Bee in my Bonnet Images 2022

Another year of Bee images is complete! See more about this project and the images from 2021 on THIS post.

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

Blind double exposure of Nora in silver dress over a roll of clouds.

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

Photo I took of a door in Cuba, separated printed on Duochrome Polaroid film in a Polaroid Lab, pulled apart to make transparencies, and then layered on a light table.

Save for a Rainy Day

Image through wet plexiglass, printed on metal, then sprayed with water and set in sun to create moving image of light and water.

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."

Double exposures with splitzer on Instax Wide film.

Spill the Beans

Film soup.

Are you okay . . . earthquakes in my voice . . . tsunamis in my eyes . . . drought in my heart

Polaroid self portraits with slow shutter.

Cutting Corners

Black and white polaroid, cut open at corners and painted with watercolors.

Green with Envy

Slow shutter self portrait printed on Polaroid and pulled apart to make transparency, placed on green plastic sheet in light from iPhone.

The best and most beautiful things in the world . . . must be felt with the heart."

Images shot with eyes closed, printed on polaroids and made into transparencies then layered on light table.

Out of the Blue

Image printed as a cyanotype.

Happiness, not in another place, but this place . . . not for another hour, but this hour.

Self portraits with colored gels over strobes, cross-processed, then negatives cut up, layered, and scanned.

Grey Area

Black and white image printed as transparency and layered over watercolored paper.

. . . there is no gate, no lock, no bold that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Film Soup

Rose Colored Glasses

Reflection in puddle on the banks of Lake Superior.

Knowing what you've got . . . you need . . . you can do without---that's inventory control.

Polaroid layered with film negatives projected with continuous light.

Don't Cry over Spilt Milk

Two polaroid transparencies spaced and layered, milk spilled between, and milk filled with color.

. . . we are fractured like stars . . .

Multiple exposure printed on polaroid, pinholes with light shining through for starbursts and then accidentally set on fire.

In no way, shape, or form.

Life is like an onion . . .

Polaroid transparencies layered.

"Forget not the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself."

Fog machine and window light.

Skeletons in the Closet

Light painting with Polaroid SX-70.

"True beauty . . . is a thing of the soul . . . something brave and unafraid."

Golden Opportunity