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Here are some random multiple exposures that I took with my Lomo LCA and the adapter called the Splitter. I dont use it very often, but I am still learning how best to use it.

This is happening, I am leaving Portland today for my 2012 road trip to Austin. First stop Los Angeles to sell some art at Unique LA. Then a fun week of camping and national parks, as we make our way across the south, back to Texas for some good times to be had in Austin, selling art at the Renegade Craft Fair, swimming at Barton Springs and listening to some local music (Dan Dyer) at the Continental Club.

I will be blogging about our trip on my travel blog, www.dotsandphotos.tumblr.com

These photos were taken on my 2011 trip to Austin, with a Lomo LCA, and cross processed slide film.

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Day 4 - New Mexico

After leaving the Grand Canyon the day before, we drove until we just couldnt bare it any longer and stopped somewhere in the middle of nowhere, just before the New Mexico border. When we woke on day 4, there was this fantastic painting on the cafe across the street and we knew we just had to have breakfast there before we hit the road. I wish I could remember the name of the town and breakfast place, because it was super yummy.

Around lunch time, we found ourselves driving through a little town in NM called Pie Town, how could we not stop and have a piece of pie. There are only two pie cafes in town and we stopped at the one on the side of the road in the direction we were headed. Other than the pie, the best part about this stop was that they had a guest book and I always sign guest books when I come across them on my travels. Well the next day I got a call from a friend back in Portland, to tell me that our friend who was hiking the continental divide, had happened across Pie Town the very next day and signed his name in the guest book, right under mine, small world.

We ended our day in Las Cruces, NM at my friends Stacey and Robert’s place. Love those two.

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Photos taken with a Lomo LCA, cross-processed slide film, May 2011.

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I am so much in love with these new prints. They are part of my Flora and Fauna Double exposure series, but to add to it all, I boiled the negatives in salt water, just to see what would happen. I think I would have to call this a beautiful mess!!!!

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All of these images are available in my online shop, I will only make a very limited edition run of these. www.mishaashton.etsy.com

Photos taken with a Minolta X570, cross-processed expired slide film.

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These ones I attempted scanning two of the images next to one another on the negative to see what it would look like wide angle, and I LOVE them.

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May 12 + 13. California Market Center in Downtown LA. Check out State of Unique for all the fun vendors and goodies that will be there.

I also have 2 tickets to give away for free entrance to the show. So any LA folks interested, email me and I will pick two people at random. (misha@mishaashton.com).

ALSO, if you are not in Los Angeles, check out my Tour 2012 page to see when I will be in your hood.

www.mishaashton.com

www.thebocketstore.com

just a little peek at one of my new images from my Flora + Fauna double exposure series.

These are nothing special, but I am still learning my 360 Spinner camera that Cade got me for my birthday a few years back. I have been using expired print film and I have not been to happy with the results. I just cant quite bring myself to buy pro film until I get use to it a bit better. You only get about 9 shots or so with each roll.

Photos of the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon, 2011

Day 3 - Grand Canyon

Sadly we did not get to the Grand Canyon until late, about 30 minutes before the sun started to set. I only got enough time to snap a few shots before we hopped back into the car. I am definitely making it a point to come back sometime soon to spend a couple of days exploring and taking TONS of photos.

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Photos taken with Lomo LCA, cross processed slide film. May 2011