Live (almost) from PDX

Two weeks back, I'd been sent up to do a seminar with fellow Blurb photographer Dan Milnor. The class was canceled, but flight and hotel were booked. We had to scramble. We had to make the trip worthwhile. So I emailed longtime Blurb book maker and photographer Nate Matos. He does a podcast called Pdexposures.

I thought maybe he'd like to talk to us about books, cameras, and making stuff.

Nate was an incredible host and the three of us had a good time talking about the things: his work, our work, how other people should be making stuff with their work. You can listen to it here.

I heard the first ten minutes, which is about all I can stand of my own voice. But it isn't half bad.

We finished things off with a Polaroid shoot. I shot Nate and his camera with my SX-70. He shot us with his view camera loaded with Polaroid Type 55.

Then we packed up our books and our cameras and headed off into the hot Portland air. While I was there I shot 18 frames or Polaroid. I came back and turned them into a book. Yes, it's times like these that I realize just how lucky I am to have the job that I do.