Hanging out with Taylor Swift
![Hanging out with Taylor Swift](/content/images/size/w2000/wordpress/2020/03/CapitolHillInstax-003.jpg)
How’s that for click-bait? My Instax Square has a light leak. I think it’s because the back, where you put the film and then close, doesn’t sit flat. It produces a ghostly purple line that I kind of like. But there’s a chance it could go right through someone’s face. Let’s say I’m out walking, and I bump into the famed Sasquatch. I take out my Instax, fire off a shot, and there’s a line right thru the furry fella. So long fame and fortune. Not cool.
My friend Valerie lent me her fancy Taylor Swift Square model to compare to verify that I haven’t just had a run of really bad luck with film. Confirmed. I’ll be a little sad to give this one back. So far nobody has spotted that it’s a T Swift camera, so I’m quick to point it out. Yea, just out taking some photos with the T Swift camera, no big deal.
Instax film isn’t cheap. It’s that razor blade model. Inexpensive cameras are the hook. I promised myself that I would only use the Instax for photos of people. Well, I couldn’t resist taking some urban shots today around Capitol Hill. It was a beautiful day. Soon we’ll all be quarantined or avoiding one another, so it felt good to be out and about.
![Cornish, the arts school. I love that building. Someone was playing the piano. It sounded great. I tried to record some of it on my portable audio recorder, but it really only captured the cars driving by.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1583116262283-TUX2FAJDM1KYP3LUKVRY/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kJWxajNwe6eBYLuuhv9aCzt7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1UTK1dL_cSnVZrX8fibKQvHjnNSHARXOgqGnRePepC-vSnu13_cFzItYiS-0pIUo8IQ/Capitol+Hill+Instax-003.jpg)
Cornish, the arts school. I love that building. Someone was playing the piano. It sounded great. I tried to record some of it on my portable audio recorder, but it really only captured the cars driving by.
![Deluxe Bar and Grill and a view of the Loveless building. I probably should have used the “lighten” mode to bring up the shadows. I knew the highlights would be blown from the get go. My friend Alex is about to take charge of their kitchen. He knows his food. Can’t wait.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1583116285899-XWPZEMI9DRQ75DA4DG07/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kJWxajNwe6eBYLuuhv9aCzt7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1UTK1dL_cSnVZrX8fibKQvHjnNSHARXOgqGnRePepC-vSnu13_cFzItYiS-0pIUo8IQ/Capitol+Hill+Instax-004.jpg)
Deluxe Bar and Grill and a view of the Loveless building. I probably should have used the “lighten” mode to bring up the shadows. I knew the highlights would be blown from the get go. My friend Alex is about to take charge of their kitchen. He knows his food. Can’t wait.
![Roy Street. One of my favorite streets in Seattle. I have never gotten the photo of it that my brain sees. It might require stepping into the street, but that would probably be the last photo I ever took.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1583116308547-OHPOWZP4ZBWGPBNSB6EW/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kJWxajNwe6eBYLuuhv9aCzt7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1UTK1dL_cSnVZrX8fibKQvHjnNSHARXOgqGnRePepC-vSnu13_cFzItYiS-0pIUo8IQ/Capitol+Hill+Instax-005.jpg)
Roy Street. One of my favorite streets in Seattle. I have never gotten the photo of it that my brain sees. It might require stepping into the street, but that would probably be the last photo I ever took.
![The 76 station. There were a lot of oranges coming together at that intersection today. You can’t tell in the photo. Doesn’t matter. I like that intersection, even though it’s not a great one for pedestrians.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1583116327828-M7FG6C36Q56BDBZLE4JN/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kJWxajNwe6eBYLuuhv9aCzt7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1UTK1dL_cSnVZrX8fibKQvHjnNSHARXOgqGnRePepC-vSnu13_cFzItYiS-0pIUo8IQ/Capitol+Hill+Instax-006.jpg)
The 76 station. There were a lot of oranges coming together at that intersection today. You can’t tell in the photo. Doesn’t matter. I like that intersection, even though it’s not a great one for pedestrians.
I’m including an unrelated photo of Olmstead, a new Capitol Hill bar/restaurant. They’ve done a great job with the place. Posting it here because I don’t know what else to do with it.
![Olmstead, Capitol Hill, Seattle.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a71229df9a61eb777aa9262/1583116798944-KTSAROQ1978G4QKP601Z/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kJWxajNwe6eBYLuuhv9aCzt7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1UTK1dL_cSnVZrX8fibKQvHjnNSHARXOgqGnRePepC-vSnu13_cFzItYiS-0pIUo8IQ/Capitol+Hill+Instax-002.jpg)
Olmstead, Capitol Hill, Seattle.