Topeka Kansas Photographer

Decided to dust of my $3 garage sale (literally) Polaroid SX-70 camera and go and shoot the rest of my film, on hand, on the dafodils at the Rose Garden in Gage Park.  If you haven’t heard yet the first “New” Polaroid film was released yesterday by http://www.the-impossible-project.com/ . The story behind “The Impossible” project is amazing. They literally saved the last Polaroid factory from the scrap heap at the very last minute then had to re-invent many of the processes to make the film. Ilford has been a big partner in the project.

US Coast Guard Bed Race Entry

Schendel’s Pest Control entry into the bed race. Sewn on bed bugs and all!!

Topeka High School Drum Corp

A couple of images from Friday Feb. 26th, 2010 Inter-tribal Pow-Wow held at Gage Park, Topeka, KS. In the first image is an old friend and neighbor, Chris Wagner. Chris has been the chairman of Shawnee County Inter-Tribal for the last 10 years. At this Pow-Wow he announced that he was stepping down as the chairperson due to increasing family responsibilities.

A familiar site around Topeka during tax prep time is the dancing liberties around town. I wonder thought how many people stop and visit with any of them. This lady was very nice. She says that she has gotten to know some of the people that drive by frequently. Some of the frequent passers by wave and honk when they go by. It helps pass the time.

In the top image I was walking out of Dillon’s at Huntoon and Lane here in Topeka.  The weather was cold and windy and people were in a hurry to get into their warm cars.  The image below of the house interested me just because of the collection of stuff that is there.