Sheila Bocchine, Photographer

These are my parents! You’ll be seeing quite a bit of them in the next few days. When I went home to Concordia, Missouri for my 10 year high school reunion, I did a series of pinhole portraits of my family (my parents, my nana and my brother). My parents are so fantastic! I wish I saw more of them. My father is a truck driver and my mom travels around the country with him. I’ve always thought being a truck driver would be a neat job…only because they get to see so much of the country. I’m not so sure I’d like to do all that manual labor! I used to beg my dad to take me with him when I was in college, so I could do a documentary of the experience, but for reasons beyond my control, that never happened.

Hello!!

I have some really, really, really exciting news! I will be moving to Korea to teach English in a few months. It all seems a little surreal, but it’s happening very quickly. So my pinhole camera and I will be exploring an amazing culture, learning a new language, teaching, trying new foods, and documenting everything in pinhole!

I need to raise $1500 before I leave so if you’d like to help me reach my goal here are a few ways you can help!

***HOME SALE!*** I will be having a sale at my apartment on Sunday March 29th from 9am-6pm. I’m selling everything! My address is 4950 East Van Buren, Apt 180 (near the pool), Phoenix, Arizona, 85008. You can park in front or across the street at the post office.
*Framed photographs
*Pinhole photographs
*Photo Frames
*BOOKS! (lots of books, including fantastic art and photography books)
*Camera equipment/materials/supplies
*View Camera
*Book cases and shelves
*Random restaurant equipment
*AND MORE!

***Pinhole Portraits***
I’m offering pinhole portraits for $100. If you’ve ever wanted to get your portrait done, now is the time! Check out my pinhole portrait portfolio on my website. Having your pinhole portrait taken is a photographic experience, a fanciful interpretation of life. The energy of your soul dances onto film with sunbursts, subtle motion and interesting angles.

You’ll recieve all 5×5 proof prints, and CD of hi-res scans for easy printing.

***Buy a pinhole photograph***
I have a selection of prints on my Etsy shop that are available.
If you would like to choose an image from my flickr stream, I can send you an invoice through paypal. Signed pinhole photographs are $25. Shipping within the US is $5, outside of the US is $12.

***Donation***
I have set up a paypal donation service, so if you’d like to donate $1 or more towards my goal of $1500, that would super spectacular! I’ll make sure to pay-it-forward in a random act of kindness!

Thank you so much for helping me reach my goal! I’d appreciate your help in spreading this information!

Love,
Sheila

I miss blogging, but I feel like if I don’t have a new photo to upload, I should’t blog…

I just sent 10 rolls to the lab so I’ll have new work, very, very soon!

I’m also pretty lame becuase after week 6, it looks like I haven’t done anything interesting for my 52 adventures in 52 weeks… BUT! I’m moving to Asia soon, so I’ll have a daily adventure to share!