ttv

ttv? teletubbie television? the ten-person van? totally tubular vespa? teeny tiny vampire?

nope, it stands for Through The Viewfinder. And it's this big thing on flickr now. People are buying up old dual lens cameras (uh, I had to look up what that was) and basically using a macro lens on their digital slr camera, they're taking a picture of/through the viewfinder (where you would normally put your eye up to the camera to look through) of one of the old cameras. You get this dark edged image with lots of dust specks and some discoloration. Anyway, I love the old school feeling of it and I think I might have to find me one of these old cameras. Well, until then, I'm just going to fake it with a little photoshop.

Here's the link that opened my eyes to this cool look:

Tara Whitney's photo blog. I LOVE her photo collage that she made for her wall... hm... where can I put one of those?

If you want to learn how to make your ttv set up: Russ Morris is your man.

And if you want to learn how to fake it with a photoshop layer, there's a huge group on flickr that can help you. For this photo I used a layer from mhigginsh.

Off to jack's school... it's his last day of preschool! ...what am I going to do with both kids all summer! help! ;)