i am a 30-something year old girl living in miami, that loves tattoos, polaroids, the number 5, and all things green.Tumblr (3.0; @kerryball)http://kerryball.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbjbmdXJS1qzvgi1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)<br/></p> <p>the sky looked amazing on my way to job #2 the other night.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/248687819http://kerryball.com/post/248687819Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:57:22 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq58585EIF1qzvgi1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>devoid: completely without; empty. </p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p> <p><b><i>my latest altered polaroid collage.</i></b></p>http://kerryball.com/post/190619610http://kerryball.com/post/190619610Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:29:32 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNq9fxyo3MpRv1C8No1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>three owls. (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p>http://kerryball.com/post/147728250http://kerryball.com/post/147728250Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:48:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNq9fl0shch8Ekp67o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>art is anything you can get away with. (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p>http://kerryball.com/post/147722848http://kerryball.com/post/147722848Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:38:30 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNq6jv91n9FaI0Rg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p> <p><br/> this polaroid of mine was featured in this week’s YELP MIAMI newsletter!!</p> <p><a href="http://www.yelp.com/weekly?editorial_id=H6KkiP6dVGqVkSLHtyilzw">http://www.yelp.com/weekly?editorial_id=H6KkiP6dVGqVkSLHtyilzw</a></p>http://kerryball.com/post/146244792http://kerryball.com/post/146244792Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:15:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNoidbqsehxVUNle3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p> <p>my latest altered polaroid. made using a dead moth and inspired by bjork lyrics.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/120623922http://kerryball.com/post/120623922Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:25:49 -0400altered polaroidpolaroids<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3208908370/" title="front cover. by (kerry ball), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3208908370_edd2d437ca_m.jpg" width="208" height="240" alt="front cover."/></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3208062283/" title="page 1. by (kerry ball), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/3208062283_86d0a30065_m.jpg" width="210" height="240" alt="page 1."/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3208914782/" title="page 4. by (kerry ball), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3208914782_a6bcf38115_m.jpg" width="204" height="240" alt="page 4."/></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3209351773/" title="page 16. by (kerry ball), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3209351773_af55cc78ef_m.jpg" width="218" height="240" alt="page 16."/></a></p> <p><br/> i’ve been meaning to start watermarking my collages and polaroids for a while now, because they are my most viewed and most favorite’d pictures on flickr and because they always show up all over fffffound, weheartit and tumblr and i’m sick of people not crediting back to me. i finally got around to watermarking the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/sets/72157612684726043/" target="_blank">“sometimes it’s hard book”</a> that i made last year. i’m sure this will result in broken links all over the place now but i feel better now that i’ve watermarked this book! this book is definitely one of my most popular things in my flickr photostream. now i just have to start watermarking everything else…which is a huge pain but needs to be done!</p>http://kerryball.com/post/114870040http://kerryball.com/post/114870040Fri, 29 May 2009 11:19:23 -0400collage<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3554442666/" title="mangoes. by (kerry ball), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3554442666_27ca1f0c84.jpg" width="413" height="500" alt="mangoes."/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3553635845/" title="mangoes. by (kerry ball), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/3553635845_8c021beb03.jpg" width="415" height="500" alt="mangoes."/></a></p> <p>i love mango season! mangoes everywhere! so juicy, so delicious, so sweet. it feels like summertime.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/111591074http://kerryball.com/post/111591074Fri, 22 May 2009 16:20:14 -0400polaroids<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNnmu04e5pUKpw8rko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i found another heart over the weekend. i think this polaroid is my favorite out of the whole set now.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p>http://kerryball.com/post/109507356http://kerryball.com/post/109507356Mon, 18 May 2009 10:44:00 -0400polaroids<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNmly5xf2u4rWMhp6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Truth (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry ball)</a>)</p> <p><br/> one of my favorite words…and favorite words to photograph. truth and honesty mean a lot to me.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/98994711http://kerryball.com/post/98994711Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:13:00 -0400polaroids<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNmkbjwwhlNiUSYmZo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i made this collage totally spur of the moment this morning, after i found that feather on the sidewalk on the way to my office. <br/><br/>this is the first collage that i’ve made that isn’t “personal” to me so i wasn’t sure how it would turn out. i’m actually happy with the results so i’ve decided to put it up for sale on etsy. depending on how this turns out and if it does sell, i’ll probably start trying to sell more collages on etsy and eventually offer custom collages as well.<br/><br/>check out my etsy listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23980324" target="_blank">HERE</a> thanks!!</p>http://kerryball.com/post/98548864http://kerryball.com/post/98548864Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:52:00 -0400polaroidscollageetsy<p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(5074511, 'shop','gallery',3,2).renderIframe();</script></p> <p>i’ve added some new things to my etsy shop! i’m now offering prints of a couple of my altered polaroids!</p>http://kerryball.com/post/94272210http://kerryball.com/post/94272210Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:40:07 -0400etsy<p><b>my latest altered polaroids:</b> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3418142243/" title="a pearl in your oyster. by (kerry), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3418142243_cb1ed25a3e.jpg" width="412" height="500" alt="a pearl in your oyster."/></a><br/> from bloc party lyrics:<br/><i>with you I am calm; a pearl in your oyster.<br/> head on my chest a silent smile, a private kind of happiness.<br/> you see giant proclamations are all very well, but our love is louder than words.</i> </p> <p><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3418141985/" title="like a hook. by (kerry), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3418141985_20b8b76e7b.jpg" width="408" height="500" alt="like a hook."/></a></p> <p>from margaret atwood poem:<br/><i>you fit into me<br/> like a hook into an eye</i></p> <p>a fish hook<br/> an open eye</p>http://kerryball.com/post/93809739http://kerryball.com/post/93809739Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:46:40 -0400polaroidsaltered polaroidscollage<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNl74irv4I7OwdwIso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>this was taken with a polaroid spectra camera and expired spectra film. it was shot during bright sunlight and i love that it came out so dark! that’s definitely one of my favorite things about polaroids and expired film- you never know what you are going to get!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry)</a>)</p>http://kerryball.com/post/87493035http://kerryball.com/post/87493035Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:34:00 -0400polaroids<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3343625619/" title="you possess my heart. by (kerry), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3343625619_7574a2a145.jpg" width="500" height="319" alt="you possess my heart."/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/3343626267/" title="louder than words. by (kerry), on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3343626267_06c987dd15.jpg" width="500" height="315" alt="louder than words."/></a></p> <p>i’ve got two new collages this week. both are made using recycled books and polaroids and both are inspired by lyrics- the first being death cab lyrics and the second being bloc party lyrics. i really enjoy making my collages. i’m so glad i started doing these!</p>http://kerryball.com/post/85219374http://kerryball.com/post/85219374Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:00:55 -0400collage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNkglp79r7ckEct7no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry)</a>)</p> <p><br/> i got to shoot a lot of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/sets/72157594504885262/" target="_blank">good graffiti</a> that i found in wynwood over the weekend. this mural by MAC and RETNA was definitely one of my favorites.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/82027945http://kerryball.com/post/82027945Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:05:00 -0500graffitiphotographs<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNkglmq3enIVUbq6Mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>day 56. (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/typefour">(kerry)</a>)</p> <p><br/> i just posted week 8 of my <a href="http://365ofkerry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">365 of 2009</a> self portrait project on my blog and it’s the first week so far, that i’ve been 100% happy with the outcome.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/82027386http://kerryball.com/post/82027386Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:03:00 -0500photographsself-portraits365 of 2009<p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(5074511, 'shop','thumbnail',3,3).renderIframe();</script></p> <center>please check out my shop for polaroid prints! kerryandhercamera.etsy.com</center>http://kerryball.com/post/77773860http://kerryball.com/post/77773860Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:34:00 -0500etsy<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNjcps7wq0CwLwYnto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><center> <b>COLLAGE ART.</b> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/collections/72157613159772382/">(click for more)</a>)</center> <br/><br/><b>i love creating collages…</b> i create collages using polaroid pictures. i create collages in my moleskine books. i create collages using recycled books found in thrift stores. i love cutting & pasting bits of papers, photographs, feathers, words…and putting them together to express my emotions. <b>my collages are raw, passionate and honest.</b></p>http://kerryball.com/post/74360545http://kerryball.com/post/74360545Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:09:00 -0500collageinfo<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/NBY8BEVDNjcpldza17IgrKTUo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><center> <b>POLAROIDS.</b> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/typefour/collections/72157607609700840/">(click for more)</a>)</center> <br/><br/> i love taking pictures with my polaroid cameras. there is just something about polaroid film that attracts me. perhaps it’s the instant gratification of it all. perhaps it is the “what you see is what you get” aspect of it. there are no fancy photoshop tricks involved- you get one shot to get it right. perhaps it is the perfectly square format. whatever the reason, I love that polaroid film gives me the chance to capture moments in time, through my eyes, the way I view the world. It’s just me and my camera and that’s all I need. no photoshop, nothing digital, just me. me and my amazing polaroid cameras. <br/><br/> i currently use: sx-70 sonar autofocus, SLR 680, spectra, onestep 600 cameras.</p>http://kerryball.com/post/74359323http://kerryball.com/post/74359323Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:04:00 -0500polaroidsinfo