for a large print, I would just piece together the photograph myself. I scanned the Polaroid in at a high resolution, divided it up…
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Whenever I open a package of film prints I promise myself I'll use film more. And then weeks and months and often years go by before I make time for it again. These are [scans of] photos from the beach, the farmer's market, our little town and around the house last weekend. I should do…
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Farmer’s market flowers and asparagus, chicken and vegetable lasagna, finishing up wedding stationery to another “e&p”, coffee, thank you notes and bill paying, sewing closet curtains, a looong walk through Balboa Park, a trip to the art store, peanut butter cookies, mojitos and carving rubber stamps.
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It was a stay indoors weekend as a big blizzard hit the DC area. I was without cable and internet for a day but I had plenty of paper projects to work on until I ran out of adhesive. I got started on the custom save the dates I'm making for a friend and made…
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