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  • 2013-04-29

    Today, I made soup! Here’s a shot from the pot; I’ll be posting a recipe somewhere online soon.

    Today, I made soup! Here’s a shot from the pot; I’ll be posting a recipe somewhere online soon.

  • 2013-04-25

    some photos from the weekend.

    on top, delicious, delicious cookies baked by the lovely angela;. and below, my roommate mark, looking vaguely skeptical. (he does that sometimes.)

  • 2013-04-11

    So you may be wondering, “Wow, Frankih, you friggin posted something? Why now, you lazy jerk?” And there’s really no answer to that. I’ve been pretty badly creatively blocked for about a year now. Maybe a little longer than that. And I guess today it just sort of hit me that the only way to deal with that was to start creating things again, no matter how badly they sucked. (I mean, I knew this as a theory. Deciding to put theory into practice was a whole new revelation.) Is this a new photo? No. This is from New York City, when I was last there in 2011. It’s not a great photo, particularly. It’s not a great scan. The photo is, however, part of the small collection that forms a “headboard” on my bed. The collection is all of pictures I took when I felt such overwhelming love for the universe. I can also recall, while taking a lot of the photographs, a feeling of nearly-infinite potential. The photos are also quite old - from two years old in the most recent ones to about six years old in others. The world can drag me down sometimes. I doubt what I can do, I doubt who I am, I doubt what I want. Some days, I crawl into bed and cry. Other days, I don’t get out of bed at all. I’m not alone in that. And I don’t think I’m alone in deciding that I am not going to let the world beat me, either. I don’t know how much of that made sense. The final point is this: I’m very tired of judging myself for not getting out of my pyjamas when I don’t have to. I’m very tired of worrying so much about the finished product that I hardly pick up a camera or pen. So I’m just going to fucking do it already. I will add to the makeshift headboard, and I will stop living so much in the past.

    So you may be wondering, “Wow, Frankih, you friggin posted something? Why now, you lazy jerk?”

    And there’s really no answer to that. I’ve been pretty badly creatively blocked for about a year now. Maybe a little longer than that. And I guess today it just sort of hit me that the only way to deal with that was to start creating things again, no matter how badly they sucked. (I mean, I knew this as a theory. Deciding to put theory into practice was a whole new revelation.)

    Is this a new photo? No. This is from New York City, when I was last there in 2011. It’s not a great photo, particularly. It’s not a great scan. The photo is, however, part of the small collection that forms a “headboard” on my bed. The collection is all of pictures I took when I felt such overwhelming love for the universe. I can also recall, while taking a lot of the photographs, a feeling of nearly-infinite potential. The photos are also quite old - from two years old in the most recent ones to about six years old in others.

    The world can drag me down sometimes. I doubt what I can do, I doubt who I am, I doubt what I want. Some days, I crawl into bed and cry. Other days, I don’t get out of bed at all. I’m not alone in that.

    And I don’t think I’m alone in deciding that I am not going to let the world beat me, either.

    I don’t know how much of that made sense. The final point is this: I’m very tired of judging myself for not getting out of my pyjamas when I don’t have to. I’m very tired of worrying so much about the finished product that I hardly pick up a camera or pen.

    So I’m just going to fucking do it already. I will add to the makeshift headboard, and I will stop living so much in the past.

  • 2012-08-25

    OH HEY, what’s this? Is it a photo? Yes it is. I took this on Rue St. Denis in Montreal last month - I plan to go back to Montreal really soon. I love it there, I love the atmosphere, and to be honest, I am a little sick of this town. Apparently, however, there was a smudge on my lens the whole trip, so please ignore that highly objectionable part of the image. I just figured it’d be good to get something out there.

    OH HEY, what’s this? Is it a photo? Yes it is. I took this on Rue St. Denis in Montreal last month - I plan to go back to Montreal really soon. I love it there, I love the atmosphere, and to be honest, I am a little sick of this town. Apparently, however, there was a smudge on my lens the whole trip, so please ignore that highly objectionable part of the image. I just figured it’d be good to get something out there.

  • 2012-08-24

    HEY EVERYONE!

    SO. As of tonight, I’m involved in a new project, and it’s called Music Rehab.
    Some of you might know my best friend, Jesse - she was a frequent subject of photographs in the daily postcard project. Unfortunately, this best of my friends has developed an addiction to dubstep! Crazy effin times, man! So Music Rehab is designed to help her out. Every day, I’m going to assign her an album to listen to. And she’s gonna do it, and she’s gonna make a post with her (time-stamped) experience of that album. There are, of course, rules. They’re explained on the blog itself.
    So why am I posting this here, you might ask? Well, Music Rehab, plain and simply, needs a layout. We’re really shit with technical stuff, as good as we are at getting drunk and making fun of each other’s taste. BUT, if you do design us a layout we like, there are PRIZES, and who doesn’t like winning stuff?
    So basically, if you set up a dummy blog and can provide us with something we like - and seriously, we’re not fancy ladies, we’re just drunk assholes - you win three albums of your choice getting blogged about (in the alphabetical order that comes up naturally in Music Rehab). You also win a print from me! Hooray! You can pick from any of the photos in my online store or if you’d like something else, you can feel free to browse all through here for something else that’s more to your liking! I’ll mail you an 8x10 print of whatever you want. You’ll probably even get a letter and a teabag.
    So if you like drunk queer girls, music, and/or hilarity, please follow us at Music Rehab. And consider our contest. You’re probably better at this shit than us.
    xo Frankih

  • 2012-08-23

    Hey everyone

    Hey there!
    It has been ages since I posted anything, and I know this and I apologize. I’ve been having some personal difficulties over the last couple of months, but I think my head is finally starting to get a little bit clearer.
    Over the next couple of days, I should be editing and posting some photos. I’m getting prepared to do a shoot, as well! Thanks for your patience with my absolute lack of doing anything professional. You’re all very lovely people.
    xo Frankih

  • 2012-06-14

    So it’s been ages and ages since I’ve uploaded anything; have a picture. This is from the last North Town Music and Art Wars that I shot, a little over a month ago now. It features the Hype Man from the band Marshall and the Deputies - who are quite fun to shoot, though it can get a bit crowded in the tiny space with the Hype Man there. I’m starting a new photo series soon. It’s in the stages between planning and execution, which is called organization. Basically, I am taking some of the lovely people I work with, one at a time, to shoot modern versions of fairy tale princes and princesses. Weather permitting, I’ll be starting the shoot with Sam next week, though the location is still a bit up for grabs. If anyone in the Toronto area has a free afternoon and would like to participate and be a fairy tale character (it’s important to note that it’s not Disney characters, but the proper fairy tale ones), I’d love to hear from them. I can’t offer pay, but I can offer coffee! Alternately, what fairy tales would you like to see done? I’ll be posting some sketches of planned shots at some point soon.

    So it’s been ages and ages since I’ve uploaded anything; have a picture.

    This is from the last North Town Music and Art Wars that I shot, a little over a month ago now. It features the Hype Man from the band Marshall and the Deputies - who are quite fun to shoot, though it can get a bit crowded in the tiny space with the Hype Man there.

    I’m starting a new photo series soon. It’s in the stages between planning and execution, which is called organization. Basically, I am taking some of the lovely people I work with, one at a time, to shoot modern versions of fairy tale princes and princesses. Weather permitting, I’ll be starting the shoot with Sam next week, though the location is still a bit up for grabs.

    If anyone in the Toronto area has a free afternoon and would like to participate and be a fairy tale character (it’s important to note that it’s not Disney characters, but the proper fairy tale ones), I’d love to hear from them. I can’t offer pay, but I can offer coffee!

    Alternately, what fairy tales would you like to see done? I’ll be posting some sketches of planned shots at some point soon.

  • 2012-03-27

    One of the other photos from Saturday night, which I am pleased with the feel off, if not the crop of it.

    One of the other photos from Saturday night, which I am pleased with the feel off, if not the crop of it.

  • 2012-03-26

    So on Saturday I went up to the second North Town Music & Art Wars, and had a blast. I’ve just started processing the photos, which are coming out a lot better than the last event’s photos. So, heck yeah, I guess! The all-ages venue is kind of a challenge, in terms of what I can do; the lighting is red and green, and it’s a really tiny space, with the stage only about a foot and a half off the ground. So I’ve decided that I’m going to try and photograph them like basement punk shows or VFW shows, and go for a really old-looking style for most of it. There was a full on mosh pit at this particular show, and I forgot how difficult/fun it is to try and dodge people to get your shot. I’ll probably be posting more of these over the next couple days, as I get all my editing done. Heck yessss.

    So on Saturday I went up to the second North Town Music & Art Wars, and had a blast. I’ve just started processing the photos, which are coming out a lot better than the last event’s photos. So, heck yeah, I guess!

    The all-ages venue is kind of a challenge, in terms of what I can do; the lighting is red and green, and it’s a really tiny space, with the stage only about a foot and a half off the ground. So I’ve decided that I’m going to try and photograph them like basement punk shows or VFW shows, and go for a really old-looking style for most of it.

    There was a full on mosh pit at this particular show, and I forgot how difficult/fun it is to try and dodge people to get your shot. I’ll probably be posting more of these over the next couple days, as I get all my editing done. Heck yessss.

  • 2012-03-13

    So I went to the Northtown Music&Art Wars on Saturday, in a semi-professional capacity, to take photos of the various bands and visual artists. It was pretty fun, despite the fact that I had issues with every single piece of equipment I had on me and had panic attacks, hahaha. The Music&Art Wars is a pretty cool concept - every other week, a variety of bands compete against each other, in two venues - first at an all-ages place, and second in a pub. There’s both an acoustic and an electric category. While the all-ages bands are competing, visual artists go head to head in creating pieces. They come in with a blank canvas. When the all-ages show is finished, the visual artists put down their tools, and voting continues at the 19+ venue. I had a pretty good time, and also managed to get this shot of one of the audience members, who had done a couple other backflips through the night. (Anyone in the GTA, the next Northtown Music&Art Wars takes place in Newmarket at The Jam Spot on Mar 24, doors at 6:30. Cover is $10. Or come to the no-cover 19+ event at The Lion and Firkin.)

    So I went to the Northtown Music&Art Wars on Saturday, in a semi-professional capacity, to take photos of the various bands and visual artists. It was pretty fun, despite the fact that I had issues with every single piece of equipment I had on me and had panic attacks, hahaha.

    The Music&Art Wars is a pretty cool concept - every other week, a variety of bands compete against each other, in two venues - first at an all-ages place, and second in a pub. There’s both an acoustic and an electric category. While the all-ages bands are competing, visual artists go head to head in creating pieces. They come in with a blank canvas. When the all-ages show is finished, the visual artists put down their tools, and voting continues at the 19+ venue.

    I had a pretty good time, and also managed to get this shot of one of the audience members, who had done a couple other backflips through the night.

    (Anyone in the GTA, the next Northtown Music&Art Wars takes place in Newmarket at The Jam Spot on Mar 24, doors at 6:30. Cover is $10. Or come to the no-cover 19+ event at The Lion and Firkin.)