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Thriftin in the Mission: January Highlights
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Thriftin in the Mission: January Highlights

January brought plenty of thrift shopping trips into the Mission, and plenty of opportunities to try out cameras and film for my regular photo junkets. Read further to learn about some fantastic vintage finds in San Francisco!

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Funky Boutiques & Stylish Folk, at Second Hand Sats
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Funky Boutiques & Stylish Folk, at Second Hand Sats

Hanging out and taking photos at the Second Hand Saturday's event this month, I saw lots of vintage popups, enjoyed good eats, and had locally made delicious coffee. See how people really showed their Halloween spirit and vintage color, in their specially curated popups.

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Thrifting in the Mission Highlights
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Thrifting in the Mission Highlights

Fall season is finally here, a trip to the Mission to have my scooter’s first service, becomes a full day of Thrifting. Read further to hear about some great shops I discovered, and some amazing Vintage Finds.

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The Polaroid Experience
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The Polaroid Experience

It’s Spring again, time to get out your vintage cameras, that actually take film, Polaroid is an exciting format to play around with, caus’ the polaroid print coming out of the camera is so immediate

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Vintage Snow Flurries in Oregon
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Vintage Snow Flurries in Oregon

How about an update for what Frank’s Vintage Cameras is up to in the new year so far.. just made a trip home to Oregon, to visit family, and as always, I hit all of my favorite camera shops in Portland. I brought home a bounty for my vintage camera pop up. for more read the blog story..

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Shooting with Day Light flash
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Shooting with Day Light flash

Creating a bag prototype has lead me to the Mission district many times, to get supplies, but also ideas, from local fashionistas, and just to get to know the place.

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Nampa Downtown Vintage
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Nampa Downtown Vintage

Going to Idaho to celebrate a family wedding & searching out local vintage haunts with my brother

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