Ohp...Nope...the Next one is my favorite shot with it..

Cutest little ice cream van. Ever.
      

I FOUND ONE.
The Old Scotch Church.
On the outter edges of Hillsboro, Oregon.
Pretty cool, peaceful, picturesque place - especially with a Holga camera!
It was an overcast (but bright) day and I developed this roll for 14.5 minutes in HC developer as it was 3200 ISO Ilford bw film...
Pretty happy with this lot.
AND...the outing was a happy excursion too.
WHICH MEANS...
More adventuring!!!

​Photograph everyone. Photograph everything. #Artaslife

It's coming together ... my next conceptual series ... first shoot coming up in August..
But the MAIN wardrobe piece is........<!>

                                                        ANGEL WINGS !!

I have designed these myself. I still have the finishing flourishes ... 
But here are the building-process pics..

Yes, the cat.
I originally began with two hanger wires bent straight. (Thank you vice grips!)
Then held them together as I bent a solid "V" that will eventually hang the wings between the model's shoulder-blades. I did not yet know how heavy the wings would actually be and I wanted a back-up frame in case things did not go well in the first attempt.

NEXT came building a scaffolding structure for the feathers to adhere to..

I cut cardboard PIECES out -NOT ALL ONE PIECE, BUT PIECES- and duct taped them to the wire hanger frame. I did not want to create a flat scaffolding wing structure. I wanted some bit of bulk and I wanted some movement to the shape. So I duct taped away...

I duct taped until I go these somewhat rounded, somewhat symmetrical pieces (above).
AND THEN...
I began to apply the feathers. (The feathers, and feathers, and feathers..)
I glue-gunned all day. I burned myself many a time. Can you say, "Glue gun burns?" Awsum. All in the name of ART.
​Now, I did not want an altogether white angel wing. I wanted something a little darker...so after applying the white feathers in a first layer as below...

...THEN I began to add in gray feathers. Now, keep in mind, I am only using the cheapest, smallest craft feathers so this is taking QUITE a while! This is as I expected though. I didn't want the big feathery-Vegas-show-girl wing thing. I wanted something more simple, but still texturized and rather arresting. In the series, these wings will all be lit and then potographed in black and white images with a model...(!so FUN!)  Below is my most up-to-date wings. I still will add some flourishes and a barely there harness.  STAY TUNED!   (Also still working on Working Joe series !!!)

This assignment, or theme to shoot was a little challenging. I wanted to get LINES of people, but I picked the wrong area of town and the wrong time of day...so I may post an update to this assignment soon.. 
I went straggling to the Pearl in Portland. Everything is under construction and there are new buildings being built all over - so I thought this might lend itself well to LINES> I caught a lot of obvious geometric lines and want to do better...

I do not go to the touristy parts of Portland, but for this follow up I may need to check out VooDoo Donuts line (always a 30+ minute wait) for sure.

Here are my favorites so far:
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This next two were from a different part of town (NE Sandy) when I realized I was a bit limited by my first choice of area...and I got one BAM! (old car too, which I love - FinsUpBaby!)

And another two..

And finally - THIS IS WHY I LOVE TO GO OUT AND SHOOT "ASSIGNMENTS" ... 
Because I get images I would never normally take if I was not out looking for something and come upon the unexpected...

Keep shooting your cameras! I am discovering photography is a discipline as well as an art form -and- I must stay agile with my eye. It is like playing an instrument - I must constantly practice and enjoy the long life of fascination. JOY.