So if you know me – you probably know that I have a serious Jack White problem. Anything he does is perfection to me. When I heard the news that The White Stripes had broken up I nearly died because I knew I would not have the chance to see them live. When I read THIS news – that he would be releasing a solo album in April titled Blunderbuss – I nearly died again. I will be seeing him live for this. Oh yes.
You can click this link to listen to the first single-
What are ya doing new years, new years eve? We aren’t big partiers so we dont tend to go out and drink or anything like that. Last year we dressed up and went out to a nice dinner though. Today we are heading to Birmingham to do some shopping. In blue jeans and sperrys. Tonight….probably curl up and watch Six Feet Under.
I know this video has been making the rounds already but I adore it – and this song! Also check out the She and Him version and Ella Fitzgerald version!
I love the look of fresh cotton! I love neutrals so cotton fits right in with that – and I love the combination of the fluffy white cotton and the brown prickly plant. I’m sure me being southern and driving past huge fields of the stuff might have something to do with it too. It is perfect to decorate your home, party, or wedding!
And here are a couple of shots I did recently (Jacquelyn Jackson Photography) in a cotton field just the day before it was harvested.
My brain is always full of ideas buzzing around that I either don’t have the time or money to deal with. Some things I can do are in the works though!
I am slowly but surely working on rebranding Jacquelyn Jackson Photography and getting a new website up.
Getting rid of the red. adding kraft and gold.
You like? I like.
Next.
Our “dining room” which has always been the room I pile all of my photography equiptment in- is in the process of being turned into a brand spankin new in home studio! WOOOOOO! Excitement abounds. I am so ashamed of my piles upon piles of disorganization that I am not even going to post a before shot. But I will update ya’ll with an after.
I’m cooking up something big in this head of mine that I would like to do with myself. But it is so big that I probably won’t be able to actually see it through for three or four years…..
Last week I was about to pop in my ear buds and listen to some tunes on my iPod – when I realized it had reset itself. At first I was angry. I mean, come on, there was so much music on that thing it was going to take me FOR EV ER to fill it up again. But then I thought to myself, whatevs I needed to clean it out anyway. As I was scrolling through our music library, I was looking in the Paul Simon section and my eyes stopped on ‘Kodachrome’. As a photographer, this title stopped me. What is this song about awesome vintage film? The film that my favorite vintage images were taken on? I pushed play and listened up. I KNOW that song. When the upbeat tune started I immediately knew what it was and it took me back. I can actually be very specific about what it took me back to. It took me back to when I was eight years and watching the movie ‘Coneheads’ OVER AND OVER AGAIN. This song was in the movie. But, when I was eight years old I had no idea what kodachrome was, so the lyrics never registered with me. I have been listening to it non stop ever since then. The lyrics just make me smile. So here, listen to Kodachrome. While you’re at it, look at these pictures I took of my baby boy last week. I processed them to mimic Kodachrome film and I think I’ll do this much more often. I hope the song puts a smile on your face as it does mine.
“Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors
You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah! ”
