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Fun & frolic on Olde Cape Cod.

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Sarah Swain is nothing short of a Cape institution... She’s a music maker, dance teacher, and community builder. When we ran into her a couple weeks ago and heard about her latest venture, the Cape Cod Women’s Music Festival, doing a feature on it was a no-brainer. Read on, and see you there!

So how did the idea for a women only music fest come about?

A women’s music festival on the cape is something that I had been thinking about for a long time, when I joined the board of local charity “girlygirl P.A.R.T.S.” this winter, it gave me a great reason to get off my butt and do it...with a lot of help!! Being a female musician for the past 20 years, I have always loved the camaraderie between female musicians, sometimes there is this perception that women can only be catty and competitive in music but I have found it to be completely the opposite and

want to help dissipate that perception.

What’s the gist of the event, you mentioned the proceeds are going to a local non profit? what are the particulars?

An annual women’s music festival celebrating and honoring female musicians on a local and national level. All profits go to “girlygirl P.A.R.T.S. gives back” a new arm of the charity where all the money raised goes to helping women on cape cod who are dealing with cancer. Festival is Saturday May 12th at 6:30-9:30pm.

How did you pick the musicians? Can you tell us a bit about them? And why aren’t you performing?

We are so blessed to be on the cape where we have deep deep pockets when it comes to local talent. There is going to be no shortage of amazing local female musicians for this festival for years to come. The performers this year are the incomparable ray of sunshine Zoe Lewis and her band, goose bump - inducing Monica Rizzio (of local folk heroes Tripping Lily), musical prodigy Nauset High senior Meghan Trainor, the velvet tones of adult contemporary artist Pam Pryor and Boston singer songwriter Sarah Blacker who has been compared to Joni Mitchell in vocal ability and songwriting prowess. I am not performing because I am probably going to be running around like a chicken with my head cut off backstage and also I am 6 months pregnant and look like a baby whale.

Will there be anything else happening during the show?

There will be a cocktail reception from 6:30-7:30 with wine and food donated by local restaurants and Cape Cod Beer will be pouring their delicious brews. There will also be an amazing art raffle sponsored by the artists at The Frying Pan Gallery in Wellfleet!

Owner Steve Swain is making a large custom metal mermaid sculpture just for the event, also donating are artists: Joey Mars, Andrew Sloan, Hannah Hilliard-Bouvier and Walter Baronowski.

How did you wind up picking the day before Mother’s Day? It’s a perfect weekend to celebrate women in music and raise money to help women in need!

(And a great Mother’s Day gift!)

It also has a personal meaning to me as my mother passed away from ovarian cancer at the age of 52, this festival is my way of honoring her and making a difference in the lives of women suffering from this terrible disease.

Is this set to be an annual event? YES!!! WOOHOO!!

Anything else you want the public to know? Get your tickets now at what.org!!! It’s going to be a great show!

I look at a lot of photos, both my own and other people’s, every day. While I appreciate that many of them are “good”, after while it seems to take a little more than that to really grab my attention. Ian Sullivan, proud co-owner of the Underground Bakery in Dennis, has managed time and again to do so. Besides bucking the digital norm and shooting film, much of which he toys with to create different effects and types, he also dis-and-reassembles his cameras into various configurations. This DIY attitude and unique perspective really shows through in his images, which I find to be unique and often though and emotion provoking. I managed to drag him away from the bakery for a few moments for this interview.

Okay first things first, how did you get into photography? What about it keeps you interested in it to this day?

Both my grandfathers were accomplished amateur photographers. The larger part of my memories of them are with their faces or chests covered with a camera. Each had their own darkroom; my paternal grandfather won awards through the photography magazines of the time. I keep interested, very simply, because I want to share with others the breathtaking view I have of the world. Sometimes I’m happy with the results. Occasionally, other people are too.

With a passion like that, have you ever considered trying to make a living at it?

I have a similar passion for my breadwinning career (pun intended) of baking. Having a passion brings the responsibility of knowing where your best efforts should lay. When survival is the goal, you put your best foot forward, with conviction, with efficiency, but you still keep an eye to experimentation. When your hobby requires experimentation, you might

not want to waste your excitement on inherent failure by percentage until the margins are a little broader, until it is your best foot. Maybe when I retire, I can make a living making art, if that makes sense.

So in the short time that we’ve known you, it’s become pretty apparent that you’re a DIY type of guy. You develop your own film, modify your own cameras, modify film for your cameras... What makes you buck the status quo of “grab a camera and just shoot”?

I’m not against that at all. I love that. Sometimes I grab a little plastic, fixed-focus, zoomlensed ‘toy’ camera. It’s a piece of junk. It leaks. It looks like something that came out of a giant Cracker-Jack box. It’s about making it show what I see and feel about the subject that is fun. Some people say that the glass is important or the sensor or the film or, or, or, or... It’s your eye that counts.

What inspires your photography? What elements do you look for in a photo that make you think, “okay, that’s a good one”?

A photo I think is good reminds me of the feeling or sensations I was having when I made it.

It’s a very self-serving hobby for me.

Dock – Digital image from slide film cross-processed as a print negative. Fuji Velvia

Favorite camera and why?

I’ve always loved this question: the closest one. It took a long time to stop the thought that a subject would come off so much better, “...if only I had [insert piece of gear/camera/film] with

me.” I still think that sometimes. As far as the ones that are fun to shoot, I can’t really choose. Sometimes large format is fun, the process of setting the frame, loading the film holder, metering... Sometimes I can’t be bothered and it’s out the door with the point-and-shoot.

I know you develop some of your images with instant coffee, can you explain in layman’s terms what that means?

I’ll try... The way I understand it, Caffeine can act as a developer, but you have to unlock its potential with other simple, bio-degradable chemicals. I use Tomatoes –Digital image from film negative. Sodium Carbonate (washing soda, soda ash) and Expired Kodak Porta.

Vitamin C. I’ve heard there are other similar processes, but this is the only one I’ve tried. I really like the idea of foregoing the noxious chemicals that are so detrimental to the water table and septic systems.

Any advice for people who just picked up a camera for the first time, or who may have their interest piqued but are unsure of how to go beyond just the green box setting on their point and shoot?

There’s nothing wrong with the green box, really, especially for beginners. Work on composition first, then start to experiment. Dorothea Lange, a depression-era and later photojournalist said, “the camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” They’re words to live by; I use that to remember why I’m taking a picture in the first place. Sometimes it works.

Rocky – Digital image from slide film cross-processed as a print negative.

Expired Kodak Elite Chrome.

Gray’s Beach Dock – Digital image from semi-anamorphic pinhole paper negative.

Expired Kodak Kodachrome F2.

Front – Digital image from a 4” x 5” paper negative.

Expired Kodachrome F2.

Destination – Digital image from film negative.

Expired Kodak Porta.

Brrrrrrmmmmtatatatat – Digital film negative.

Ultrafine B&W.

Spread – Digital image from film negative.

Expired Kodachrome processed in coffee based developer.

Surf casting in Mashpee. photo J. James Joiner

A quick look at CApe Cod Kaleidoscope’s new home in Mashpee Commons. Worth the trip! photo J. James Joiner

A turkey vulture ponders its next move.

Photo J. James Joiner

Cotuit’s Stefanie Dorfman catches some early season sun. photo J. James Joiner

Channel 5’s Chronicle at the Underground Bakery in Dennis.

Photo J. james Joiner

Forest Keeper’s tree service perform some Arbor Day acrobatics and maintenance - at the Hyannis Library.Photo J. james Joiner

Daddyism I should probably hurry up and find something to write about.

Procrastination is something of an art form, and, let’s admit it, writing about procrastinating is definitely a cliche, but hey, we’re three hours from press and I need to go deep and get something witty on the page.

Not as easy as it sounds.

It’s cloudy, cold, and misting out there right now – not the ideal clime for humorous ranting or light hearted musings (rest easy Mr. Bryson, no one here’s coming for that crown today).

That said, it goes against my personal belief structure (and, to some degree, our editorial policy) to fill this space with any sort of serious soul searching or smarmy, “oh, I just love everything, but what does it all mean” essay.

Taking oneself seriously is for people with bigger egos and wider audiences, I think.

In the time it has taken me to write the above 140 or so words, I have eaten a piece of hot buttered salty potato bread, checked my social media account no less than six times (no news), read the headlines on Cape Cod Online, posted a photo to Instagram, rethought and deleted said photo, had a cavalier change of perspective and reposted the same image, and

contemplated lunch.

I’m thinking egg and cheese wrap with hot sauce, but this could change, so keep those seat belts fastened.

It just occurred to me that we need a comic for this issue as well.

Two hours and forty five minutes to go. ...

You can’t tell, but I just walked away and had a really interesting conversation about the merits of film versus digital photography.

The verdict? It’s essentially a draw.

I suppose I could just post a bunch of photos here and call it a day, but that really seems like the easy out. Sometimes it’s hard being the boss and the employee. And the mail room guy. And lunch lady.

And IT department.

I feel like this is turning into an ad for a credit card or package delivery service.

Just ordered lunch. I’m thinking the food coma isn’t going to aid production, but what can I say, we’re living on the edge over here.

Is it too early for a glass of wine?

The dogs need to go out.

Now I’m wet. Well, more damp than anything, but it’s generally uncomfortable. Penance paid for being a slacker?

Time’s up.

See you next issue!

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